Hack and finds On 7 April, NGO Myrotvorets Center published the fourth part of their “Operation Regata” alleging they have discovered and confirmed the fact that the campaign of the leader of the Ukrainian presidential race,...
When on 3 April, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of Russia’s third-largest party LDPR, declared that he will recognize Ukrainian elections only if the winner is comic-turned-candidate Volodymyr Zelenskyy, it came as no surprise....
Here is my subjective opinion on four key points the first round showed: 1. TV promotion works Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a TV celebrity who has been promoted for years by the second most popular Ukrainian channel “1+1” owned by...
No one should have been surprised that Volodymyr Zelenskyy ran far ahead of all other candidates in the first round of the Ukrainian presidential election, Vitaly Portnikov says. His victory shows that Ukrainians continue to vote their...
Russian narratives against Poroshenko and a strong desire to delegitimize elections It’s clear that Russia cares about Ukrainian elections and favors certain candidates. That Putin doesn’t sit well with Poroshenko and his...
I am heartened and saddened by Ukrainian opinion polls. Saddened because Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in first place and according to these polls he could win in round 2. Heartened because in other opinion polls when Ukrainians are asked who...
The Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine registered 44 presidential candidates for the election, a record number in Ukrainian history. Thus, this time the voters will receive the longest ever 115-centimeter long ballot. It can be even...
Zelenskyy goes up, Tymoshenko takes a dive For the first time in Ukrainian elections, a “poll of polls” model was made. Constructed by texty.org, it combines different polls into a single image. The authors stress that their...
The three-month campaign leading up to the spring presidential elections officially started on 31 December 2018. According to current polls, no single candidate stands out. Among leading candidates, however, most can be classified as...
A few minutes are left before midnight – the New Year is coming. Ukrainian national channels, including commercial ones, broadcast the New Year statement of the president. Following the Soviet tradition, the new year comes to Ukraine...
In 2014, after the first Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory in the Donbas, soldiers who had lost limbs in battle were seen for the first time in public as they returned home. Since the full-on invasion by Russia in February 2022, the...
