The central event of international life last week was the Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit, regarding which Ukraine had great expectations, in Riga. However, it was not destined to be realized. Europe still doesn’t decide to introduce the visa-free regime while promising once again that it will be as soon as possible. The issue of the…

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Memory is an indissoluble thread that connects us with the past. Memory of the Second World War is a reminder of the greatest tragedy in the history of humanity that took away and lacerated dozens millions of lives. However, when the memory becomes the object of speculations, then the tragedy turns into farce.    …

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The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted laws that were directed at combating the totalitarian past and had caused fierce disputes both among specialists represented by historians and amateurs – politicians of all the colors of the ideological spectrum and even among everymen at once. If everything is clear with the adherents, then arguments of the…

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Once again, Europe condemned infringement of sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, demonstrated support of democratization and reforms. However, it didn’t bring any joy by answering the question regarding the EU membership. Decision on non-visa regime was postponed and there will be no peacemakers in Donbass for sure.   The EU membership prospects for Ukraine…

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Every spring Ukrainian motorists look wistfully at the condition of the national roads that are not always available for comfortable passage after temperature drop, snow, black frost and other weather hardships. Crimean roads have never been an exception but things that happened to them after coming of the Russian authorities had shocked the most reckless…

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There is the war going on in Donbass for a year, according to the data of international organizations, the number of the deceased military has reached 6 thousand people and the system of granting aid to their families still works only partially and not for everyone. “Pod Pricelom” tried to figure out how to confront…

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The latest stage of the “Normandy” format negotiations demonstrated that the European Union is more interested in establishment of formal peace in the east of Ukraine rather than in real conflict resolution. Reproaches addressed to Kiev on non-compliance with the Minsk agreements start to sound with increasing frequency in the West. Moscow insists on its…

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Ukrainian authorities have been dealing with the issue of decommunization of the society for a long time: they started with the court process to ban the Communistic Party of Ukraine, then they added the 8th of May – Remembrance and Reconciliation Day to the list of holidays (besides that, the Victory over Nazism in Europe…

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Olga’s story I didn’t have doubts regarding the Russian citizenship renunciation. It wasn’t even a choice for me. I love my country and my nation and believe that we are bound to succeed, so I couldn’t go against my heart and take part in meanness and treachery. I don’t collect citizenship and passports. I was…

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The modern rank and leading role assigning system in the Ukrainian army is based on getting the higher education in respective educational institutions. However, it does not contemplate with the present realities. War barks up the wrong tree and it turns out that it isn’t easy to manage on a battlefield without combat experience. What…

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