Ukraine does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons, but the government is trying to change that. “The Government of Ukraine does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination […]
13.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Georgia, Transnistria, Crimea, and Donbas are just some of the territories at the expense of which Russia is restoring the Soviet Union. The occupiers and collaborationists prevent the population of these regions from developing. Predatory peacekeeping […]
13.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
To date, the European Union is Ukraine's largest trading partner with a share of trade in goods of 40.2% of the country's total foreign trade. "Last year was the only one since 2014 when trade with […]
12.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On Tuesday, 10 August, German law enforcement detained a British citizen on suspicion of espionage in favour of Russian intelligence in exchange for financial rewards. As the German Federal Prosecutor's Office informs, the suspect, whose name […]
11.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The problem of Crimea’s overpopulation is among the reasons that affected the water balance of the peninsula and caused water shortages, along with global warming, last year’s drought, military expansion of the occupier, and failed “management” of the […]
11.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine summoned Chargé d'Affaires of Belarus in Ukraine Kirill Kamyshev to strongly condemn a series of inadmissible statements made by Alexander Lukashenka at his press conference. Primarily, the Belarusian diplomat was […]
11.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmyla Denisova informed the Head of the United Nations Children's Fund Office (UNICEF) in Ukraine about the systematic policy of militarisation of children pursued in the temporarily occupied territories of […]
10.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Forty-eight percent of foreign investors think that Ukraine became less attractive for investment, 42% consider the investment climate largely unchanged, and only 9% see improvements. This is evidenced by the results of the fifth annual […]
10.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Being a neighbour of Belarus today is almost as dangerous as being a neighbour of Russia. The death of the Head of the Belarusian House in Ukraine, Vitaly Shishov, in Kyiv startled many. Vitaly was […]
10.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in November 1991, the area that extends from central Europe to Central Asia has been commonly referred to as the “post-Soviet space.” The label has always been problematic, […]
09.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Granting a motion filed by the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol, the court put a lien on 13 aircraft of the Russian air carrier that were used […]
09.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ukrainian side has submitted to the Venice Commission a draft law on the state policy of the transition period for Crimea and Donbas, according to Yuna Potiomkina, advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for […]
08.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine is not turning towards China. The two countries are in the normal process of cooperation in trade and the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. "I don't know, maybe someone sees some special rapprochement between […]
07.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Hailed from KGB [Soviet Union’s Committee for State Security], General Marchuk became in his lifetime an uncompromising opponent of his "colleague" – Lieutenant Colonel Putin Yevhen Marchuk, one of the most powerful political figures in […]
06.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The constituent forum of the Crimea Platform expert network started in the capital of Ukraine on Friday, 6 August. The event was opened by First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Dzheppar. According to […]
06.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 5 August, Ukraine commemorated the victims of the Great Terror of 1937-1938, one of the largest crimes committed by the Soviet authorities against humanity. The number of Ukraine’s victims affected by these massive Stalinist repressions […]
06.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The self-proclaimed President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenka, has stated that the policy of the Ukrainian authorities is starting to pose a threat to the security of Belarus. "Close people, akin people, but the leadership of […]
05.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will allocate Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) equivalent to US$650 billion. The decision will take effect on 23 August. Of this amount, about $275 billion will go to emerging market countries and […]
04.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The militarisation of Russia and Kremlin-favoured military-patriotic upbringing bear fruit. However, the consequences are very far from those desirable. Instead of love for the homeland, teenagers are instilled only with aggressive moods and illusions of all-permissiveness, […]
04.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Director of NGO Belarusian House in Ukraine, Belarusian citizen Vitaly Shishov, was found hanged in one of Kyiv's parks near his place of residence. According to the Kyiv police, Vitaly's mobile phone and personal belongings were […]
04.08.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak