Psychological violence is a rather complex phenomenon in the former CIS countries’ legal fields. It is considered only as a component of the other violence types (physical, economic, sexual) qualification. At the same time, common […]
20.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Protests against the detention of Khabarovsk Krai Governor Sergei Furgal have been going on for nine days in the cities of the Russian Far East. More than 50,000 people appeared in the streets of Khabarovsk, […]
20.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 20 July, it is four years since the high-profile murder of a journalist in the centre of Kyiv. An improvised explosive device placed near the driver's seat was detonated in the car that belonged […]
20.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
A loud corruption scandal has exploded in Ukraine, involving a group of judges from one of the country's main courts, the Kyiv District Administrative Court. According to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, several main […]
18.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia reported that 132 participants were detained during the protest against the amendments to the Russian Constitution. People expressed dissatisfaction with the results of the voting. As Vladimir Putin […]
17.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In Russia, coronavirus-related limitations were first introduced in March, and the number of women who turned to the national hotline grew by 24% compared to February. The situation is aggravated by the unsatisfactory state of […]
14.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russia's Federal Security Service and other law enforcement authorities in the annexed Crimea use drubbings, electric shocks and strangulation to force detainees to testify. According to the information of UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in […]
14.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Tens of thousands of people are rioting in Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur and several other Russian cities to protest against Putin for the second day in a row. They shout: “Putin must resign now!” “He’s got to […]
13.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Dutch government said it would file a lawsuit against the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights over MH17 the Malaysian Airlines flight shot out of the sky over Donbas. This decision was […]
10.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Political pressure on the central bank in a legal, civilized state is unacceptable, a statement by the National Bank of Ukraine employees, published on the regulator's Facebook page, declared. The central bank employees of different […]
08.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ivan Safronov, a former "Kommersant" and "Vedomosti" journalist and adviser to Roscosmos Chairman, was arrested in Moscow on 7 July. The arrest took place within a high treason case. The FSB said that the journalist […]
08.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
After the Orange Revolution of 2005, Ukrainians were proud of the high level of freedom of speech in the country compared to other former Soviet republics. Ukrainian journalists were more or less free to express […]
05.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The searches of units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Khmelnitsky, Odesa and Kherson oblasts and the seizure of microwave devices (klystrons), which are key elements of the anti-aircraft missile […]
03.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
In the seventh year of the war in Ukraine, about one and a half million internally displaced persons (IDPs) left the occupied territories. Last year only, 1,376,517 people were officially registered as IDPs. There is […]
02.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine received an official invitation from France on July 1 to send its experts to participate in the decryption of the black boxes of the UIA Boeing 737, which had been shot down on January […]
02.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
About 78% of Russians "supported" amendments to the Constitution that, among other things, would allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to keep his position until 2036, according to the Central Election Commission. 99% of ballots have […]
02.07.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine has begun work on a bill to increase fines for insulting police officers. This was announced by Deputy Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko, adding that this issue was raised […]
29.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Security Service of Ukraine together with NABU under the procedural guidance of the SAP detained the head of one of the regional state administrations and an official of the same regional state administration for […]
26.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
Today, June 26, the whole world will remember the victims of torture and ill-treatment. In Ukraine, this figure, according to human rights organizations, reaches more than 50 thousand cases per year. However, no one really […]
26.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak
The case of the murder of journalist Pavlo Sheremet is one of the most difficult in the history of Ukraine because it was prepared very carefully. The main purpose of the investigation of this case […]
25.06.2020 • Bohdan Marusyak