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INTERVIEW | Why Ukraine needs a free and recognized Orthodox Church
These golden church domes are of a pear-type shape common for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Photo: Ukrinform.ua It’s hot times for the Church in Ukraine. The Orthodox Church in Ukraine, now subordinate to Moscow, could become independent aka autocephalous, fulfilling a long-lasting dream going back to the first attempts at Ukrainian independence. President Poroshenko’s appeal… Read more »
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ARTICLE | Ukraine Is Worth Fighting For
Kyiv. The new conventional wisdom is that four years after Maidan, reforms have stalled in Ukraine and corruption has consumed the leadership. But this picture is hardly true.
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ARTICLE | Postcolonial syndrome, or Why do revolutions occur one after another in Ukraine?
Where can we still find a country where in the course of 15 years three revolutions occurred? What did they change, and why does one revolution always follow another?
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ARTICLE | Denial of the Obvious: Far Right in Maidan Protests and Their Danger Today
Sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko studies the reasons for underestimating the potential of far right forces in Ukraine The article was originally published at VoxUkraine. Recently the massive rallies of the far right parties, the powerful public presentation of the National Militia affiliated to Azov’s “National Corps” party, escalating attacks by extreme right groups against leftist, feminist,… Read more »
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ARTICLE | Honest History: Where, why Ukrainians speak Russian language (and how Kremlin uses it to stoke conflict in Ukraine)
While Ukrainian has been the sole official language of Ukraine since the country declared independence in 1991, Russian is still very widely used, to the extent that some describe Ukraine as a bilingual country, meaning that most Ukrainians speak and understand at least two languages: Russian and Ukrainian.
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ARTICLE | Four years after the Euromaidan revolution in Ukraine: key gains and losses
The Euromaidan revolution demanded democratic values and decried the kleptocratic regime of the then president, Viktor Yanukovych. In the next three months, a hundred activists were killed, Russia annexed Crimea and supported breakaway forces in a war that tore apart eastern Ukraine.
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ARTICLE | The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder review – chilling and unignorable
A new Russian nation should be established, Ilyin argued, to defend and promote that ineffable spirit against all external threats – not only communism but also individualism. To achieve that end, Ilyin outlined a “simulacrum” of democracy in which the Russian people would speak “naturally” with one voice, dependent on a leader who was cast as “redeemer” for returning true Russian culture to its people.
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ARTICLE | MOLDOVA’S FRAGILE ENERGY SECURITY
The article was originally published at The New Eastern Europe. By UDI Associate Maria Shagina. Moldova´s energy security depends on Russian gas and electricity delivered from Transnistria. The limited options for diversification of energy routes and supplies make the country reliant on political stability in Romania and Ukraine. Domestically, the full implementation of EU energy… Read more »
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INTERVIEW | AFTER THE ANNEXATION: Occupied Crimea becoming human rights black hole
The interview was originally published at Business Ukraine. About the interviewee: Madeline Roache is a British journalist specializing in human rights issues in post-Soviet Russia. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Newsweek, Al Jazeera and a range of other international media. As the world marks the fourth anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s Crimean invasion, the… Read more »
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ARTICLE | Could U.N. peacekeepers help end the war in Ukraine?
Could a U.N.-backed peacekeeping force end the grinding war in eastern Ukraine that has claimed more than 10,000 lives? In September, Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted that he might be open to a U.N. force.
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ARTICLE | Religious Regulations and Orthodox Competition in Ukraine
Ukraine is diverse in many ways. One of them is religion. Solidarity and fragmentation take place in this field as much as in politics.
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ARTICLE | Ukrainians must address the nation’s collective post-traumatic stress disorder
Australian Pete Shmigel argues that the suppressed traumas of distant and recent history continue to shape Ukrainian society negatively and are as big an obstacle to progress as more commonly discussed problems like corruption and the ongoing hybrid conflict with Russia. Is today’s Ukraine suffering from a collective case of post-traumatic stress disorder? The article… Read more »
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