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News about the struggle for better democracy in Ukraine. The remains the old system still threaten the viability of Ukraine's democracy and numerous flaws threatened voting rights. Also check out our section on World Democracy or our articles on Europe and Russia.
Putin Seeks to Destroy the Muslim People of Ukraine’s Crimea
Vladimir Putin is directing his forces to systematically erase the native Crimean Tatar people
VIDEO: What the Boris Nemtsov story says about Russian politics
Event covers the release of a critically important new book on the life and murder that is the Boris Nemtsov story
Ukraine’s chief economic adviser sacked after corruption charges
Ukraine’s president has dismissed Boris Lozhkin hours after Al Jazeera contacted both men over a story
After Putin-in-bullets, Exiled Ukrainian artists coin Trump
They shot to fame in 2015 with a portrait of Vladimir Putin made of bullet shells from the killing fields of eastern Ukraine. Now, the two Ukrainian artists are back with a portrait of Donald Trump made from coins and poker chips. Threats forced Daria Marchenko, 35, and Daniel Green, 34, to leave their homeland […]
Ukraine’s Denys Bihus Wins the 2017 Democracy Award
Denys Bihus leads TOM 14, a group of professional investigative journalists in Ukraine
Putin’s Crimea Chief Calls For Restoring Russian Monarchy
Russia should reinstate the czarist monarchy, the regional head of Crimea declared
Journalists Covering Ukraine Conflict Face Many Dangers
Neither side in the extended conflict offer safety for journalists covering Ukraine cold war with Russia
Being a Putin Critic in Today’s Russia is Dangerous, Even Deadly
While the civil war continues, danger lingers for Ukrainian and Russian journalists who have been labeled as opposition press, as the recent death of Alexander Shchetinin has shown
Wave of Global Attacks Links Russia to US Vote Hack
As Putin denies involvement, new links to international spying means more suspicions he was behind vote hack