Opinion

Germany, in fact, has become Putin’s lap dog in Europe (Trump put it more mildly – “a captive of the Russians”). The US sees no point in paying for the deployment of the US military on its territory at American taxpayers’ expense, while the Federal Republic of Germany is purchasing significant amounts of Russian gas, is building a pipeline and […]

Russians are definitely not going to end the war and leave Donbas. This is stated by the blogger Denis Kazanskyi. Since the beginning of summer, the “DPR” militants have undertaken to strengthen and rebuild checkpoints on the demarcation line with the Ukraine-controlled territory. In fact, instead of temporary checkpoints, a fully-featured border is being built now. On the one hand, […]

Russia does not show a desire to meet the peaceful initiatives of President Zelensky. It was admited by Yuriy Butusov. Below, he presents some of the current Russia – Ukraine war not solved issues. – The initiative of the President of Ukraine to repair the bridge in Stanitsa Luganskaya has been blocked by the Russian military command. The troops of […]

Events in the Black sea are unfolding at such a speed that traditional foreign policy cannot keep up and requires an urgent careful and creative re-thinking. The analysis made by Andrii Klymenko, associate fellow, Crimea Department, Maidan of Foreign Affairs, Editor-in-Chief of the BSNews is aimed at anyone who cares about the region. The author stresses that it is important […]

Ukraine parliamentary elections 2019: people are not misled; they do want amateurs to take over the government. I’m reading indignantly confused posts about the Ukrainians’ unreasonable choice and think that their authors simply lack the complexity of thinking. And they are not able to see how the events interrelate. Look: the five previous years of hypocritical thievish power exasperated people […]

That is what freedom of choice looks like. It is not for everyone and not entirely logical; it is chaotic and unpredictable. In 2014, people voted for the idea of ​​defending the country, and in 2019 they voted for the idea of ​​changes in the state. Because the main war that is being waged in the world is a war […]

Everything that is happening in Europe points to one historical parallel – a run-up to World War II in an aggressor appeasement phase. Today, the world is as if in the summer of 1938, when in September the Munich Agreement over the division of Czechoslovakia was signed, and Chamberlain ‘brought peace’. Russia, which has developed a taste for blood, has […]

On June 26 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) ratified credentials of the Russian delegation imposing no restrictions regardless of the violations of the Council of Europe principles. This reports by the “Yevropeiska Pravda” (European Truth) correspondent from Strasbourg.   Following the debates, PACE deputies rejected with an absolute majority all amendments suggested by representatives of Ukraine, […]

Appeal to the press office of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine on its latest scandal statement. Dear press office of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine who believes that shelling in Donbas means some kind of loss of some kind of control over mercenaries by Russia. You know better, of course. But there are a few things that are painfully obvious […]

While considering objections in the case brought by Ukraine to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Russia tries to influence the court and make it consider the case on their own terms instead of jurisdiction issues. This was announced by Olena Zerkal, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for the European Integration and Agent of Ukraine in […]

Specialized anti-corruption Prosecutor began to investigate the legitimacy of actions of ex-president Petro Poroshenko. According to the SAP press service, after a meeting between Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office Nazar Kholodnytsky and former owner of Energomerezha Dmytro Kriuchkov, “Following a personal reception by Kholodnytsky of citizen Kriuchkov, regarding the legitimacy of the actions of the former president, a […]

The hotel owner who introduced the rule shortly after the annexation of Crimea five years ago went through a series of court trials to finally get the decision by the highest court issued in his support. “Crimea is Ukraine” is a mandatory statement for Russian guests wishing to stay at the Brioni Boutique Hotel in the Czech Ostrava. The hotel […]