These are the annual results of the monitoring conducted by the Institute of Mass Information (IMI) entitled “Freedom of Speech Barometer.” Experts report on 171 cases of physical aggression against journalists. For comparison: a total of…
Promote Ukraine is conducting an online survey on the attitude of the Ukrainian population towards renewable (alternative) energy, green economy and the role of each of us in preserving the environment through renewable resources of…
Ukraine’s Biggest Human Rights Victories in 2020
January 6, 2021
Pandemic 2020 was a year of radical changes, and for many they were not for the better. However, there have been many positive developments in the field of human rights in Ukraine. Release of ‘LPR’…
To Get Everywhere: Assassination on President's Order
January 5, 2021
The State Security Committee (KGB) of the Republic of Belarus carried out extrajudicial verdicts delivered by the president to his opponents, as evidenced by an audio recording released by EUobserver. A 24-minute audio file, recorded on 11 April 2012,…
FSB: The Spies Who Rule Russia
December 29, 2020
Promote Ukraine today reports about the conclusions of the analytical report of the Centre for Investigations headed by Mikhail Khodorkovsky: “Lubyanka Federation: how the FSB determines Russia’s policy and economy.” Since 2024 is coming up,…
Some 270,000 Women in Ukraine to Come to Work if Number of Kindergartens Grows by 10 Percent
December 28, 2020
If the number of kindergartens in the regions grows by 10%, then 270,000 women in Ukraine will be able to get a job after having a baby, according to research conducted by the Centre for…
Russian Federation Information Influence Objectives
December 24, 2020
Russia actively uses both Ukrainian and Western politicians, political scientists, journalists, and public activists to spread its narratives in the Ukrainian information space. In addition to Ukrainian influencing agents and public opinion leaders, Russia actively…
On 4 April 2014, at an unscheduled meeting of the Collegium of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, Defence Minister Sergey Shoygu announced his intention to make the industry of the occupied peninsula…
Stolen Data and Servers: How Shadow Cybercrime Market Works
December 22, 2020
Today, cybercrime has become a real shadow economy. There is no secret that one can buy everything via the Internet – from stolen credit card data to malicious code to infect victims’ computers. The website…
Over the past year and a half, the number of articles about Ukraine in Crimean media outlets has decreased threefold, according to a study conducted by the Institute of Mass Information (IMI). The study focused…
Ukraine and Germany Expanding Energy Cooperation in Five Areas
December 15, 2020
The 1st German-Ukrainian Energy Day took place in Kyiv. It was the first public event within the framework of the German-Ukrainian energy partnership, launched by both countries in Berlin this summer. The parties presented the…
Most Cases Investigated by Ukraine’s Security Service Do Not Concern National Security
December 11, 2020
More than half of the cases opened by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) over the past eight years do not concern national security. This is evidenced by the results of a study conducted by…
When Germans, French, Italians, and Poles hear the word “Ukraine,” it evokes three associations: war, poverty, and immigrants. This is evidenced by results of a poll commissioned by the New Europe Center in these four…
Ukrainians Are Happier than 9 Years Ago
December 4, 2020
The Ukrainian Centre for European Policy recently published the World Values Survey 2020 in Ukraine. It measures cultural values, experiences, attitudes, and beliefs about gender equality, family, religion, poverty, and education, as well as health…
Go Ahead to the Bright Past or How Russian Propaganda Manipulates Nostalgia for the USSR
December 2, 2020
People who miss their “glorious” past or life in the Soviet Union can tell about free medicine, an apartment, guaranteed employment, carefree life and much more. One of the Russian propaganda’s features is that in…
Technologies vs. Human Rights: What’s More Important?
December 1, 2020
Countries use technologies to inform citizens about problems or needs, to consult about making some decisions and for the decision-making process itself. However, sometimes they are faced with a situation in which they have to choose…
Features of Information Support of Hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh
November 27, 2020
Preparations for the armed hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the acute phase of confrontation and the post-conflict period received certain media coverage that testifies to the systemic informational influence exerted by all parties to the…
On November 13, 2020, VoxUkraine, jointly with Promote Ukraine (Brussels), held an open discussion on patterns discerned during the Ukrainian local elections that were held under the new rules. On 25 October, Ukraine went through the…
Belarus: Pro-Kremlin Propaganda Narratives Classification
November 24, 2020
In general, the global narratives of the pro-Kremlin media, aimed at the Belarusian audience, can be described as follows: The West in all its manifestations is bad and aggressive towards Belarus, Russia, and other countries…
The advanced Russian electronic warfare (EW) system Navodchik-2 was reliably spotted for the first time in the occupied part of Luhansk Oblast, 12 km from the front line. The system includes seven unmanned aerial vehicles…
