The Opposition Platform – For Life (Za Zhyttia) and the Opposition Bloc have the same roots. They are the legacy of the regime of runaway president Viktor Yanukovych. For the July 2019 parliamentary elections, however, they have run...
Firm joint efforts required from civil society and politicians to prevent banned Yanukovych loyalists from returning to Parliament In fact, what is called Russian revenge has not yet happened but is close to the threshold. Several people...
When Ukrainian prosecutors released audio intercepts that appeared to show the direct involvement of Kremlin top advisor Sergey Glazyev in Russia’s takeover of Crimea and pro-separatist rallies in eastern Ukraine in August 2016, they...
The prosecutors asked the court to sentence Yanukovych to 15 years imprisonment, the maximal term prescribed for high treason under Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Judges of the Obolon District Court in Kyiv found Yanukovych...
Five years later, a shadow of his wrongdoings still hangs over Ukraine’s current politics and business. Moreover, some key figures of his regime still have influence in Ukraine. Euromaidan Press checked what happened to the main actors...
U.S. special counsel Robert Muller has charged Alex Van Der Zwaan, an attorney and son-in-law of an influential Russian oligarch, for making false statements to the FBI and his office. Muller is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016...
On January 22, ZIK TV aired a controversial interview with Andriy Portnov, a key member of the Yanukovych regime. Many viewers objected to the channel’s decision to air the program and to the softball questioning by interviewer...
On July 5, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych who stands charged with high treason in Ukraine said he will not participate in the in-absentia treason trial. The hearing was scheduled to resume in Kyiv on June 6 while the...
Three years have passed since Petro Poroshenko was inaugurated as President of Ukraine. Only two years of his presidential term are left. The closer to the end, the more talk there is that Poroshenko is following the path of the runaway...
The photo above says it all. Soviet era façades. The blonde in an expensive ski jacket. The bloodied body on the sidewalk next to a luxury car. It’s the stuff of post-Soviet pulp novels. On Thursday, Denys Voronenkov, a Russian...
How does one end a war? Any war ends when one side defeats another and the winner achieves some or all of his goals such as “the desired territorial, economic, military or other benefits expected following the successful conclusion...
