In 2014, Russia launched its war against Ukraine, deploying troops, lies and propaganda against its neighbor. Now, with the war in its sixth year, pro-Russian forces are quietly grabbing up Ukrainian
Jun. 21, 2019
If parliamentary elections were held on June 9, four major political parties would pass the 5 percent threshold required to enter the Verkhovna Rada, according to survey results published on June 3 by
Jun. 3, 2019
LONDON – Dozens of people gathered at the Ukrainian Institute in London on May 13 to hear prominent Ukrainian journalist, writer, and commentator Vitaly Portnikov’s reflection on Ukraine’s politics, s
May. 15, 2019
President Petro Poroshenko and showman-turned-politician Volodymyr Zelenskiy held a presidential debate at the Olimpyskiy Stadium in Kyiv at 7 p.m. local time on April 19, just two days before the ele
Apr. 19, 2019
Viktor Medvedchuk, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s right-hand man in Ukraine, is an anomaly in Ukrainian politics. It would seem that two pro-Western revolutions and Russia’s war against Ukraine – a
Apr. 5, 2019
Even in the internet age, television remains by far the favorite source of information for Ukrainian citizens – 74 percent of them get their news mostly from TV, according to a March survey by Kyiv In
Mar. 29, 2019
Something is rotten in the heart of Ukraine’s capital, festering in one of the city’s most beautiful, up-market hotels. A secretly kept crown atop a Russian-owned, Ukrainian business empire that appea
Mar. 29, 2019
The Gulag, the system of concentration camps through which the Soviet Union carried out murderous political repression, is something many Russians and Ukrainians would rather forget. But while the reg
Jan. 18, 2019
In 2014 and 2015, the French national and Afghanistan war veteran Victor Alfonso Lenta was in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region where he, with a handful of compatriots, worked to establish a so-called “
Jan. 14, 2019
Every year, linguists choose words that have attracted the most public interest and encapsulated key events. In 2018, many in Ukraine learned a Greek word. This piece of Orthodox terminology, once the
Dec. 21, 2018
Ilya Ponomarev, the Russian businessman and exiled, former member of Russian parliament, says that next year could see the start of a rush on untapped natural gas reserves along the Black Sea’s Ukrain
Dec. 20, 2018
The Ukrainian parliament has passed a law requiring the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate to rename itself to reflect the fact that it is based in Russia. During the Dec. 20 parliam
Dec. 20, 2018
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that after Russia’s aggression near the Kerch Strait major NATO presence in the Black Sea should be seen, the sanction package against Russia should be in
Dec. 8, 2018
After returning from a Nov. 27 meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, Paul Grod tried to make his way through the lobby of the President Hotel. But he kept getting stopped by well-w
Nov. 30, 2018
The Coast Guard of the Russian Federal Security Service attacked and seized three Ukrainian Navy boats on Nov. 25 after the Ukrainian vessels tried to go from the Black Sea into the Azov Sea through t
Nov. 28, 2018
Two Russia-friendly political parties – Opposition Bloc and Za Zhittya (For Life) – are to merge forces prior to the 2019 presidential and parliamentary elections, they announced on Nov. 9. Announcing
Nov. 9, 2018
The Ukrainian presidential election campaign officially kicks off on Dec. 31, but prospective candidates are already touring the regions, speaking at public events, and plastering billboards with thei
Nov. 2, 2018
Alexandra Chalupa is the Ukrainian-American woman who is credited with getting Paul Manafort fired when he was managing Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. She also warned that Moscow would int
Oct. 16, 2018
Russia has been replaced by Poland as the top destination for Ukrainian migrant workers. But an estimated three million Ukrainians still live and work in Russia and send over a billion dollars in remi
Oct. 5, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A key political adviser to the leader of Britain’s main opposition party, who has been banned from entering Ukraine by its Security Service of Ukraine intelligence agency known as t
Sep. 22, 2018