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How Ukraine’s old guard are trying to get back into parliament

This Sunday, Ukraine goes to the polls in a snap parliamentary election. In the east, pro-Russian forces are fighting over who will return to power.

By Yulia Abibok

/ 18 Jul 2019

How Ukraine’s old guard are trying to get back into parliament

The war in eastern Ukraine left these people without homes. The state is yet to compensate them

Five years on from the start of the war, not a single Ukrainian family has managed to get compensation from the state for loss of property.

By Yulia Abibok

/ 23 May 2019

The war in eastern Ukraine left these people without homes. The state is yet to compensate them

“The republic lives on and is managed by rumours”

After a series of sudden departures and murders in the “People’s Republics”, is Russia finally formalising its control in eastern Ukraine? RU

By Yulia Abibok

/ 19 Feb 2019

How Ukraine’s “terrorist threat” is a real threat to civil rights

Since 2014, people living in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions have had limited voting rights in both national and local elections. And there is now a danger of their losing these rights altogether. RU

By Yulia Abibok

/ 23 Jan 2019

Decentralising Ukraine: the view from Khmelnytsky

Three years of Ukraine’s most successful reform have produced results that are, at times, unexpected and ambiguous. RU

By Yulia Abibok

/ 3 Oct 2018

The growing gap between Ukraine and Russia – and the people trying to bridge it

Ukraine and Russia are mired in a self-perpetuating conflict. Ukrainian and Russian activists recognise the problem, but will they be able to overcome it? RU

By Yulia Abibok

/ 21 Feb 2018