The EU needs to make its sanctions mechanism much more effective to help defend human rights and democracy in Belarus and Russia or other countries where people are fighting with very brutal authoritarian regimes, said […]
08.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) exposed and shut down the spy network of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) operating in Kyiv, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr and Chernihiv regions. The network’s members were […]
08.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
In August 2018, Russian President Putin made headlines by dancing arm-in-arm with Austria's Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl at her wedding. The "friendliness" of Austria's politicians with Russia is no coincidence - it is a result […]
08.02.2021 • Natalia Tolub
Ukraine did not know that civil aviation was in danger when a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was shot down over Donbas in July 2014. Accordingly, the Netherlands will not hold Ukraine accountable for its decision not to close airspace […]
07.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian special services plan to initiate the imposition of individual sanctions against some members of parliament in the near future. Some MPs involved in supplying weapons to terrorists will be prosecuted, Secretary of the National […]
06.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce has refused the three minority shareholders of PJSC Ukrnafta (Littop Enterprises, Bridgemont Ventures, and Bordo Managament) will not satisfy their claim against Ukraine for more than […]
05.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The EU should make the sanctions mechanism more effective in order to better protect democracy, in particular regarding Russia and Belarus. That was a message from a video conference on “Defending democracy in Russia and […]
05.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European side should conduct a comprehensive dialogue in relations with Russia, French President Emmanuel Macron said during a discussion to mark the launch of the Atlantic Council's Europe Centre. "In these very sensitive regions […]
05.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russia involves rogue states in hushing up its international crimes. Ukraine reacted to the opening of an honorary consulate of Nicaragua in Crimea and imposed sanctions on this state. Given the low intensity of relations […]
05.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 31 January 2021, the Russian occupation forces used the Grad-P portable rocket system to shell the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the town of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region. The Permanent Mission of […]
04.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell held a phone conversation to coordinate their positions ahead of […]
04.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On Tuesday, 2 February, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky issued a decree enacting a decision of the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) on the application of sanctions against MP Taras Kozak and TV channels of […]
04.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Rallies in Russia have continued. They again have the same distinctive feature – ubiquity. The Open Media Group calculated the approximate number of protesters in Russian cities. The largest rallies took place in St. Petersburg, […]
03.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
A father of a 22-year-old deceased Ukrainian defender, Yevhen Kornienko, is seeking justice at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Anatoliy Kornienko proved in national courts that the Russian Federation is to blame for […]
03.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved sectoral sanctions against the economy of Nicaragua due to the opening of the "first foreign consulate" in the Russian-occupied Crimea. A total of 322 MPs voted for […]
02.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) will study in detail the possible link between former first deputy chief of the SBU Dmytro Neskoromny, who is suspected of organising the contract murder of Andriy Naumov, and […]
02.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines under the global COVAX Facility will arrive in Ukraine in two weeks. Ukraine will receive 117,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, Deputy Minister of Health for European Integration Ihor […]
01.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The balance of power in the world is changing, as well as the situation at the regional level. This is important to understand for conducting a full analysis of trends and processes that will take […]
01.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
A record number of more than 5,000 people, including more than 80 journalists, were detained during rallies in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Russia on Sunday. The police used force against the protesters, […]
01.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On Saturday, 30 January, six Ukrainian sailors of the Stevia cargo vessel were released from pirate captivity in Nigeria, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky informed on his Instagram page. "Six Ukrainian sailors – crew members […]
31.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
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