Some EU countries have raised the issue of possible abolishment of the visa-free regime with some western Balkan states, Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova due to a series of abuses by the citizens of these countries. […]
29.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea exposed systematic violations of the rules of international flights and navigation in the territory of the temporarily occupied peninsula. As a result, the court arrested 12 […]
29.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Every revolution is associated with information and communication technologies one way or another. Leaflets, posters, and newspapers were superseded by social media and the Internet. The protests in Belarus, which began after the authorities had rigged the presidential […]
29.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The conclusion of a long-term gas contract between Hungary and the Russian concern Gazprom on the supply of Russian gas bypassing Ukraine has given rise to diplomatic tensions between Kyiv and Budapest. The Government of […]
28.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine stated that we once again witnessed unfounded insinuations of Alexander Lukashenka against Ukraine. "Obviously, Alexander Lukashenka has already fully mastered the patterns of Russian propaganda rhetoric about threats posed by […]
28.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The autumn session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will take place in Strasbourg from 27 to 30 September 2021 in a hybrid format. The main topics of the autumn session will be […]
27.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russia’s economic activity in Crimea results in the exhaustion of natural resources on the peninsula and the destruction of quarries and landscapes as evidenced by the study of the NGO Crimea SOS entitled “Environment of Crimea: changes and […]
27.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Centre for Economic Strategy reported that China's investment in Ukraine had increased from $50 million to $260 million over 2016-2021. “The growth of investments from China should be closely followed because similar to those from […]
27.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ukrainian command has not recorded the mass return of battalion tactical groups of the army of the Russian Federation to their places of permanent deployment, despite the fact that Russia-Belarus military drill Zapad (West) 2021 officially ended […]
26.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russian-backed militants in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions have launched large-scale mobilisation command and staff exercises involving civilian forces and reservists, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence […]
25.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a report on Ukraine, showing an increase in the ceasefire violations in Donbas, as well as the number of civilian casualties and damage […]
24.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
A new book tells about the first months of World War II and how the Soviet authorities swept away so-called "enemy elements" from western Ukraine. The data contained therein was previously classified and became available due […]
24.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine is still suffering from grand corruption, state capture and the influence of oligarchs, and EU initiatives in this field delivered poor results. This is a conclusion of a special report published by the European […]
23.09.2021 • Natalia Tolub
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba started a dialogue with the U.S. Congress and the President’s Administration on the need to increase the total aid provided by the United States to Ukraine up to […]
23.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European People's Party (EPP) group in the European Parliament called on the European Union not to recognise the elections to the State Duma in Russia, emphasising that the Russian authorities held voting with blatant […]
22.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and newly elected President of the UN General Assembly Abdullah Shahid. Russian aggression in Ukraine was one of the main topics of conversation. […]
22.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
To stay in power, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been struggling for 20 years to prevent the emergence of systemic opposition by controlling the activities of political units that could turn out to be particularly […]
22.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russia took production of disinformation for outside audience to the assembly line On 16 September, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the EU–Russia relations by a significant majority. This is a very tough document, which […]
22.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reports that the Zavodsky District Court in Minsk sentenced Ukrainian citizen Mykhailo Ferents to three years in prison for alleged participation in acts grossly violating the public order and intentional […]
22.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The international community criticised the Russian Federation for holding the State Duma elections in the occupied Crimea and involving residents of the occupied territories of Donbas in the voting. The European Union and individual European countries […]
21.09.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak