“Export of Russian Corruption. 1st Report - Medicine” – this is the name of the report that describes the situation in Russia during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper was presented at the online event of Friends of […]
01.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine endorsed the main national vectors of financial monitoring development for the next three years. They provide for the improvement of national anti-money laundering system in accordance with international standards. […]
17.05.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Did you know that there are unique and amazing monuments in Ukraine? For example, monuments to the dumpling, corrupt official, cucumber, loving couple, and hedgehog. There is even the monument to the nose of famous […]
12.05.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Almost half of offences, namely 14 incidents, were recorded in Kyiv city. Kharkiv region (3) ranks second after the capital, Odesa and Poltava cities rank third (2 incidents in each). One case of persecution was […]
03.05.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Security Service of Ukraine blocked a new scheme of falsification of PCR test results. The dealers conspired with private medical institutions and “qualitatively” falsified the test results, entering the information into the Dii Vdoma […]
03.05.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
I have a lot of stories about the spring and summer of 1986, suffice for a few short novels. For now, I will limit myself to an excerpt I wrote for the book “Hennadiy Matsuka: […]
28.04.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The State Archive of the Security Service of Ukraine made public secret KGB documents: the first report on the explosion filed by Chornobyl NPP director Viktor Bryukhanov to the higher management, conversations of the plant […]
27.04.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Against the background of Russia’s recent military buildup along Ukraine’s border, the European Union needs to use its strengths and avoid sanctions against Russia, which today do not yield the desired result or have a […]
24.04.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The vast majority of Ukrainians (84%) believe that Ukraine currently lacks order. In order to improve the situation, people are even ready for restrictions on certain freedoms. This is evidenced by the results of the […]
01.04.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
In 2018, the Consul General of Russia in Strasbourg was expelled from France for espionage. Recently, this story has gained wide resonance in the French, as well as Ukrainian and even Russian media and social […]
27.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
“The best way to judge the state is to look at the way justice is done there.” Stanislaw Jerzy Leс – polish poet and philosopher What happened? The Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU) is one […]
09.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Fight against COVID-19 In Ukraine, the fight against COVID-19 officially began on 3 March 2020 when the first coronavirus case was confirmed in the Chernivtsi region. Initially, the authorities took quite decisive measures, in particular, […]
01.03.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) imposed sanctions on MP Viktor Medvedchuk, who is known for his pro-Russian views and is the father of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s godchild. According to the […]
20.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The United States has imposed sanctions against another 43 Belarusian nationals for rigging the presidential election and violence against peaceful protesters, the press service of the U.S. Department of State reports. "Today, the U.S. Department […]
19.02.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
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
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
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 European Union is working to ensure that Ukraine receives the second part of a macro-financial assistance tranche worth EUR 600 million as soon as possible, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen […]
30.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The G7 Ambassadors presented a roadmap for judicial and anti-corruption reforms in Ukraine. The proposals also concern changes in the work of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (CCU), whose headline-making decisions, according to the Ambassadors, […]
26.01.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak