Power of TV still rules Ukrainian politics, presidential election shows
Independent media is one of the most important components of democracy, especially during the election period, when the…
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2019 presidential elections in Ukraine
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With inauguration set for 20 May, Zelenskyi eyes ways to disband Parliament for snap elections
On 21 April, comedian Volodymyr Zelenskyy won a landslide victory at the runoff round of the Ukrainian presidential…
Insincerity and hypocrisy… Ukrainian style
Remove the images of the Heavenly Hundred, which are portrayed on walls and stands around our churches and…
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
“Draw your own candidate” The first striking fact is that, according to Iryna Bekeshkina, director of the Fund…
Poroshenko has suffered fate of Winston Churchill, Khandurin says
Just as British voters rejected Winston Churchill after he had led the country to victory in World War…
Digital populism of Ukrainian presidential campaign has inflicted a deep wound, Deresh says
The language of hatred that has infected both sides in the just-completed presidential race in Ukraine, just like…
Ukraine votes in second round of presidential elections: live blog
Read the summary article about the first round of elections: Comedian to face incumbent President in run-off and…
Meet team Zelenskyi: who are the allies of comedian striving to become Ukrainian president
Earlier throughout his entire campaign, only several persons gave comments to the press and appeared on TV as…
Putin’s plan for Ukraine
Representatives of presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky say that the expansion of the “Normandy format” negotiations to resolve the…
Five years of Poroshenko’s presidency: main achievements and failures
Army capable of fighting, well-equipped, skilled, and experienced The corruption in the state defense industry scandalously exposed by…
Sociology of Ukrainian elections: who votes for Zelenskyi/Poroshenko and why
By today, there is little doubt that Volodymyr Zelenskyy will win the second round of Ukraine’s presidential election…
The difference between Zelenskyi and Poroshenko: piecing together the evidence
Professionalism The pre-recorded interview of Zelenskyy with journalists of the ICTV channel started with the question “You are…
Do Ukrainians actually believe life was better in the Soviet Union than in France and Germany?
Maybe we need to be more honest about these election results? Do Lviv residents really support corruption, general…
Only 1% of diaspora Ukrainians voted in presidential election. Should the system be changed?
During the first presidential election round on 31 March, Ukrainians were impressed by photos from election points around…
Mail hack suggests Russian funding of Zelenskyi campaign, NGO states
Hack and finds On 7 April, NGO Myrotvorets Center published the fourth part of their “Operation Regata” alleging…
First round of Ukrainian presidential elections overall fair but issues in Donetsk Oblast, statistics show
Despite Russian scaremongering that Ukrainian presidential elections will be rigged and undemocratic, observers have praised the first round…
Ukraine’s presidential campaign goes showbiz as Poroshenko attempts to rebound after first round
An advertisement for the Zelenskyi campaign. It is written in Ukrainian “Ze president, servant of the people”. The…
Hacked 2014 docs from Russia’s LDPR party outline plan eerily similar to Zelenskyi campaign
When on 3 April, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of Russia’s third-largest party LDNR, declared that he will recognize…