How I left everything and went to Donbas to make the film “War mothers”
In 2016, I was working a comfortable career in advertising in Melbourne, Australia. Things were not out of…
Judiciary reform under threat because of the old new Supreme Court
However, despite expectations for a significant improvement, there is every indication that the new Supreme Court will not…
Bambi in the Bloodlands. Dedicated to the anniversary of Operation Vistula
On the day that my mother sold the pet deer to the Nazis, school had ended late and…
Deception, Disinformation, and Doubt: Hybrid Warfare in Eastern Ukraine
Conflict Context To start, the Euromaidan—the initial flashpoint from which armed conflict became possible—was not simply a response…
Ukrainian story of Wassily Kandinsky and newly found watercolors featured in new book
The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky is renown throughout the world for his abstract paintings. Yet not many know…
“…In my heart, I’m dancing.” A message from the girl who rescued over 200 wounded defenders
Fate can take your health, rob you of the use of your feet, confine you to a wheelchair.…
“Immortal regiment” march in Toronto – shameful display of Russian propaganda
The Soviet Union has left a terrible legacy, which to this day continues poisoning the minds of so…
The Soviet foundations of Russia’s Great Patriotic War myth
The myth of May 9 The largest myth of the Great Patriotic War is the concept that shifts its…
“Russian history competition turns schoolchildren into extremists,” Russian historians are told
Regional Ministries of Education and City Administrations across Russia have contacted school headmasters, to insist they ban students…
Ukraine does not need illusory “peace” at the price of capitulation – Ukrainian intellectuals
The participants of Ukraine's First of December group, a coalition of intellectuals, called upon the Ukrainian authorities and…
Ukraine must not turn into the monster it is fighting – appeal of Ukrainian intellectuals
"Don’t allow blind hatred to prevail over us" - famous intellectuals called upon Ukrainians not to accept violence…
Austrian neutrality is no model for Ukraine
There are powers in the world and in Ukraine advocating neutrality based on the Austrian model. Considering how…
The story of a petition against IMF’s $3bn loan to “bloody dictator of Belarus”| Letter to the editor
About a month ago thousands of people in Belarus took to the streets all over the country in…
Is military aggression at the heart of Eurovision’s values? Open letter in protest of EBU statement
On 22 March 2017, Ukraine's security service banned entry to Russia's Eurovision participant Yulia Samoilova over her performance…