An academic dispute between Russian historian Alexei Miller and Finnish scholar Johannes Remy shows the opposing interpretations of Ukraine’s nineteenth-century national movement. In this article, Armen Tonoian analyzes their exchange, demonstrating how it engages with broader questions of deconstructing imperial…
This article is devoted to the study of the anthropological dimension of the existence of Kyiv’s homosexual communities in late Soviet and post-Soviet Kyiv. By outlining the interaction with urban spaces and dating practices, it emphasizes the existence of a…
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war highlighted the continuing struggles in fostering democracies in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Given the significance of transitional justice, identity politics, and historical memory within these processes, memory…
This research explores the transformative role of youth volunteering in Ukraine, particularly in the context of the country’s ongoing path toward European Union integration. By analysing the activities of volunteer organisations like Building Ukraine Together and the European Solidarity Corps,…
The period of colonization of Ukraine by the Soviet Union left a severe trauma, which, despite the active post-colonization processes over the last 30 years, still influences our contemporary reality. In modern Ukrainian literature, this period manifests itself mainly through…
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has been ongoing for 10 years. It started with the occupation of Crimea and parts of the Donbas in 2014 and culminated in the full-scale invasion in 2022. Various domestic and international justice initiatives to ensure…
In this conversation at Visible Ukraine and Review of Democracy, Diana Dumitru—co-editor, with Dirk Moses, of the new collection The Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Victims, Perpetrators, Justice, and the Question of Genocide—discusses the motives of various Russian perpetrators in Ukraine…
According to Opendatabot statistics, three major Ukrainian charity foundations—United 24, Come Back Alive, and Prytula Foundation—have raised more than 50 billion hryvnias for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and humanitarian needs in 2022 and 2023; this report, however,…
In September 2024 the project “The Dynamics of the Judiciary in Ukraine in the Context of the Rule of Law and the EU Accession Aspirations” commenced. The project is hosted by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)…
Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the international community swiftly imposed an unprecedented array of sanctions aimed at crippling the Russian economy and pressuring the Kremlin to cease its military aggression. However, despite the intensity and…