Zelenskyy may yet become a defender of Ukrainian independence, Piontkovsky says
Unlike many of those on his team, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not a convinced opponent of an independent Ukrainian…
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Portnikov: Putin won’t pity us
The news of the death of another Ukrainian warrior – the victim of a virtual ceasefire between the…
As long as Crimea remains occupied, Kurban-Bayram will have ‘special meaning’ for Crimean Tatars, mufti says
Mufti Ayder Rustemov, the head of the Muslim Spiritual Directorate (MSD) of Crimea who is now living in…
Portnikov: Crimea and the “confrontation of superpowers”
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg linked Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula with the confrontation of superpowers. This…
Portnikov: President Zelenskyy should wake up
It is time for the Ukrainian president to wake up and abandon his dangerous illusions. There is no…
Is the new Ukrainian government getting ready to surrender the Donbas?
Recent events in the Armed Forces of Ukraine are causing widespread concern. First of all, the situation on…
Portnikov: A big war and the “streams”
The US Senate Committee on International Affairs supported the introduction of sanctions against the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline…
520 parishes of Moscow Church have now shifted to autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine
In the first three months after the Orthodox Church of Ukraine became autocephalous, approximately 300 parishes shifted their…
US non-recognition policy regarding Crimea one year on
A year ago, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo issued its Crimea Declaration which referred to the Welles…
Shevtsova: Kremlin’s ‘obsession’ with Ukraine crippling Russia
The Kremlin’s “obsession” with Ukraine, Lilia Shevtsova, once again this week very much on display in the wake…
Death of the Parliamentary Republic in Ukraine
But, there is one big difference. In 2010, Viktor Yanukovych usurped the powers of the government. In 2019,…
The only path to peace is through the reinstatement of Ukraine’s state border, says General Lavreniuk
Unfortunately, neither the President of Ukraine nor the Presidential Administration has a concrete plan for liberating the occupied…
Why Ukraine’s language law is more relevant than ever
On 16 July the law “On provision of the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the State language”…
Serhiy Zhadan: Given the current situation in Ukraine, is anyone still laughing?
Today, Ukraine is a poorly governed country. The euphoria triggered by the results of the presidential elections and…
President of Memorial: Russian rights activists who backed Russia’s return to PACE repeated error of liberals in 1993
The capitulation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to the Russian Federation has taken place…
Intermarium countries becoming Ukraine’s main advocates, Portnikov says
Stanisław Karczewski, the Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland, has announced plans to convene a…
Vitaly Portnikov: the Ukrainian language is Putin’s arch-enemy
Without their language, the Ukrainian nation is transformed into a folksy misinterpretation – “khokhly” (хохли)*, whose only talents…
Russia’s return to PACE is bad news for the human rights situation in Russia – Nikolai Polozov
The Russian delegation’s return to PACE without fulfilling the obligations imposed by the resolutions of this organization, as…
Can Ukraine escape the post-communist trap?
The last six months in Ukraine have generated a level of optimism not seen since the 2014 Maidan…
Europe is for sale and Putin is buying
Two days ago, the Council of Europe voted to ignore its own warnings about Russian aggression and human…