“One of the reasons for which I thought it was important to go to Crimea was to draw attention to the situation there”

The Ukrainian Week speaks to the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights about his recent visit to Crimea, the life of Crimean Tatars in the annexed peninsula, and Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russia

“It is possible to legally prove that Russia is assisting terrorism”

The Ukrainian Week speaks to Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe about the prospects of freeing Ukrainian political prisoners from Russian prisons, the situation with Moscow's influence in the West and political mechanisms for countering Kermlin's aggression

Broken Democracy on the Frontline

Unhappy, poorly dressed people, mostly elderly, trudged to the polls to cast their votes for one of the richest people in the Donetsk region

French Companies Resist Sanctions Against Russia

Big businesses in France have significant investments in Russia. EU restrictions are causing losses. Yet, they are not planning to leave the Russian market

Where Are Estonia’s Friends?

NATO does not know how to deal with small, confusing challenges, so Russia unleashes them. If they go unpunished, they set a precedent

Poor Russia

After the USSR collapsed, Russia delved into amnesia, then into rehabilitation of the Soviet past which turned grotesque through guilty conscience and lack of culture

Independence. Reboot

How the war has changed the perception of independence in Eastern Ukraine

The Union of Tops and Bottoms

Trying to figure out what on earth happened with Donbas over the recent decades one cannot ignore the peculiar partnership between the masses and the rulers of the region

Wag the Dog. Russian Style

For the Russian incarnations and successors of Goebbels, Ukraine has become a piece of virtual reality fabricated for the sake of domestic policies

Moral Blindness and Ukrainian Lessons

Ukraine has become a litmus test of global moral (in)sensitivity at the beginning of the 21st century