Ukraine articles on Democracy Chronicles

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.

Russian poet convicted for 2015 poem about Ukraine

April 13, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Russian poet Alexander Byvshev was convicted for his 2015 seven-verse poem On Ukraine’s Independence

Ukrainian Femen women’s movement battles against state repression

March 6, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Femen activists captured widespread public attention for the first time in February 2010 with a topless protest

Putin Seeks to Destroy the Muslim People of Ukraine’s Crimea

February 18, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Vladimir Putin is directing his forces to systematically erase the native Crimean Tatar people

VIDEO: What the Boris Nemtsov story says about Russian politics

February 15, 2018 by Adrian Tawfik Leave a Comment

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

February 8, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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

February 2, 2018 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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 […]