News & Politics

Ukraine separatists proclaim ‘Little Russia’

Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) has announced plans for a new, federal state to replace the current Ukraine. The pro-Russian

US urges Russia to reverse its actions in Ukraine

The US secretary of state has called on Russia “to honour its commitments” and fully restore an oft-violated truce between Moscow-backed rebels and Ukraine’s government

What did ex-Trump aide Paul Manafort really do in Ukraine?

A former Trump aide now under federal investigation as part of the Russia probe earned millions working for a corrupt pro-Russian political party that repeatedly

The Ukrainian Hacker Who Became the FBI’s Best Weapon—And Worst Nightmare

One Thursday in January 2001, Maksym Igor Popov, a 20-year-old Ukrainian man, walked nervously through the doors of the United States embassy in London. While

Russia ‘to release’ Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko after deal

Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko is set to be released from Russian prison after a late-night conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, according

What Ukraine needs now

Two years ago, the people of Ukraine toppled the criminal and tyrannical regime of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych after police opened fire on protestors

Ukraine vs. Russia: A long and unhappy history

War and peace. The tangled and bloody history of Ukraine and Russia is longer than Leo Tolstoy’s masterpiece and there’s no final chapter. Few historians

Euromaidan SOS – One Year is a Lifetime

Front Line Defenders Protection Coordinator for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Masha Chichtchenkova went to Ukraine after demonstrations – which became known as EuroMaidan –

RUSLANA meets with Ukrainians in Toronto

On August 4th, 2014 The Euromaidan Canada Committee of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (Toronto Branch) hosted a community round table with RUSLANA – the heart

First time, second time and maybe even a third – A Conversation with a Friend

We’re sitting in a café – identical to many others of the same chain coffee store all over Canada. We start talking about Kyiv since

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