War on terms: who’s fighting against Ukraine in Donbas – terrorists, rebels, insurgents?
Contents Is the conflict domestic or international? Ukrainian presidents and their terms Russian regulars and "militias" Ukraine's definitions:…
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The three Ukrainian women breathing new life into ancient musical traditions
In and around the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, there has arisen in the post-Soviet era a trio…
Glazyev tapes, continued: new details of Russian occupation of Crimea and attempts to dismember Ukraine
When Ukrainian prosecutors released audio intercepts that appeared to show the direct involvement of Kremlin top advisor Sergey…
Recovering the forgotten names of the Ukrainian avant-garde
Prior to 1917, four-fifths of the territory of contemporary Ukraine had been part of the Russian empire for…
Why Poroshenko lost
Petro Poroshenko conceded his opponent's victory after the first exit polls were in on 21 April. The incumbent…
How Zelenskyi “hacked” Ukraine’s elections | Op-ed
Why did Ukrainian voters consider Zelenskyy a better choice than the incumbent President Petro Poroshenko? Read also: Why…
Why Zelenskyi won
Contents “Draw your own candidate” Guided anxiety Cultivating anger Cultural industry Read also: “Draw your own candidate” The…
Hybrid War in Ukraine – predictions for 2019 and beyond
Does the Hybrid War actually work? In the aftermath of the first round of the presidential election in…
ECHR decision on “ethnopolitical genocide” in Lithuania deals blow to Soviet crimes
Contents Is punishment inevitable? Is it genocide? Unpunished crimes Historical decision Is punishment inevitable? Commenting on the trial…
If Kremlin fails to bring pro-Russian politicians to power, Ukraine should brace for radical scenarios – Horbulin
“There will be no veterans of World War III.” Walter Mondale, former US Vice-President Events in 2018 have…
Fifty shades of Ukrainian populism: Tymoshenko, Zelenskyi, and the Chiaroscuro principle
The three-month campaign leading up to the spring presidential elections officially started on 31 December 2018. According to…
2018: a challenging year for Ukraine
Contents The attacks on activists The fake of the year Upcoming presidential election Anti-Corruption breakthrough The war continues…
New chances, new risks. Where Ukrainian Orthodoxy stands on the eve of independence
Ukraine has completed the penultimate step before receiving a recognized Orthodox Church independent from Moscow. On 15 December,…
Why Ukrainians keep voting for the wrong people
A strange conversation occurred on one of the streets of the Ukrainian city of Dnipro in late November…
“I was told we should work with fascists”: former KGB officer Zhirnov
Recently, British media reported that half of the Russian diaspora in the UK are informants of the special…
The Court – Euromaidan Press documentary on the creation of the Anti-Corruption Court
The fight for its creation was not easy. President Petro Poroshenko, the author of Ukraine’s judicial reform, resisted…
The hidden invasion: Russia’s military convoys to Ukraine since 2014
What OSCE spotted The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) reported that on 7 August in the border area…
Tomos ante portas: a short guide to Ukrainian church independence
On 11 October, a three-day meeting of the Synod, or church council, of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, finished in…
Black Sea gas deposits – an overlooked reason for Russia’s occupation of Crimea
The Ukrainian patrol ship “Hryhoriy Kuropiatnykov” slowly leaves the port of Odesa. Aboard the vessel, there are more…
Russia loses battle for PACE: resolution allowing sanctions to be lifted fails vote
As the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) gathered for their autumn session in Strasbourg, all…