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In 2018, there were 86 cases of physical aggression against media workers, against 89 incidents in 2017. This was said on January 23 at the presentation of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine of the Index of Physical Safety of Journalists of Ukraine following the results of last year. The most incidents – 13..
11.02.2019
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During 2018, the number of attacks on activists and critics of the government in Ukraine increased. This is reported by Human Rights Watch in the 2019 World Report. The Ukrainian authorities have done little to prevent or punish the attackers and put an end to the increase in violence against minorities, in particular against the..
07.02.2019
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In Ukraine, discussions around the article by the American magazine Newsweek, in which Bandera is called “a well-known Nazi employee,” and Petliura, an anti-Semite, do not abate. Ukrainian pro-government media critics have called the publication “a repetition of Russian and Soviet propaganda stamps.” Although this is not the first article in the Western media criticizing..
04.02.2019
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The correspondent of the ORF channel, Christian Verschyutts, was called the “agent of the Kremlin” and was denied accreditation in the Donbas. The Austrian Foreign Ministry is outraged and calls the Ukrainian ambassador. The international scandal is gaining momentum due to the inclusion of the famous Austrian journalist, 57-year-old Christian Verschutz in the list of..
31.01.2019
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Yesterday, “Country” noticed interesting personalities in the service of the newly established Orthodox Church of Ukraine (PCU) in Dnipro. Next to Epiphanius and Petro Poroshenko were businessmen with ambiguous reputation – Alexander Petrovsky and Emil Harutyunyan (with glasses). In the media, Petrovsky (also known as Nalekreshvili) was called a criminal authority nicknamed “Narik” – however,..
28.01.2019
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According to the organization’s calculations, over 201 attacks on activists and human rights defenders occurred in Ukraine in 2018. In most cases of attacks on activists in Ukraine there was no effective investigation. Representatives of the government publicly made promises to find the perpetrators, but “forgotten” about them after the public interest faded away. This..
21.01.2019
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The European Parliament adopted a resolution in which it was quite negative about Ukraine’s reforms and prospects for peace in the Donbas In Ukraine, only two points of this document were noted – the condemnation of Russia for the Kerch incident and the call to stop the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline. However,..
17.01.2019
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The US Embassy called the court’s decision to restore Roman Nasirov as head of the State Fiscal Service “an indicator of the imperfection of judicial and anti-corruption reforms in Ukraine.” This is stated in the message of the embassy on Twitter. “If yesterday’s decision regarding Nasirov is, as reported, it would mean that Ukraine’s judicial..
11.01.2019
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