The future of the pro-Russian project in Ukraine after the ban of Putin pal’s TV channels
Despite the overall positive impact and the enthusiasm of some Ukrainian social networks, Ukraine’s recent sanctioning of three…
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Who’s winning on the Ukraine-Russia historical narrative battlefield?
The Ukrainian Institute and One Philosophy Group started a joint research initiative to outline the dominant narratives in…
“Church restaurants” pop up as weekend quarantine deepens COVID-19 double standards in Ukraine
Read also: Interactive COVID-19: Ukraine and world Ukrainian mayors rebel against COVID-19 restrictions and win Contents Double standards…
(Anti-)Constitutional Court of Ukraine: why it declares the best reforms unconstitutional instead of protecting the Constitution
Generally, all democracies have the function of a constitutional judiciary, which checks whether the law complies with the…
Ukraine breaks its duck with new election rules, and the results are heartening
The main novelty of the new Electoral Code, adopted in July 2019 and amended last summer, are open…
Ukrainian local elections: Stability of local elites and Zelenskyy’s crushing defeat
Contents KyivKharkivOdesaLvivScandals and violations during the electionsPreliminary results according to exit polls The preliminary results of the local…
“Medvedchuk effect”: censorship attempt fails in Ukraine as prohibited book sold out within an hour
What is the banned book about In 2019, the publisher Vivat published a new book by the Ukrainian…
Zelenskyy’s party expels whistleblower but the monolith has cracked
Contents The expulsion of Geo Leros Servant of the People party receding rapidly and even authoritarian measures do…
Scandalous Ukrainian mayors prepare to win. Again.
Ukraine has entered the runup to the local elections set for 25 October 2020, and campaigns are in…
East-West electoral divide is a myth, Ukrainian voting patterns since 2006 show
Texty.org.ua conventionally divided all the parties that participated in the parliamentary elections from 2006 throughout 2019 into three…
On 29th Independence Anniversary, Ukrainians break with Soviet past but see vague alternatives, social survey shows
The traditional 2020 sociological survey by Democratic Initiatives shows that 84.4% of Ukrainians would vote for Ukrainian independence…
Investigator closes a criminal case against Poroshenko, denouncing political pressure
Earlier, the court failed to apply preliminary measures to Poroshenko during its first session on 19 June, when…
As Zelenskyy gears up to wrestle Kyiv from mayor Klitschko, a different deal brews behind the scenes
Whoever controls the capital can control the political life of the whole country. Traditionally, Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv…
Third recession in ten years — the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on Ukraine’s economy
Contents Industrial decline in Ukraine even more dramatic than in the worldThe good news: UAH exchange rate, central…
Prosecutors step back as thousands of supporters rally for Poroshenko
During Poroshenko’s remarks to his supporters gathered outside the courthouse, Poroshenko directly addressed President Zelenskyy: I want to…
Ukraine moves one step closer to jailing its former president; his supporters bring on the caricatures
Accusation of exceeding power The notice of suspicion as presented by the Prosecutor General also states that Poroshenko…
The politics of reform: Saakashvili’s Odesa mission
Georgia’s former president, Mikheil Saakashvili, has accepted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s offer to chair the Executive Committee of…
Ukrainian democratic forces under attack by pro-Russian revanchists
After the occupation of Crimea, everyone believed that Ukraine’s political landscape had changed forever. But, those who lost…
Whistleblower from Zelenskyy’s party slammed with five criminal proceedings
Contents MP Geo Leros, who published the videos, and his role in the presidential teamPosts of managers of…
Ukraine’s COVID-hit budget will collapse without IMF loan
Some projections of economic decline and pending crisis taken into account in the budget The initial projection at…