Why Ukrainian oligarchs are not only Ukraine’s problem, but the West’s too
During the modern Ukraine era, several high-level international conferences were held in the country. However, none of them…
Ukrainian Parliament puts wind in sails of judicial reform, adopting bill on launch of key body
On 29 June, a historical turn for Ukraine’s key unreformed area, the judiciary, took place. Lawmakers voted for…
Ukraine eyes a second Big Privatization of state enterprises. The oligarchs are eyeing it, too
When President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to power in 2019, he instigated a major policy of privatization of State…
Reforming judiciary in focus of Ukraine’s first high-level non-oligarchic international conference
Among the topics discussed at the conference were fighting corruption in transitional democracies, de-oligarchization, as well as hybrid…
State support for grassroots projects triggers tectonic changes in Ukrainian culture
No freedom — no culture. No money — no culture. Under the Soviet Union, Ukrainian culture had no…
Ukraine’s new generation of entrepreneurs dreams of ending the era of the oligarchs
In Ukraine, there is only one privileged kind of business — that which belongs to oligarchs. Oligarchs invest…
Dreaming up a future for teens in war-torn Donbas
Russia’s war in Ukraine has been ongoing already for the last seven years. It continues to take the…
Meet the activists leading Ukraine’s battle for recycling
When the world started to care about trash it was already very late — there was so much…
Ukrainian motion designer’s millennial-friendly videos of Chornobyl disaster’s secret history go viral
Andriy Pryimachenko is a Ukrainian motion designer who created straightforward videos on the basis of declassified KGB documents…
Zelenskyy accused of usurping power following sanctions streak
According to Ukrainian legislation, sanctions can be applied to people involved in terrorism. When the first list of…
Zelenskyy dismisses two Constitutional Court judges, deepening constitutional crisis
The crisis began when the constitutional court declared that the e-declaration system, an online registry of assets top-ranking…
Ukraine’s post-Maidan cinema renaissance continues to blossom
One of the recent developments of the industry was Ukraine’s participation in the European Film Market during the…
Crimea. Dehydration: A film exposing Russia’s colonial policy and the desiccation of the occupied peninsula
At the beginning of the film, Andriy Senchenko, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous…
Independence of Ukraine’s “anti-corruption champion” hangs by a thread
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) was the first link in the chain of anti-corruption infrastructure after the 2014…