Four lessons learned from Russia’s Ukraine buildup
The world breathed a sigh of relief as Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that Russia would pullback…
See which countries side with Russia during the UNGA votes on Crimea
Since 2014, the UN General Assembly has adopted resolutions on violations of human rights and international norms in…
A Ukrainian moment on the eve of the European Council meeting
Since Russia began its military aggression against Ukraine in 2014, with the significant exception of Germany’s highly controversial wavering…
Ukrainian World Congress: Seven years of war in Europe. Putin’s Big Lie continues
During the last seven years, Russia has transformed the Crimean Peninsula into one of the largest military bases…
Discussion about Russia having more political prisoners than USSR misleading | Letters
Regarding your post Russia now has more political prisoners than USSR did in 1976. I greatly respect Paul…
Crimean Platform sets the scene for deoccupation, all UN members should join – Ukrainian expert at UNSC
Dear Ladies and Gentleman, First of all, allow me to thank the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the…
On the ancient pillars of Ukrainian democracy: Pylyp Orlyk’s Constitution of 1710
Pylyp Orlyk and his 1710 Constitution is one of the oldest in the modern world and continues a tradition based on ancient Ukrainian pillars of democracy. As one of the first known democratic Constitutions, it describes and institutionalizes the division of power. At a deep, subconscious level the Constitution of 1710 indirectly influenced the Maidan Revolution of 2014.
PACE’s Russian restoration is a disconnect between Europe’s East and West
Following Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe…
How did the Ukrainian oligarchy keep going after Euromaidan?
[/editorial] Oligarchs and low standards of living: two sides of the same coin One striking feature of modern…
ECtHR’s Euromaidan decision: Ukraine’s chance to redeem justice
From Euromaidan in the winter of 2014 to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). This is the…
Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire is a warning to Russia’s neighbors
Russia has tried to maintain its sphere of influence in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus ever since the…
The myth of “historically Russian Crimea”: colonialism, deconstructed
On 23 June 1978, a Soviet police officer came to the house of a Crimean Tatar Musa Mamut…
The power of volunteerism: providing protective gear for protesters during Euromaidan
Every day on the Khreshchatyk in Kyiv, volunteers organized the stay of several thousand people on the Maidan…
Honoring Heorhii Narbut: the making of a Ukrainian brand
On Nov. 7 the Chicago-based Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA) hosted “Honoring Heorhii Narbut.” This event was…