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27 July, 2017Politics
A new kind of sport
Just about everyone in Ukraine is battling corruption today: all the law enforcement agencies together with the activists, officials and MPs. Sometimes, though, such a large number of anti-corruption folks can get in the way
9 June, 2014Society
Organize or Face Disappointment
Without grassroots organization and political parties funded by membership dues, Ukrainians will find themselves disappointed once again by self-serving political leaders. Even worse, the country could face further degradation or loss of sovereignty
14 September, 2013Society
Obstacle Race, or Kyiv by Wheelchair
Despite the government’s assurances of “care”, thousands of people in wheelchairs, as they move around in Kyiv, have to clear numerous obstacles almost imperceptible to the eye but very real for wheels
2 August, 2013Politics
Deactivation
Why civil activists in Ukraine face a new wave of repression
19 June, 2013News
Parliamentary elections in Ukraine were marred by large-scale abuse of administrative resources, says Freedom House
Ukraine is one out of 17 nations in transit along with Belarus, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Russia whose democracy score in 2013 declined, says the report of Freedom House “Nations in Transit 2013: Authoritarian Aggression and the Pressures of Austerity.”
14 June, 2013Society
Help Thy Neighbour
Why philanthropy is not popular in Ukraine
31 May, 2013News
Only 15% of all charity organizations in Ukraine actually work
“Up to 2,000 new charity organizations have been emerging annually in Ukraine lately,” says Anna Hulevska-Chernysh, Director of the Ukrainian Philanthropists Forum.
27 January, 2012Politics
Hurdles for NGOs
Ukraine’s public organizations are hampered by outdated legislation and red tape
23 December, 2011Politics
Preventive Measures
The government struggles to hush NGOs that could spur society to protest
12 July, 2011Society
Institutional Policy Wonks
Involvement of the society into implementation of state’s policies is of a reason only in case, when the public opinion and opinion of independent experts are heard by the state. In Ukraine neither of the above mentioned is taken into account.
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Is it possible to separate Pushkin from Putin?
The culture of 'Muscovite Rus' came to form from two heterogeneous sources. The seed of the religious and artistic culture reached Muscovy from southeastern Europe (Byzantium, the Balkans) through Kyiv. On the other hand, the foundation of the political and legal culture came to Muscovy from 'Ulus Jöchi', better known as the Golden Horde. As a result, the Russian "spiritual culture" took the shape of a familiar European facade, behind which a non-European state infrastructure hid.
7 April, ,
Russia says Kyiv ‘changing mind’ in peace talks as Putin warned against chemical weapons
German chancellor Olaf Scholz says Putin’s comments on US biological weapons seemed like an ‘implicit threat’
23 March, ,
In the hands of criminals, history is a deadly weapon
It is us, Ukrainians, and all the citizens of this country, who must keep studying our own history. To defend our land and our country, we must know it better.
20 March, ,
Survey says 86.6% of Russians support the armed invasion of Russia in other European countries
86.6% of Russians tolerate and support the potential assault on the territory of the European Union, including: Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and others as evidenced by the results of the sociological survey conducted by “Active Group”
18 March, ,
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