Ukraine makes progress in media freedom, but oligarchs still run the show
During the last 3 years, Ukraine has made big progress in media freedom, despite the war. The Reporters…
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How Putin’s Russia is becoming Stalin’s USSR
When the Kursk submarine sank, Vladimir Putin said a prophetic phrase that probably could be applied to the…
A guide to Russian propaganda. Part 3: Rapid fire conspiracy theories
One of the ways Russia achieves national goals is by creating falsifications and conspiracy theories. When Russia wants…
Was Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament a blunder?
By now, it is a well-known story: in the early 1990s, Ukraine surrendered the world’s third largest nuclear…
Decentralization as a remedy for bad governance in Ukraine | #UAreforms
For decades Ukraine has suffered from the inefficient administration of its regions, and their subsequent political and financial dependence…
Three years after Euromaidan, what changed in Ukraine?
On 21 November 2016, Ukraine will mark the third anniversary of the Euromaidan revolution. Three years ago people…
Portnikov: For years Ukrainians voted for thugs; if not for Maidan, we wouldn’t have a state
In this wide-ranging interview with Vysokyi Zamok, the well-known journalist and political analyst Vitaliy Portnikov shares his views…
Ukrainian human rights group that helped bring down Soviet Union turns 40
In the mid-1970s, political confrontation between the USSR and the West reached such heights that it threatened to…
Inside the booming smuggling business in the Donbas
The key players in the Donbas’ booming smuggling business are politicians, oligarchs, and the criminal underworld. Coal, gold,…
The civil war hoax: words that fooled the world
The linguistic status quo regarding the situation in Ukraine has finally been changed on the international level. Two…
We’re making an interactive map of Ukrainian initiatives worldwide
Since the start of Russian aggression in the East of Ukraine, many organizations aiming to help Ukraine were…
A guide to Russian propaganda. Part 2: Whataboutism
During the Cold War, westerners dealing with the Soviet Union grew frustrated at the automatic Soviet response to…
Ukraine: 25 moments of independence
The anniversary of Ukraine's independence is reason for reflection. Especially at the time when Ukraine's sovereignty and well-being…
Ukraine publishes video proving Kremlin directed separatism in eastern Ukraine and Crimea
On 22 August 2016, Ukraine’s General Prosecutors Office (GPO) released a video it says proves that top officials of…
“DNR’s” propaganda apparatus exposed. Part 2: How “DNR” censored Ukraine’s leading TV channels
An email dump of a “DNR Ministry of information” employee, Tatyana Egorova, reveals that Ukrainian leading TV channels collaborated with the…
“DNR’s” propaganda apparatus exposed. Part 1: “Russophobe, get him out of Donetsk”
An email dump of a "DNR Ministry of information" employee reveals how the self-proclaimed Russian-backed statelet in eastern…
Oleksandr the Good Shepherd
Fifteen years ago, more than a hundred people lived in Desyatyny, Zhytomyr Oblast. Today, this rural community counts…
Euromaidan and the Donbas war in the Italian media
When in 1991 Ukraine gained its independence, the new nation which “came as a surprise in the chancelleries,…
Lackluster journalism on Russo-Ukrainian war from PBS and Pulitzer Center
On July 5, the PBS NewsHour, the nation's longest running nightly news broadcast, aired a report prepared by…
Lustration in Finland? Explaining the issue
Lustration was and is widely carried out in the former Eastern bloc countries. Recently, Finland made its first…