In recent years, many cases of pressure, persecution, and attacks on human rights defenders and civil society activists have been recorded in Ukraine. Most of the high-profile cases are kept in sight solely due to […]
10.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine has made some progress in reforming the country, but widespread corruption continues to hamper this process, Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis said during the discussion of the interim report on Ukraine's […]
10.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Armin Laschet, who replaced incumbent Chancellor Angela Merkel, supported the idea of enlarging the EU and giving Ukraine a European prospect. In his first interview since his […]
09.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The National Electronic Mass Media Council of Latvia (NEPLP) banned the broadcasting of the Rossiya RTR TV channel in the country for a year. The decision will come into force on 15 February, Chairman of the Board of NEPLP […]
09.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian experts claim that the Russian Federation has more than doubled its military potential on the peninsula since the beginning of the occupation of Crimea. The National Space Facilities Control And Test Centre of Ukraine records new […]
08.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The year 2020 will go down in history books not only due to its eventfulness (coronavirus pandemic, tensions in the Middle East, protests in Belarus, the Armenia-Azerbaijan war, the US presidential election and other equally […]
08.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
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
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
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
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 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
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