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Ukraine’s Security Service charges MP with state treason, conducts searches

Nestor Shufrych is known as one of the most pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine. He was elected as a member of "The Oppositional Party for Life," which had 13% of votes in the 2019 elections.

byBohdan Ben

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International

US sanctions four Ukrainians for destabilizing Ukraine on behalf of Russian government

On 20 January, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) enacted sanctions on…

byAlya Shandra

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Ukrainian anti-oligarch law inadvertently shines spotlight on Russian-linked members of presidential entourage

On the same day of the attempted assassination, President Zelenskyy delivered a speech to the 76th session of…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

March 10, 2020 meeting of Vladimir Putin with Viktor Medvedchuk, a Ukrainian oligarch and the head of the pro-Russian party "Oppositional Platform -- For Life" represented in the Ukrainian parliament where he is a deputy and the head of his party's faction. The Kremlin, Moscow. (Source: kremlin.ru)

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Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy turns blind eye to Putin-Medvedchuk scheming

On March 10, in Moscow, Ukraine’s leading Russophile politician Viktor Medvedchuk conferred with Russian President Vladimir Putin and…

byThe Jamestown Foundation

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Ukrainian politics

Opposition Platform & Bloc: Ukraine’s pro-Russian political forces and their chances

The Opposition Platform – For Life (Za Zhyttia) and the Opposition Bloc have the same roots. They are…

byOlena Makarenko

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Ukrainian politics

What’s behind the return of pro-Russian politicians to Ukraine?

Firm joint efforts required from civil society and politicians to prevent banned Yanukovych loyalists from returning to Parliament…

byBohdan Ben