One and a half million Ukrainian adults are domestic violence victims. This is evidenced by a sociological survey conducted jointly by the Ukrainian Institute for the Future with New Image Marketing Group. Citizens mostly believe […]
13.07.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine needs to conduct a census as the exact size of its population is unknown, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Osnat Lubrani said at the international Ukraine Reform Conference in Vilnius. "One […]
09.07.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The security officers of the Main Directorate for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption of Belarus conducted searches in the editorial office of the Nasha Niva media outlet. According to the Belarusian Association of Journalists, searches were […]
09.07.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
"Ukraine’s system of crony capitalism: The challenge of dismantling ‘systema’” is the newest publication by John Lough, Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme in Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. The […]
02.07.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 1 July 2020, Putin introduced a new time system for Russia. He began the "chronicle of the new time" with the "new" year 1937. Having reset presidential term limits to zero, the now "lifelong" […]
30.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine regards Belarus' decision to suspend participation in the EU's Eastern Partnership initiative as disrespect for the values of democracy, the rule of law, and human rights. It contradicts the interests of the Belarusian people […]
30.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine has presented a report systematising human rights violations in Crimea over the seven years of occupation. The analytical document is divided into main groups of rights: civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights. The […]
28.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ukrainian side welcomes the efforts of the Government of Canada aimed at establishing the truth and achieving justice in the case of the downing of Ukrainian flight PS752 in the sky over Tehran on […]
25.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
According to demographic projections, the share of people aged 60 and over in Ukraine will be 43.4% by 2025 and about 46% in 2030. However, unlike Europe, Ukraine has no comprehensive employment programmes for those […]
23.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Council of the European Union renewed sanctions against Russia over the occupation of the Crimean peninsula for a further year. Thus, the restrictive measures are valid until 23 June 2022, reads the press release published on the […]
21.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The UN Secretary-General's interim report on the human rights situation in Crimea occupied by Russia, which will be presented at the 21 June session of the UN Human Rights Council, records torture and persecution. "The report […]
20.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The EU should strengthen economic sanctions against the Kremlin and exclude Russia from Swift, said the German “green” MEP Viola von Cramon-Taubadel in an exclusive interview to Natalia Richardson for Brussels Ukraїna Review. She is […]
18.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The District Court of The Hague is considering the case over the downing of the passenger flight MH17 over Donbas. During the hearing on Thursday, 17 June, the court made public the analysis of the tactical situation […]
17.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Independent experts in selection commissions that select and vet the individuals who serve in Ukraine’s judiciary and anti-corruption institutions will make it possible to achieve changes that will be the most fundamental renewal of Ukraine's judiciary […]
16.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukrainian activist and former political prisoner Edem Bekirov was sentenced in absentia by the occupation court of Simferopol to seven years in a penal colony and a fine of RUB 150,000. He was convicted on […]
09.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The hearing on the merits in the criminal proceedings over the downing of Flight MH17 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur over Donbas started at the Schiphol Judicial Complex in the Netherlands. Judges, prosecutors, lawyers […]
07.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Since 2019, militants of “Donetsk People’s Republic” have been holding Olena Zaitseva and Vladyslav Zaitsev captive. The mother and the son were accused of plotting sabotage. Their story was told by the Media Initiative for […]
31.05.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The escalation of relations with the “Union State” requires a systematic reconsideration of Western countries’ policies The incident of the forced or deceptive landing of a Ryanair plane in Minsk in order to capture Belarusian […]
29.05.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Iranian authorities persecuted them, forced them not to talk to journalists, and intimidated relatives of the victims of crash of the Ukraine International Airlines plane, which was downed near Tehran on 8 January 2020. Iranian security […]
28.05.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Promote Freedom Foundation has announced a grant to create and implement an art project to commemorate the passengers of Flight MH17 shot down by Russian-backed militants in the sky over Donbas in 2014. The Russian […]
27.05.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak