– On April 7th, governor of Kherson Oblast Andriy Hordeyev resigned following allegations that he had been involved in the murder of anti-corruption activist Kateryna Handziuk. Handziuk’s family, friends, and fellow activists are accusing Hordeyev of having links to organisers … Continue reading Ukraine’s sixth president and new language law
– Andriy Kobolyev, the CEO of Ukraine’s oil monopoly Naftogaz, announced on March 1st that the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague had ordered Russia to compensate the company for the assets Naftogaz lost following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in … Continue reading State defence graft scandal, and presidential election finalists
The last time Ukrainians went to the polls, in 2014, the incumbent president Viktor Yanukovych had fled to Russia and Kiev was recovering from months of public protest. Oligarch Petro Poroshenko won the presidency on the fumes of the Euromaidan … Continue reading Voices on the street: young Ukrainians on the 2019 election
Three weeks ago, Estonians thought they were about to witness history – the country was on the verge of electing its first ever female Prime Minister. Chairwoman Kaja Kallas and the liberal market-oriented Reform Party were dubbed the irrefutable winners … Continue reading The crest and break of Estonia’s pink wave
This article is the first in a series of articles written by the graduates of 2018’s Solidarity Academy and re-published in collaboration with Lossi 36. Solidarity Academy is an international project aimed at inspiring and supporting the development of the young intellectuals … Continue reading Ukranians in the Polish-German borderland
This article is part of a collaboration between The Perspective Webzine and Lossi 36. The Perspective Webzine is a student based web magazine created and led by Lund University’s Association of Foreign Affairs (UPF). When strolling around Minsk, the collapse of … Continue reading “If he beats you, then it means he loves you”: The cultural nature of gender-based violence in Belarus
In the spring of 2019, I joined the Euromaidan protests. Actually, I attended an immersive and participatory play about the protests in London, England, where audience members were encouraged to perform revolution alongside the actors. Counting Sheep was an intense … Continue reading Ra-zom! Performing revolution in London
When she first practiced it on a child’s piano, little would the Polish-Russian composer Fanny Gordon have known that Pod Samowarem (Under the Samovar), one of her earliest hits, would eventually echo from radio and gramophone speakers across Eastern Europe, … Continue reading Music and memories under the samovar: Fanny Gordon and the songs of Eastern Europe between the wars
– According to the 2019 Freedom in the World Index, released on February 4th, Ukraine remains partly free. The country lost two points from the previous year because of the rising number of attacks on activists and journalists, and continuing hostility to … Continue reading Eurovision scandal, and early presidential polls
Read part one here In this second part of my interview with Louis Wierenga, our discussion leads to cleavages within Estonian society and the broader Intermarium project of far-right groups in Central and Eastern Europe. The country, like others in … Continue reading Far-right Networking – an interview with Louis Wierenga on Estonia’s radical right, pt. 2
