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German historians are researching the real history of Ukraine. Natalia Pysanska for radiosvoboda.org.

To-the-point and frank-wrap-up speech of David Kramer, Senior Director for Human Rights & Democracy with the McCain Institute on the closing day of Kyiv Security Forum enjoyed full attention of the audience. EMPR caught up with Mr. Kramer on the margins of forum to hear his grounded take on what the U.S. should be doing and does not currently do […]

A group of anonymous Ukrainian activists staged a "vacation" inside the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale. At the opening of the largest forum of contemporary art in the world, the pavilion occupied by the Russian Federation was invaded by people wearing military uniforms with a badge that said "on vacation."

In these difficult times for Ukraine, IDPs from the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine have high hopes that their government will make wise and focused decisions. All too often, though, laws are being enacted that are unwise and confusing. The laws that were passed recently in regard to internally displaced persons have not stood up to scrutiny, neither from a legal standpoint nor from a standpoint of logic. Tatiana Matiash, a human rights activist and herself a displaced person, has agreed to comment on these issues.

Intoxicated by the money pouring in from the Kremlin the West had provided stability to Putin's regime. This is the conclusion Garry Kasparov, one of the leaders of the resistance in Russia and the founder of the United Civic Front, has arrived at.

Speech delivered by Pavlo Poliansky, Deputy Minister of Education of Ukraine, at the international conference "Information As a Weapon of War in the 21st Century: The Experience of the 2014-2015 Ukraine Conflict for Poland and Europe."

For EMPR readers who would like to learn more about the withdrawal of Ukraine's Armed Forces from the encircled railway hub of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine. Earlier, we published a report from one of the Vega squadron fighters, who are part of the Special Forces of Ukraine's National Guard. Now, we present the story of Shaman (nom de guerre), 30, a volunteer who fought in the special mountain-infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 

"When the airport terminal was blasted the roof collapsed and our guys were covered with the rubble from the wreckage. They yelled for help. They made it through the night. Those who had grenades blew themselves up," thirty year old Anatoly Tkachuk tells horrible story about Ukrainian Cyborgs from Donetsk airport to Anna Bova.

Odious Igor Girkin (nicknamed Strelkov) – Russian FSB colonel and one of the main Russian terrorists in Donbas – tells about the real, forced referendum in Crimea.

'We need to reinforce our positions and launch an attack to chase the bandits out of Ukraine back to Rostov'. An interesting interview conducted by Vitaliy Portnikov (RadioSvoboda) in the framework of 'Your Liberty' with Serhiy Vysotskiy (Ukraine MP) and Andriy Tsaplienko (Journalist).

Known on the Internet as MustLive an expert in web security Eugene Dokukin is a leading warrior on the virtual front. In an interview conducted by Vasyl Korotkiy (UKRINFORM) Eugene spoke about the course the Ukrainian Cyber Army is pursuing, the successes the UCA has achieved and the overall cyber security situation in Ukraine.