In official statements, Sweden is consistently named not only an ally but also one of the closest friends of Ukraine in the EU. Kyiv appreciates the strong position of Sweden in support of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of...
According to a poll shared by Radio Free Europe, Russia enjoys significantly less popularity in the Nordic countries than in the majority of European countries. This may be why official Russian outlet Sputnik closed its Danish, Finnish,...
Swedish prosecutors say that two of the three suspects in the case of a bombing in Gothenburg (Göteborg) had received training in a camp operated by the ultra-right group Russian Imperial Movement near St. Petersburg and presented...
On 31 May, the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce has granted a full victory to the Ukrainian oil and gas company Naftogaz in the case of the “take or pay” clause forced on Ukraine under the gas supply contract...
Ukraine’s path of post-Euromaidan revolution transformation can be still described in two words – “zrada” (betrayal) and “peremoha” (victory). “Zrada” is used for all the losses and failures which happen in the country...
The Russian economy is small relative to that of Europe or the United States. It military is hardly capable of competing with NATO. But “the Kremlin has a secret weapon which no one else in the world has: enormous criminal financial...
*** In a world increasingly perceived to be marked by new uncertainties, the close partnership between Sweden and Ukraine – evident from President Poroshenko’s recent visit to Stockholm and our meeting today in Kyiv – remains a...
In what many are calling “the Putin effect,” countries across Eastern Europe, including even Belarus, nominally Russia’s closest ally, are now arming themselves even when they have to cut social welfare spending because, in the words...
Andreas Flodström and Gustav Henman ran Beetroot in Ukraine back in 2012. Ruled by Yanukovych, the country was then way farther from European standards than it is now. However, the Swedes claim “the wind of change” was already...
Swedish national public TV is about to broadcast “Ukraine – the Masks of the Revolution,” a controversial documentary by French director Paul Moreira that has already sparked fierce debates in Europe. The airing is planned...
Free independent media is a necessary condition for democracy to function in any country. Censorship, on the other hand, is rampant in all its forms in dictatorships. These definitions may be relevant in a black and white world; in...
