All interviews with the President of Ukraine are published on his website. Volodymyr Zelensky, like his predecessors, communicates with foreign press much more often than with domestic outlets. Xinhua Chinese state news agency was also […]
04.07.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Alexander Lukashenka instructed Belarusian border troops to completely close the border with Ukraine. He made a relevant announcement at the celebrations on the occasion of Belarus Independence Day. According to Lukashenka, the reason for this […]
03.07.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The European Union prepared a plan to continue cooperation with the Eastern Partnership countries. The goals of the plan are supported by an investment package totalling EUR 2.3 billion. "The comprehensive agenda aims at increasing trade, […]
02.07.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
"Ukraine’s system of crony capitalism: The challenge of dismantling ‘systema’” is the newest publication by John Lough, Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme in Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. The […]
02.07.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed, as a basis and on the whole, the bill “On Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine.” The bill was supported by 325 lawmakers at an extraordinary plenary sitting of the Verkhovna Rada. […]
02.07.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing servicemen and employees of the National Guard of Russia to "block the territories and waters of protected facilities to prevent illegal entry attempts." The relevant document […]
01.07.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted, in the first reading, bills necessary for the creation of territorial defence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and also called for an increase in the size of the Armed […]
01.07.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ten United Nations projects are being implemented in Ukraine within the framework of international technical assistance. Their total cost is over $125 million. “We appreciate the activities of the United Nations within the framework of […]
30.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Against the background of deteriorating relations, Kyiv and Minsk will seek a compromise between principled position and pragmatism On 28 June, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus announced that the country suspended its participation in […]
30.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
On 1 July 2020, Putin introduced a new time system for Russia. He began the "chronicle of the new time" with the "new" year 1937. Having reset presidential term limits to zero, the now "lifelong" […]
30.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine regards Belarus' decision to suspend participation in the EU's Eastern Partnership initiative as disrespect for the values of democracy, the rule of law, and human rights. It contradicts the interests of the Belarusian people […]
30.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Russian Federation has announced the test of readiness of its air defence system in the occupied Crimea due to the start of the international military Exercise Sea Breeze. Russia's Black Sea Fleet informed that […]
29.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Minister of Finance of Ukraine Serhiy Marchenko and Senior Country Officer at World Bank Ukraine Klavdiya Maksymenko signed the agreement on granting Ukraine a $350 million loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the […]
29.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Ukraine has presented a report systematising human rights violations in Crimea over the seven years of occupation. The analytical document is divided into main groups of rights: civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights. The […]
28.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The Council of the European Union has approved the signing of aviation agreements with Ukraine, Armenia, and Tunisia, as well as an air transport agreement with Qatar. These agreements will open up the air transport market, offering new […]
28.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) stopped the illegal activities of a Ukrainian citizen who was recruited by Russian special services. By the order of Russian curators, he tried to establish a channel for the […]
28.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
The main candidates for German chancellor believe that Ukraine’s interests must be taken into account when it comes to the Nord Stream 2 project. According to DW, Armin Laschet of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) does not […]
27.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Authorities of the People's Republic of China have threatened to block the supply of at least 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Ukraine due to Kyiv’s support for a document on the human rights of […]
26.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Exports of Ukrainian goods to the European Union have increased by 60% since the beginning of the provisional application of the Association Agreement with the EU in 2014. Acting Deputy Director General of the Government […]
25.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Shyrokyne, Hnutove, Popasna, Shchastia, and Pisky are toponyms of Donbas that are often mentioned in news about the war in eastern Ukraine. This is only a small part of the 155 settlements […]
25.06.2021 • Bohdan Marusyak
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