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The Business Club Movement in Ukraine
The business club movement in Ukraine is only taking off. Today, an entrepreneur may think that there is an incredible number of business clubs in Ukraine, but in fact, if one takes a closer look […]
Why Do Children Affected By War Lack Protection?
"It's scary to see people from a neighbouring village walking barefoot to your place because their house burnt down. It's easier with little children – you can hide them under clothes and take them away […]
MEP Sandra Kalniete: “To join the EU, Ukraine needs persistence, patience, and determination”
Russia is interested in a frozen conflict in Donbas so it can have a say in Ukraine’s internal politics, and President Zelensky genuinely seeks to resolve the crisis in Eastern Ukraine, says Sandra Kalniete, Latvian […]
Jo Vanbelle, Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Belgium: “I Want to Open Ukraine Up to the World”
Many Belgian businessmen want to do business in Ukraine, but they do not know exactly how to get in the door, says Jo Vanbelle, Honorary Consul of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Belgium and Managing […]
What Does Infantryman Kadyrov Do Among Presidents and Officers?
I always thought that one can obtain a rank of officer in any army in the world only after graduating from military college or at least a couple of courses, and promotion to the next […]
Vectors of Imperial Interests Between Azerbaijan and Armenia
The Azerbaijan-Armenia negotiation process is taking place against the background of ongoing armed hostilities where the parties try to improve their positions by means of military resources. President of Turkey Tayyip Erdoğan explicitly stated that […]
Young Ukrainians on Trade with Russia: It Is a Rigged Match
In recent years, after the illegal annexation of Crimea and the start of hostilities in the Donbas, the expediency and profitability (or unprofitability) of economic cooperation with Russia is still hotly debated in Ukraine. Some […]
Dragon Propaganda: How Communist China Increases its Influence During a Pandemic
When it comes to Chinese influence, the economy is most often mentioned: the location of multinational corporations in China, investments from China, the “One Way” project, one zone, and so on. Until recently, the illusion […]
The World Needs to Stop Appeasing Russia’s Aggressive Ambitions: the UN’s Resolution Could Help
For the last decades, Russia has already proved to be an unreliable partner when it comes to the world order and respect of the international law: From recent allegations of the poisoning of Alexey Navalny […]
A Global Issue: Piracy in Ukraine
The issue of piracy in Ukraine has been painful for many years. Ukraine consistently enters the TOP-10 countries in terms of pirate site visits. During the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, traffic to pirated […]
Nicaragua to Be Russia’s Equal Partner
As one says in Russia: "Impossible is possible." Russia is trying hard to justify the Crimea annexation and to "close the issue" of recognising the Crimean Peninsula to be Russian territory forever. After the peninsula […]
Post-Election Notes: Why Was the Turnout Low in Ukraine?
Voter turnout at local elections on 25 October was 36.88%. And this is the lowest turnout in the history of independent Ukraine. Many immediately began shouting about "betrayal" and, as always, accusing voters of irresponsibility […]
Francis Fukuyama: Ukraine Is a Key Country for the Current Global Geopolitics
In the current situation, Ukraine is a key country in global geopolitics, and it is also important for the future of democracy around the world. This was stated by well-known political scientist and philosopher, professor […]
Russian Journalist: “I Ask to Blame the Russian Federation for My Death”
In Nizhny Novgorod, Irina Slavina, the creator and editor-in-chief of the independent online publication KozaPress, committed suicide. In the afternoon of 2 October, she burnt herself near the building of the regional department of the […]
Nord Stream. Koschei’s Needle
Alexi Navalny's case, even without loud sanctions, dealt a blow to Russia's investment climate and economic attractiveness. Angela Merkel's recent meeting with Navalny is not accidental, although it was exclusively secular. Emmanuel Macron and Merkel […]
Lease and Sale of Ukroboronprom Property: Schemes or Means of Filling the Budget?
The process of state property management in Ukraine has often been accompanied by high-profile scandals. Fraudulent schemes, complex and lengthy procedures for the sale and lease of property not only did not bring the expected […]
When the Kremlin Foxes Want to Protect a Chicken Coop
Russia's long-term foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has called for the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organisation) peacekeepers capacity increase to become the UN peacekeeping mission part. The CSTO was created after the Soviet Union and the […]
Which Way Will Post-Lukashenka Belarus Go?
The current Belarusian transformation could be leading to results similar to those of the 2018 Velvet Revolution in Armenia rather than those of the 2013-2014 Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine. Yet, the pathological relationship of […]
National Security Strategy Confirms Russia’s Aggression and Ukraine’s further membership in NATO
It finally happened. The President of Ukraine approved the National Security Strategy of Ukraine. "Finally," because this time the Strategy publication violated all possible deadlines. "The delay is getting obscene," a NATO official told me […]
“The Great Reset” by the World Economic Forum
It has become casual to call the COVID-19 pandemic nothing short of world war against invisible enemy and thus to declare war both to its cause and the consequences. And while the rush to find […]