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End of an era: Gleb Pavlovsky, Odesa-born architect of “virtual politics” used by Trump and Putin dies, aged 72
Gleb Pavlovsky died on 27 February in Moscow after a prolonged illness. I have mixed feelings regarding this…
Lustration preventing comeback of Ukraine’s ancien regime challenged after five years
*Lustration – government policy that seeks to cleanse a new regime from corrupt remnants of the past. The…
Portnikov: Yanukovych must not return
Vitaly Serdyuk, the lawyer of the former president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, said that Yanukovych is preparing to…
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…
What’s behind the return of pro-Russian politicians to Ukraine?
[editorial]After Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s inauguration as the president of Ukraine, some officials from the era of exiled ex-president Yanukovych…
Glazyev tapes, continued: new details of Russian occupation of Crimea and attempts to dismember Ukraine
[editorial]Bombshell details about Russia’s occupation of Crimea and attempts to break off south-eastern Ukraine have now been made…
Russia prepared to occupy Crimea back in 2010 and other things we learned from Yanukovych’s treason trial
The prosecutors asked the court to sentence Yanukovych to 15 years imprisonment, the maximal term prescribed for high…
Where is the Yanukovych regime five years after the Euromaidan revolution
Five years later, a shadow of his wrongdoings still hangs over Ukraine’s current politics and business. Moreover, some…
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…
Why giving media time to architects of the Yanukovych regime is dangerous
On January 22, ZIK TV aired a controversial interview with Andriy Portnov, a key member of the Yanukovych…
Fugitive Ukraine’s President Yanukovych recalls his lawyers from treason trial, files motion over “coup d’état”
On July 5, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych who stands charged with high treason in Ukraine said he will not…
Poroshenko just like Yanukovych? Yes and no
Three years have passed since Petro Poroshenko was inaugurated as President of Ukraine. Only two years of his…
Kyiv Noir. Will these headlines ever end?
The photo above says it all. Soviet era façades. The blonde in an expensive ski jacket. The bloodied…
Who was Denis Voronenkov, exiled Putin critic murdered in Kyiv?
On 23 March 2017, exiled Russian ex-MP Denis Voronenkov was assassinated in central Kyiv near the hotel from…
Murder of Denis Voronenkov: what we know now
He was one of key witness in Yanukovych case. In October 2016 Voronenkov and his family fled to…
#DonbasReports: 54 attacks. 2,608 soldiers killed since 2014. Yanukovych denies he asked Putin for troops
February 22 was mostly quiet in the Donbas according to reports by local residents on social networks. All their…
Why Putin needed the letter from Yanukovych
The Russian plan was to lure Yanukovych out of Ukraine and turn him into a hostage. And this…
10 things you should know about interrogation of Yanukovych in Rostov
Recently, Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovych was interrogated in Rostov. Here are ten things to know about the interrogation:…
Putin’s Anschluss of Crimea saved Ukraine from going back to its old ways, Kazarin says
Many commentators have pointed out that Stalin was the greatest state builder in Ukrainian history because he added…
How Euromaidan helped democratisation in Ukraine
Numerous theories try to explain the causes for Euromaidan revolution in Ukraine: some blame Viktor Yanukovych for refusing…