Opinion

Putin has decided to battle the United States

Putin has decided to battle the United States

Nobody can forbid Putin from delivering a speech at the United Nations, just like almost 55 years ago, on October 12, 1960, nobody could prohibit Khrushchev from taking the podium and banging his shoe; or Castro from speaking for 4 1/2 hours on September 26, 1960; or Gaddafi, who in 2009 spoke for an hour and a half instead of […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Throughout human history, and the history of economics in particular, the countries that saw change coming and were ready to gamble everything to win in the high risk game of political and economic competition were the ones that had thriving economies.

Ukrainian Science Takes a Leap To Europe

Ukrainian Science Takes a Leap To Europe

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]”Participating in the program ‘Horizon 2020‘ provides great opportunities by making available the financial resources which Ukrainian scientists have never had”.

International artists catalyze changes to urban space of Mariupol. Interview with German artist Danielle Rosales

International artists catalyze changes to urban space of Mariupol. Interview with German artist Danielle Rosales

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Danielle Rosales is a Paris-based graphic designer of German and Cuban origin. Together with her colleague Robin Coenen she is working over a project designed to change perception of Mariupol’s urban space by its residents.

To the memory of Ilovaisk bloodbath: what is known a year after?

To the memory of Ilovaisk bloodbath: what is known a year after?

What was the role of Ukrainian volunteer battalions in the battles for Ilovaisk? And what is know a year after the bloodbath? Read an exclusive investigation by Yuriy Butusov, contributing editor in censor.net.

The West is pushing Poroshenko to make Ukraine the ‘Iraq of eastern Europe’

The West is pushing Poroshenko to make Ukraine the ‘Iraq of eastern Europe’

A key issue that will decide the future of the country is being settled – will Poroshenko cave in under the pressure of the EU and the US along with the parliamentary factions Samopomich and RP to change the constitution of Ukraine? 

A letter from occupied Donbass

A letter from occupied Donbass

In the summer of 2014 I had the opportunity to chat with a number of people who were supporters of the "DNR." At that time the prevailing attitude toward the "DNR" was one of "discovery and learning" and it was possible to have open disagreements about the direction our region should choose and what kind of future we could expect. Worth reading story by Jerry Toms, resident of Makiivka, unemployed for radiosvoboda.

National Myths: Stealing Truth and Distorting History in War

National Myths: Stealing Truth and Distorting History in War

It is an interesting and much under researched fact that all nations have ‘national myths’. In times of war these become particularly important: they become almost ‘rocks of unity’ around which all set aside previous disputes and make them a single people determined to resist. Of National Myths By ‘myths’ in this sense I do not mean legends of knights […]

Between life and death

Between life and death

''The war will not end until the last soldier killed in the war has been buried.'' The latest opinion from Ukraine about current state of deal by Olha Bohomolets - Head of the Parliamentary Commission on Health and Advisor to the President on Humanitarian Affairs for lb.ua.

German historian: There are many lies about the Ukrainian liberation movement

German historian: There are many lies about the Ukrainian liberation movement

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

The unknown heroes of Donetsk airport

The unknown heroes of Donetsk airport

They started their military service with the 95th Brigade Military Assault Troops of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. They became the core of the 90th Airmobile Battalion of the 81st Brigade, the first brigade to be created in the twenty-plus years of Ukraine's independence.

The Germans are only now learning about Ukraine’s role in the victory over Nazism

The Germans are only now learning about Ukraine’s role in the victory over Nazism

After the collapse of the USSR Russia held a monopoly over the right to be called the victor over Nazism. Now is the time to tell the world the truth. Natalia Pysanska for radiosvoboda.org.

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