Sep. 15, 2017
Freedom House, Human Rights Watch, Transparency International, other rights and anti-corruption organizations have published a list of foreign officials in 15 countries, recommending them for sanction
Sep. 11, 2017
LVIV, Ukraine — President Petro Poroshenko on Sept. 11 accused ex-Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, his one-time ally and now political foe, of committing a crime when he and his supporters brok
Aug. 31, 2017
Without permission from Ukraine, Russia on Aug. 29 successfully erected the first 6,000 ton railroad arched section of the Crimean Bridge under construction. When completed by 2019, the 19-kilometer,
Aug. 25, 2017
Editors’ note: Writer Oleg Sukhov was previously an employee of the Moscow Times. Independent Russian media have long been under attack from the Kremlin, and are struggling to survive financially. The
Aug. 18, 2017
When Taras Gren, a Ukrainian Army colonel, was ousting Russian-backed separatists from Popasna, an eastern city 740 kilometers away from Kyiv back in 2014, he had been expecting the locals to be grate
Aug. 17, 2017
Few people around the world trust Russian President Vladimir Putin to do the right thing when it comes to international affairs, according to a new Pew Research Center report examining survey data fro
Aug. 5, 2017
Germany must change its policy towards Russia and freeze the issue of Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea for an indefinite term, giving Russian President Vladimir Putin an opportunity to change his
Jul. 6, 2017
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Coda Story website and is republished with permission. Why Russian ultranationalists confronted their own government on the battlefields of Ukrain
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Apr. 13, 2017
Ukrainian pop singer Ivan Dorn has found himself in the middle of a scandal after making controversial comments about Russia’s war against Ukraine in an interview with a Russian video blogger. In Dorn
Mar. 23, 2017
Exiled Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov, 45, was assassinated in front of Kyiv’s Premier Palace Hotel on March 23, the police said, in a gruesome shootout on a busy street corner in the center in Kyi
Jan. 12, 2017
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Ukraine on Jan. 15 to meet Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko. His visit will come five days before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of
Dec. 22, 2016
Editor’s Note: The following article is part of the Ukraine Oligarch Watch series of reports supported by Objective Investigative Reporting Program, a MYMEDIA project funded by the Danish government.
Dec. 9, 2016
Editor’s Note: The following article is part of the Ukraine Oligarch Watch series of reports supported by Objective Investigative Reporting Program, a MYMEDIA project funded by the Danish government.
Nov. 6, 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved Russian citizenship for American actor Steven Seagal. Read more here
Oct. 28, 2016
As the war in Ukraine’s east raged in June 2014, a senior adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin was briefed on ways to counter a Ukrainian government economic blockade of the newly created “sepa
Oct. 28, 2016
Whether out of honesty or arrogance, Ihor Kolomoisky has revealed the corrupt ways of Ukraine’s oligarchy, in which a tiny elite thrive at the nation’s expense. “His entire business…is based on a conf
Oct. 25, 2016
Documents from a hacked email account reportedly belonging to Vladislav Surkov, an aide of Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, are similar to instructions seized by the Ukrainian Security Ser
Oct. 20, 2016
Ukraine’s richest man has lost more than half of his net worth since the EuroMaidan Revolution nearly three years ago, but he’s been able to straddle extreme political divides: keeping his influence i
Oct. 17, 2016
The murder of Arseniy Pavlov known as Motorola, the commander of a Donetsk-based unit of Russian-backed mercenaries, made international headlines on Oct. 16. Pavlov was only one of many separatist lea
Oct. 16, 2016
Russian mercenary Arseniy Pavlov, better known as Motorola, was killed in an explosion in Donetsk on Oct. 16. Separatist authorities confirmed Pavlov’s death. Denis Pushilin, the speaker of the separa