According to an analysis of the hacked mail of the Boris Rapoport, a person in the Russian presidential administration, Russia wanted to buy Viktor Pinchuk’s TV channels and gain control over his foundation’s public projects….
Belarus: Sanctions to Cause Adequate Response
September 1, 2020
Belarus has reacted to the sanctions imposed by the Baltic states. The authorities in Minsk assured that they would take adequate measures in response. “The attempts to impose sanctions have the opposite effect,” Anatoly Glaz,…
The Public Council at the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine supported the joint appeal of Ukraine’s National Union of Journalists, the Ukrainian Association of Media Business and the Association of Independent…
Ukrainian Investigative Journalists Had Their Car Burned
August 18, 2020
Unknown people burned the car in which the journalists of the program “Schemes-corruption in details – REFERL” were traveling. The event was reported by Mykhailo Tkach, a journalist of the program. “The bad news continues. The…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has issued an official statement, which expresses quite a soft position regarding the events in Belarus where protests have been going on for a week. According to the document,…
Belarus Election: Riot Police Dispersed Protesters (video)
August 10, 2020
Belarus held presidential elections on 9 August. According to a state exit poll, the incumbent President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko won 79,7% of the vote. Residents of the country do not agree with such data…
Threats to Ukrainian Journalists: 2016 vs 2020
August 5, 2020
During the recent few weeks, I have known that at least four journalists had received threats of different magnitude and severity. One journalist had to leave the country. When coming to journalism, many of us…
Declaration of Freedom of Speech to Be Signed in Ukraine
August 3, 2020
The National Union of Journalists of Ukraine has launched an information campaign to protect freedom of speech and the rights of journalists, coincided with the 2020 local elections. In partnership with Ukrainian journalists and experts…
Mass Protests against Putin in Russia (video)
July 13, 2020
Tens of thousands of people are rioting in Khabarovsk, Komsomolsk-on-Amur and several other Russian cities to protest against Putin for the second day in a row. They shout: “Putin must resign now!” “He’s got to…
150 public figures warn over free speech
July 11, 2020
More than 150 world-famous authors, publicists, academics, journalists and public figures have signed an open letter “On Justice and Open Debate.” In this appeal, the signatories applaud a recent “needed reckoning” on social and racial…
The National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NAU) has asked the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Arlem Desiré, to review the “revised” draft law ‘On media’ for compliance with Ukraine’s OSCE commitments on…
After the Orange Revolution of 2005, Ukrainians were proud of the high level of freedom of speech in the country compared to other former Soviet republics. Ukrainian journalists were more or less free to express…
A Polish MEP Magdalena Adamowicz (EPP) presented a draft report about the protection of journalists in Europe, hate speech, disinformation, and the role of platforms. She reiterated the European Parliament’s call for the creation of a permanent European…
Analysing Statement of Espreso TV Channel on Political Pressure: Olena Makarenko and Alya Shandra
May 24, 2020
The Ukrainian media Espreso TV is saying it is being pressured after the Ukrainian state media regulator scheduled an unplanned inspection of the channel. The reason for the inspection is eerily reminiscent of Soviet times:…
The Court of Appeal reinstated a teacher who closed herself in a classroom with minor children a year and a half ago because she did not want to take a vocational exam. The court also…
FT and NYT may be banned in Russia
May 15, 2020
The newspapers published materials that mortality from coronavirus in Moscow and St. Petersburg can be 70% higher than official data. The future of The Financial Times and The New York Times in Russia will depend…
Several months have passed since the resonance briefing held on 12 December 2019 at the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine, attended by the ministry’s leadership, the heads of the National Police, the Prosecutor General’s Office,…
Natalia Lygachova: “The state of Ukraine should respect its commitments to the Crimeans, to all Ukrainians interested in the return of Crimea and the well-established Crimean Tatar TV-channel ATR cannot be left to fail”.
What’s wrong with Ukraine banning two propaganda channels?
November 24, 2018
Ukraine could soon ban two Ukrainian channels, NewsOne and 112, which are widely considered channels spreading Russian propaganda. While some have cheered the step, others are questioning in what way it was done and whether…
