Vitaly Portnikov

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Vitaly Portnikov is a Ukrainian journalist, political commentator, author and opinion-maker. Born in Kyiv in 1967, he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at the Moscow State University. Since then he has worked as a parliamentary correspondent for Youth of Ukraine, a columnist for a number of Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian, Polish, Israeli, and Latvian newspapers and online publications. He is also the founder and host of the Political Club television program which is now broadcast on the ESPRESO TV channel. He cooperates with the Russian and Ukrainian services of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
A cartoon on the situation with languages in Ukraine cartoon.
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Broadcasting quotas in Ukraine

The quota system in Ukrainian broadcasting is a weapon against a cynical internal information war, where creeping Russification…
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Russia’s forced friendship

Ukraine should sever all economic relations with Russia. Andrei Piontovsky was the first to notice the complete absurdity…
Nadiya Savchenko at Borispol Airport after arrival from her illegal imprisonment in Russia (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
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Ukraine: the country that cares

The difference in the welcomes given the released prisoners in Kyiv and Moscow says more about the Russian-Ukrainian…
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