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Making Ukrainian folk culture popular abroad

Marichka Marczyk used to travel to Donbas to sing folk songs for soldiers. Now she’s bringing the same songs to her home in Canada. On Marichka’s YouTube channel, she sings Ukrainian folk songs and teaches them to her viewers. Marichka’s ultimate goal is to make Ukrainian folk music popular around the world.

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Business Update

RFE/RL: Germany signs off on Nord Stream 2 construction in its waters
Interfax: Laying of Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Danish waters scheduled for completion in May
Ukrinform: Netflix releases first feature film dubbed and subtitled in Ukrainian

Opinions

Editorial: Unconstitutional court
Editorial: Who’s right?
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Wall Street Journal: Consolidating power
Halya Coynash: Censorship and the Donetsk Izolyatsia secret prison
Maria Repnikova: The chaos in America is no gift to autocrats
Paul Goble: All former republics except Ukraine have faster GDP growth than Russia

From the archives

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