It is no secret that Putin is obsessed with the idea to restore the Soviet Union or create a new version of the Russian empire. Such narratives have been promoted in Russian society for years. The key goal of this propaganda was to regain Ukraine under the control of Russia. Thus, armed with the motto of Leon Trotsky “Without Ukraine, there is no Russia!”, the state machine of the kremlin built a completely oxymoronic image of our state. They use the labels of the “brotherly people”, “the you...

Last week (February 27 – March 5), unidentified drones attacked an oil refinery and a military airfield in russia. Also, the fighters of the “Russian Volunteer Corps” entered the country. They intend to overthrow the dictatorial regime. All this caused panic among the russian authorities who turned out to be powerless in the face of such threats. russia tries to destabilize the situation in Moldova, but with no success. They still want to start negotiations with Ukraine on their own terms. As...

Last week (February 20–26), the United States showed their unwavering support for Ukraine against the backdrop of the anniversary of the russian full-scale invasion. On the other hand, russia continues nuclear blackmail, and the message of the russian president to the federal assembly was called the worst in the last 20 years. The UN General Assembly supported the Ukrainian "peace formula". China's “peace plan” appealed to russia, but disappointed the United States because Beijing failed to c...

The pro-government Georgian parliamentary group “Power of the People” has developed and registered in the Georgian parliament two draft laws under a shared provisional name “On Foreign Agents”. The initiatives stipulate that all non-governmental organizations and media funded from abroad must register with the State Registry Service as foreign agents. The Georgian Dream party supported the initiative. Nearly 400 Georgian NGOs and the parliamentary opposition sharply criticized both versions ...

However, according to the lawyers of the Civil Network OPORA, any decision on early termination or “transfer” of powers of local self-government bodies to other structures should be justified and comply with the rule of law. The state can control the activities of local self-government bodies, including when it is necessary to counteract aggression under martial law. At the same time, the measures it uses shall be proportionate and not restrict the right of hromada residents to local self-gov...

Ukraine survived the year of full-scale invasion.The “little victorious war” turned out to be a total hell for russia, and has already cost it almost 150,000 killed soldiers. Decisive events are yet to come, but the occupier gets beaten every day, and realizes that Ukraine cannot be conquered by force or blackmail. We recall the events and statements of the war-affected year.

The election campaigns of 2019–2021 showed that some of the restrictions provided for in Art. 57 of the Electoral Code are ineffective. That is why the relevant working group on the development of media legislation is working on improving the legal regulation of election campaigning.

Information support for elections and regulation of election campaigning require improvement in the first place because they are currently supported by provisions from 2010. On February, 20, participants of the round table “Prospects for Improving Electoral Legislation or What Has Not Been Included in the Law of Ukraine “On Media” discussed this in Kyiv.