Russia slaps new 15-year prison sentence on Crimean Tatar political prisoner Zeytullaev
The Russian prosecution saw both previous sentences as insufficient and appealed against them in the Rostov Military Court…
“Malorossiya”: yet another Russian imperial myth salvaged from the garbage dump of history
Where did Zakharchenko’s aides pick up the name for their new utopia, the “state of Malorossiya” as a…
Russian soldiers captured in Ukraine: an exchange pool for Ukrainian hostages | #LetMyPeopleGo
On 30 June 2017, a powerboat bearing Russian identification marks was intercepted by Ukrainian military when approaching the…
Georgia’s lessons of peacebuilding now instructive for Ukrainians
I met Julia in 2016, when being a volunteer in the summer peace camp for Ukrainian kids who…
Russia’s imperial crackdown on the memory of indigenous victims of deportations
Imperial nostalgia against the memory of victims In June 2017, a month after the 73d anniversary of Sürgünlik…
President Macron: Anna of Kyiv unites Ukraine and France
At the meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko this Monday, Macron pointed to the “deeply rooted” relations…
Huge genealogical database of Ukrainians born in 1650–1920 opens online
The database includes 2.56 mn people and is expected to reach 4 to 5 mn in 2019. The…
Human sacrifices for the Kremlin’s propaganda machine: meet the “Crimean saboteurs”
“Not a single Ukrainian citizen has suffered here [since 2014], there are absolutely no restrictions, and the attitude…
Russian judges deny Crimean Tatar hostage last meeting with dying mother
“I hope to see him, cast a glance at him and hold his hand,” Aliye says with tears…
Human rights violations in Crimea to be investigated as war crimes
The Prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Giunduz Mamedov, whose office has been operating in mainland Ukraine…
Academia again serves state ideology as Russia convicts Ukrainian library head
Back to Soviet-style witchhunt Last week, 59-y.o. Natalia Sharina, a Russian citizen and former head of the last…
Ukraine moves forward with issue of political hostages held by Russia
A new institution to coordinate the issues of Ukrainian political hostages held in Russia and Russian-annexed Crimea, including…
Difficult choice for Ukraine as identities of KGB agents finally come to light
Ukraine’s resolve to open the archives of the communist special services makes publicly available not only the files…
A year after prominent activist was kidnapped in Crimea nobody knows if he’s alive
Late in the evening on May 24, 2016, people in Russian road police uniform intercepted and abducted the…