On 10 March 2022, Russian law enforcers reported that Olena Hukova is suspected of “discrediting the Russian Armed Forces” (article 20.3.3 par. 1 Russian Code of Administrative Offences). This article was introduced to the...
There is no basis for moving Nariman Dzhelyal to the psychiatric hospital. This is not the opinion of his lawyer but the provisions of Russian legislation. Now, a bit of law to elucidate the point. Under Article 196 par. 3 of...
“I only feel fear in one instance – when people get arrested. This is what brings tears to my eyes. Not only the arrest itself but probably also my powerlessness and because it is hardly possible to provide help in this...
What is the Crimea Platform? On 23 August, on the eve of Ukraine’s 30th anniversary of independence, Kyiv will host a constituent Summit of the Crimea Platform. This new international consultative and coordination format for...
“The assessment of losses is necessary to seek compensation for these losses through international courts, obliging the Russian Federation to pay the corresponding amounts or arresting the assets of entities involved in the...
The definition of the term indigenous people in the new legislation goes as follows, “An indigenous people is an autochthonous ethnic community formed on the territory of Ukraine, having its original language and culture, having...
The long way home: deportation and return of Crimean Tatars to their Homeland The documentary, aired by Ukraine’s Public Broadcaster Suspilne, is part of the project “NASHI 30” (“Our 30’s”), which...
The Crimean Peninsula has suffered increasingly serious water shortages ever since Russia illegally occupied and annexed Ukraine’s Crimea and Kyiv stopped the flow of water from mainland Ukraine that, until then had made up for...
Vladimir Putin has long made clear that he doesn’t believe that Ukraine has a right to exist as an independent country, Andrey Illarionov says. But his “number one task” in any military move against Ukraine now is to...
Speaking to a meeting on the seventh anniversary of his Anschluss of Crimea, Vladimir Putin said that the Bolsheviks had handed over “significant territories and geopolitical space to quasi-state formations” known to others...
Putin’s goals and philosophy Sławomir Sierakowski: What is Putin’s ultimate goal in this war? Timothy Snyder: That’s no big secret: to destroy Ukraine as a state and exterminate Ukrainians as a nation. I’d...
