YouTube removed more than 2,500 channels linked to Russia, China and Iran within a campaign to combat misinformation in the second quarter of 2020. As Google reports state, all the deleted channels were administered in […]
08.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian authorities prepare the detainees exchange with Russia-backed militants from the occupied territories of Donbas. The President's Office Head Andriy Yermak reports in a comment to Reuters. According to him, one expects the exchange to be […]
07.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus, has stated that his attitude to the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine has not changed in six years. In addition, the Belarusian Leader believes that the blame for the events […]
07.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 24-29 July of this year. Vostok SOS Charitable Foundation and other organisations' officers with more than 30 European experts, were observing the declared ceasefire next to the frontline within the 8th international mission. They […]
07.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
As for November 2019, 20% of judges in the Crimea and the city of Sevastopol were citizens of the Russian Federation. Thus, today, in gross violation of international law, at least 104 foreign nationals administer […]
07.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The US Senate Intelligence Committee has adopted a secret version of the latest, fifth volume of Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election investigation and promised to release a declassified publicly available version later. Republican […]
06.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will severely punish ships under the Panamanian flag for the entry into the Russian-occupied Ukrainian Crimea ports, Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Yevhen Yenin posted on Facebook. The diplomat […]
06.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The first visit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba to Poland reminded of the good old days, when assurances of strategic partnership and unconditional support were at the forefront of public […]
06.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Every year, according to human rights activists, at least 50,000 Ukrainians are tortured and ill-treated. In 2019, the Prosecutor General's Office sent to court 164 criminal proceedings under Art. 127 of the Criminal Code (Torture), […]
05.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine has made some good anti-corruption reforms under the Presidency of Petro Poroshenko, but now some of them seem to be under threat, says John Lough, Associate fellow of the Russia & Eurasia Programme at […]
05.08.2020 • pu
The first Prime Minister of independent Ukraine, Vitold Fokin, will join the Ukrainian delegation to the Tripartite Contact Group for the settlement of the conflict in Donbas. According to the Head of the delegation Leonid […]
05.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
During the recent few weeks, I have known that at least four journalists had received threats of different magnitude and severity. One journalist had to leave the country. When coming to journalism, many of us […]
05.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ukrainian Embassy in Belgium hosted a ceremony of presenting certificates of foreign Ukrainians to Oksana, Andriy and Nadiya Senychak, the Embassy's Facebook page reports. "Foreign Ukrainians continue to contribute to the development of the […]
04.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Poland's antitrust regulator (UOKiK) has fined Russia's Gazprom about 50 million euros in the construction of the “Nord Stream-2” gas pipeline. According to the press service of the Polish agency, the reason for prosecution was […]
03.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The National Union of Journalists of Ukraine has launched an information campaign to protect freedom of speech and the rights of journalists, coincided with the 2020 local elections. In partnership with Ukrainian journalists and experts […]
03.08.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 28 April 2020, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed the Law on the Circulation of Agricultural Land, which was adopted by Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, following late-night debate on 31 March 2020, and […]
01.08.2020 • pu
The Ukrainian-controlled Stanytsia Luhanska, with a population of about 13,000 inhabitants, is close to the Zhovtnevy district of occupied Luhansk. Before the war, there were strong socio-economic and infrastructural ties between Luhansk and Stanytsia Luhanska. To date, these ties disappeared, and none can find an […]
31.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Political analyst Artyom Shraibman: “the increase in bilateral trade between Ukraine and Belarus is a mutually beneficial scenario – one in which Lukashenka will be abnormally interested in after the elections” Wrapping up the series […]
31.07.2020 • pu
Ukraine and Iran have agreed on three major points in talks on compensation for the UIA plane downing next to Tehran, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Head Dmytro Kuleba announced. Negotiations with the Iranian delegation lasted […]
31.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russian President's Deputy Chief of Staff Dmytro Kozak, who is currently in charge of Ukraine-related issues in the Kremlin, has embarked on another round of subtle political play. His decision to suspend negotiations on Donbas […]
31.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak