Government vs civil society in Ukraine: e-declarations for anti-corruption activists still not withdrawn
It has been almost a year since the Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, declared war on activists fighting corruption…
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Putin’s Falanga: meet the Polish neo-fascists who tried to burn down a Hungarian center in Ukraine
A few days ago, the Polish Homeland Security Agency announced the arrest of three men suspected of committing…
Military prosecutor reports over 518 suicides among Ukrainian soldiers
“In the first two months of 2018, we’ve recorded two to three suicides per week, which means 16…
Polish pro-Russian far-right radicals behind arson attempt of Hungarian center in Ukraine
The Governor of Ukraine's Zakarpattia Oblast Hennadiy Moskal told on 21 February that two Polish radicals from the…
Mueller charges oligarch’s son-in-law in latest chapter of Russian meddling case
US special counsel Robert Muller has charged Alex Van Der Zwaan, an attorney and son-in-law of an influential…
Two photographers recreate bloodiest days of Euromaidan with virtual reality
Oleksii Furman and Serhiy Polezhaka are two friends and photographers who set the goal to show the world…
Saakashvili supporters demand snap elections, announce civil resistance committee creation
This Sunday, on 18 February 2018, Saakashvili's supporters in Ukraine held yet another march in support of the…
Ukraine deports Georgian ex-President Saakashvili to Poland
At 15:55 on 12 February 2018, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was arrested in the Kyiv restauraunt Suluguni,…
A mother’s heartbreaking appeal to get her son back from Russian captivity
In 2014, a Russian judge found Stanislav Klykh guilty of fighting against Russian forces in the 1990s Chechen…
PACE urges Russia end support to illegal armed groups in Donbas, cease repressions in Crimea
As several amendments to the initial draft resolution were passed, 56 delegates representing the PACE member states favored the resolution,…
Animal killings launched in 11 Russian cities to “clear the field” for FIFA World Cup 2018
The shelter is overcrowded; there are now 179 dogs, and new strays are systematically turned away. “This is…
Ukrainian journalists reveal Poroshenko’s secret luxury Christmas vacation
The whole last week, Ukrainian society has been debating the secret luxury Christmas vacation of President Petro Poroshenko…
Baltic “elves” launch online database of pro-Russian trolls to tackle propaganda
The Vatnikas online database has been launched to fight the spreaders of the Russian propaganda, Lietuvos Žinios outlet reports. According to the…
Crimean factory gets generators from German company in breach of EU sanctions – media
After the Finnish company Wärtsilä refused to sell generators to the “Zaliv” ship-building factory in Kerch, occupied Crimea, they…
EU criticizes Poroshenko’s Anti-Corruption Court bill, hints at suspending visa-free travel
The European Union officially criticized Ukraine’s Presidential Administration over submitted the bill on the High Anti-Corruption Court submitted…
No longer ATO, not yet a war. Ukraine adopts controversial “Donbas reintegration” bill
On 18 January 2018, the Ukrainian Parliament, or Verkhovna Rada, adopted the law on the reintegration of Donbas…
Now World Bank slams Poroshenko’s anticorruption court bill, $800 mn in the air
Satu Kahkonen, the World Bank director responsible for the Ukrainian direction, has sent a letter to the Ukrainian…
IMF slams presidential draft bill on anti-corruption court in Ukraine
The International Monetary Fund has officially informed the Ukrainian authorities that the adoption of the presidential draft Law…
Russia won’t send its delegation to the PACE winter session
Russia will not send its delegation to the January session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of…
German company fined for violating sanctions regime with Russia
A company from the German city of Ulm has been fined EUR 190,000 for illegally exporting dual-use equipment to Russia,…