putin's decree on a simplified procedure for obtaining russian passports by residents of Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions and yet another facilitated procedure for issuing the "eagles" in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions demonstrate the completion of the first chaotic period of occupation of new territories of Ukraine.

Russia simplifies procedures for obtaining Russian passports in the occupied territories of Ukraine and destroys ties due to the legal rupture of the so-called Ukrainian orthodox church of the moscow patriarchate and the russian orthodox church. Instead, the Ukrainian state must give the correct signals to the people in the occupation. In particular, that collaborators, who commit crimes, will be punished, but there is no question of collective responsibility for all those who live in the tem...

Last week (May, 23 – 29), one of the most debatable topics was the global food crisis. As a matter of fact, the rf war in Ukraine is hitting major blows on global food system. Russian aggression provoked the termination of deliveries from Ukrainian ports that used to export a large amount of oil and grain. It reduced a global offer of food products and triggered a sharp increase in prices. Taking advantage of the situation orchestrated by russians themselves, they blackmail everyone to lift t...

This week the topic of food security dominated not only in the Ukrainian-russian discourse but also in the global information space. OPORA analysts and an invited expert also spoke about this on May 27 during an online discussion on Friday's "War Speeches".

Поточну стратегію Кремля щодо тимчасового управління новоокупованими територіями можна описати трьома словами — пропаганда, репресії і дерибан. Схоже, в Кремлі не бачать швидких перспектив легалізувати факт окупації українських земель. Незрозуміло, що робити з усіма самопризначеними так званими військово-цивільними адміністраціями. У госдумі вже готують правову основу для їх заміни у вигляді «тимчасових адміністрацій», які сформує особисто Путін. Планується, що ці «тимчасові органи виконавчої...

In a month, Ukraine will have a chance to become a candidate for membership in the European Union. Ukraine has fulfilled about 49% of its obligations under the Association Agreement since 2014. And the unprecedented promises of the EU leadership not to delay these first stages testify to the positive and very warm attitude towards Ukraine and Ukrainian European integration at the EU institutional level. However, the issue of enlargement is accepted by the governments of the member states base...

The so-called "Crimean administration" and some Russian officials are coming to the newly occupied territories to secure this sphere of influence through public relations and possibly divert attention from the problems in the regions now assigned to them.

The local self-government system that Ukraine has been thoroughly building over the past six years is now undergoing by far the most serious resilience test. It is not even about the condition of local self-governance at the end of war, or several months or years later. The resilience capacity built by the reform is enduring enough to quickly replicate best practices of decentralization and good governance models, even after the disruption of the entire system. Today, the key question is abou...