When I was a little boy, I used to sit on my grandmother's lap. She would tell me something, and I would stroke her grey hair, running my finger along the wrinkles covering my grandmother's […]
25.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
They seemed to go to Russia legally to earn a bit of money. And were enslaved by criminals. They were forced to work as drug couriers through blackmail and threats. According to the Kharkiv Human […]
23.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In young democracies, political communicators have even bigger tasks in communication than their equivalents in Western countries. Three decades ago, Eastern Europe broke free from the communist system. This has been a period of ongoing […]
19.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Some consider Russia to be a bear, vodka, ballet, balalaika, Dostoevsky. Others see Putin, wars, fears, terrorism. Due to the Kremlin's imperial activity's painful manifestations, the latter's amount increases. Fear! It is a fear that […]
18.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The most famous former Kremlin political prisoner from Ukraine, Oleg Sentsov, is not going to be a politician, but instead devotes his time to filmmaking and writing books. In an interview with the journalist of […]
16.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The business club movement in Ukraine is only taking off. Today, an entrepreneur may think that there is an incredible number of business clubs in Ukraine, but in fact, if one takes a closer look […]
14.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
"It's scary to see people from a neighbouring village walking barefoot to your place because their house burnt down. It's easier with little children – you can hide them under clothes and take them away […]
13.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russia is interested in a frozen conflict in Donbas so it can have a say in Ukraine’s internal politics, and President Zelensky genuinely seeks to resolve the crisis in Eastern Ukraine, says Sandra Kalniete, Latvian […]
10.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Many Belgian businessmen want to do business in Ukraine, but they do not know exactly how to get in the door, says Jo Vanbelle, Honorary Consul of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Belgium and Managing […]
09.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
I always thought that one can obtain a rank of officer in any army in the world only after graduating from military college or at least a couple of courses, and promotion to the next […]
06.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Azerbaijan-Armenia negotiation process is taking place against the background of ongoing armed hostilities where the parties try to improve their positions by means of military resources. President of Turkey Tayyip Erdoğan explicitly stated that […]
04.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In recent years, after the illegal annexation of Crimea and the start of hostilities in the Donbas, the expediency and profitability (or unprofitability) of economic cooperation with Russia is still hotly debated in Ukraine. Some […]
03.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
When it comes to Chinese influence, the economy is most often mentioned: the location of multinational corporations in China, investments from China, the “One Way” project, one zone, and so on. Until recently, the illusion […]
02.11.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
For the last decades, Russia has already proved to be an unreliable partner when it comes to the world order and respect of the international law: From recent allegations of the poisoning of Alexey Navalny […]
31.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The issue of piracy in Ukraine has been painful for many years. Ukraine consistently enters the TOP-10 countries in terms of pirate site visits. During the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, traffic to pirated […]
30.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
As one says in Russia: "Impossible is possible." Russia is trying hard to justify the Crimea annexation and to "close the issue" of recognising the Crimean Peninsula to be Russian territory forever. After the peninsula […]
28.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Voter turnout at local elections on 25 October was 36.88%. And this is the lowest turnout in the history of independent Ukraine. Many immediately began shouting about "betrayal" and, as always, accusing voters of irresponsibility […]
27.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In the current situation, Ukraine is a key country in global geopolitics, and it is also important for the future of democracy around the world. This was stated by well-known political scientist and philosopher, professor […]
23.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In Nizhny Novgorod, Irina Slavina, the creator and editor-in-chief of the independent online publication KozaPress, committed suicide. In the afternoon of 2 October, she burnt herself near the building of the regional department of the […]
20.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Alexi Navalny's case, even without loud sanctions, dealt a blow to Russia's investment climate and economic attractiveness. Angela Merkel's recent meeting with Navalny is not accidental, although it was exclusively secular. Emmanuel Macron and Merkel […]
16.10.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak