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Strategic thinking and a fight for Belarusian democracy“Remember, I said a year ago […] that perhaps a time will come when [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and I will have to stand next to each other and shoot... -
Pro-Kremlin media engaged in Sputnik V vaccine’s offensive marketing in Eastern Partnership countriesRead also: Secret labs and...Seen from Kremlin, the Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V has developed into an ideological offensive with a ferocity a bit like a ‘Cold War’ on words. -
Last Lenin statue in Ukraine fallsThe last statue of Lenin on public land in those portions of Ukraine controlled by Kyiv was demolished by unknown persons. It had stood in the village of Stari Troyany... -
“He’s no more. “Samoliot” is gone!”- do not forget fallen Defender Vadym AntonovThis is an essay by Ukrainian writer and journalist Mariya Starozhytska, dedicated to fallen Defender Vadym Antonov, who served in the 2nd Special Purpose Donbas Battalion of the National Guard of... -
First public photos of Russian-run Donetsk concentration camp leaked onlineIzolyatsia (“isolation” or "insulation") is the name of an art center that emerged at the deserted Insulation Materials Plant in the East-Ukrainian city of Donetsk a few years before... -
Ukraine’s evidence in ECtHR: proof of Russia’s occupation of Crimea, human rights violationsOn 14 January 2021, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) made its intermediary decision in the case of Ukraine against Russia regarding human rights violations in the occupied Crimea.... -
Ukraine ready to send experts to Sarajevo to examine 300-year-old icon from LuhanskDuring a meeting in Sarajevo with Bosnia and Herzegovina Foreign Minister Bisera Turković, Ambassador of Ukraine Vasyl Kyrylych announced that Ukraine was ready to send experts who would..."" -
ECtHR’s Euromaidan decision: Ukraine’s chance to redeem justiceThe recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the Yanukovych government's violation of human rights during Euromaidan not only serves justice to the victims. It also reconstructs... -
“Carthage must be destroyed”: case study on Kremlin’s attack on democracyFor more than a decade pro-Kremlin propaganda outlets have sought to promote in Europe new ideologies hostile to liberal and democratic ideals by manipulating the concept of “sovereignism” (Disinformation as... -
Journalist launches own media on Donbas to remind world of Russia’s warIt's the sixth year of the war in eastern Ukraine, and events there are disappearing from both Ukrainian and international media coverage. The trend has several reasons, but the lack... -
Markiv case: Milan court gives reasons for Ukrainian soldier’s release and accuses UkraineOn January 21, 2021 the Milan Court of Appeals issued a statement explaining its motivation for the verdict in the Markiv/Rocchelli case - Vitaliy Markiv is not guilty..."" -
“He was a maximalist, a romantic and a man of action,”- do not forget fallen Defender Vasyl ArkhipovThis is an essay by Ukrainian writer Nataliya Hurnytska, dedicated to fallen Defender Vasyl Arkhipov who served in the Donbas Volunteer Battalion. On May 23, 2014, his unit was ambushed... -
Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire is a warning to Russia’s neighborsRussia has tried to maintain its sphere of influence in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Russia’s attempts have ranged from cyberattacks in... -
ECtHR rules Yanukovych government responsible for crimes against Euromaidan, death of one protesterOn Thursday, 21 January, the European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) made a historical decision regarding the numerous human rights violations by the Ukrainian state during the Euromaidan protests of... -
How Ukraine is healing the traumatic wounds of colonialismUkraine emerged out of the 20th century with a burden of trauma. The metaphoric bloodlands fell victim not only to the carnage of WWII. When the war started, Ukrainians were... -
The myth of “historically Russian Crimea”: colonialism, deconstructedThe widespread narrative of Crimea being "historically Russian" is a classic example of a colonial myth. It inscribes the history of the victorious Russian empire while overlooks the erasure of... -
How the Soviets stole Ukrainian ChristmasAfter the 1917 revolution and occupation of the national republics that emerged out of the ashes of the Russian empire, the Soviet authorities declared war on "bourgeois" religious traditions. However, eradicating them proved to be difficult, and thus, the choice was made in favor of cultural appropriation. -
“Neo-liberalism”: the Kremlin’s new favorite strawmanThe rhetorical means of straw men is the Kremlin’s go-to trick in any polemical debate. A straw man is the method of attacking views or ideas, never expressed by the opponent. In... -
Russia’s strategy in the Sea of Azov: The Kerch Bridge, artificial shipping delays and continued harm to UkraineRussia’s “hard power” activity in the Sea of Azov has increased significantly since May 2018, when the authorities officially opened the Kerch Strait Bridge they had been building since the... -
Derkach’s seven: the Russian-linked Ukrainians sanctioned by US over election interferenceLast September, the US Treasury sanctioned Ukrainian independent MP Andriy Derkach citing his attempt to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election as a Russian agent. A few days ago,...
