Not dead yet: Russia’s opposition rallies in first major protest since Nemtsov assassination
Russians took to the streets this weekend in the first major call to action by opposition politicians since…
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Activists in Russia petition international community to investigate Boris Nemtsov assassination
Activists in Russia are circulating a petition on social media in support of an international investigation into the assassination of…
DNR leaks: “Rebel” leader infighting, Ponzi schemes, and Russian intelligence supervisors
Ex-DNR leader's Denis Pushilin's and his aide's messages surface on the Internet "Ukrainian Cyber Army" hackers published messages…
Here’s how Kyiv’s subway would look like with Nazi symbols instead of Soviet ones
Ukraine has been independent for 24 years since the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, but in…
Trolls on tour: how Kremlin money buys Western journalists
Russian ultranationalists are trying to buy Western journalists: who is behind all of this? On 23 December 2013…
Ukrainian civic leaders call for a moratorium on constitutional changes
On August 13, a number of scholars, diplomats, writers, politicians, and Constitutional Court judges openly appealed to President Poroshenko and…
Meet the people behind Novorossiya’s grassroots defeat
Mykolayiv separatist movement organized by local pro-Russian party with Russian money and actors In Mykolayiv, the city administration was waiting to…
Polish-Ukrainian petition calls for reconciliation of nations
The Polish-Ukrainian collective for solidarity with Ukraine is calling for reconciliation of the two nations in a petition…
One year later, what do we know about the MH17 tragedy?
Available in German. On 17 July 2014, the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down above militant-controlled territory…
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly condemns Russia’s role in Ukraine
Today, Thursday, July 9, 2015, the last day of a four-day conference commemorating the 40th anniversary of the…
Putin government stopped fighting HIV/AIDS, Russia ‘at the edge of generalized epidemic,’ Pokrovsky says
The Russian government has in effect stopped fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS and as a result, the number…
30% of Europeans think Ukraine should become part of EU to deter Russian aggression, new poll finds
Conducted in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Poland, the survey involved 5594 people aged 16…
Anti-Americanism now Russia’s official ideology, ‘Nezavisimaya Gazeta’ says
Anti-Americanism has become part of the discourse of ordinary Russians over the last year, but senior government officials…
Street named after Heroes of Euromaidan to appear in Warsaw
Polish activists, politicians and civic activists are collecting signatures on a petition to rename one of the streets of Warsaw to Heroes of…
Ukrainian activists submitted application for EU membership at Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum
On 21 May 2015, representatives of Ukrainian, Georgian, and Moldovan civil society organizations submitted symbolic applications for EU…
To Moscow’s making of republics inside Ukraine, there is apparently no end
During the first years of Soviet power, a Moscow newspaper published an article telling its readers how easy…
Moscow overplayed its hand in Moldova and undermined Gagauz vote
Moscow’s interference in the Gagauz Bashkan elections was so blatant that even a Barbie or matryoshka doll could…
Russia hosts Fascist Forum in St. Petersburg
Today Russian conservatives welcomed members of Europe's far-right ultranationalist parties to participate in a forum entitled "International Russian…
Russia tries hassling Denmark over protection
Denmark might become a possible target for Russian nuclear attacks according to the ambassador of Russia in Denmark…
Is Russia finally going to have to pay for its crimes?
Today the European Court on Human Rights (ECHR) has started the inter-state case on the violations of human…