The ongoing missile strikes of Putin's troops and the combat updates push to the back burner the sad fact that hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians are undergoing the humiliating and extremely dangerous procedure of “filtration.” Russia's “special operation” started from the words of the kremlin's chief about “Ukrainian people taken hostage by a gang of drug-addicts and Nazis.” However, quite predictably, it turned into the persecutions of Ukrainian citizens who got caught in the territories c...

At the beginning of full-scale hostilities against Ukraine, the kremlin junta repeated the mantra that they had no intention of establishing an occupation regime in the occupied territories. Behind the veil of outspoken bluffing, the words were hiding a totally pragmatic consideration. Even the limited occupation of someone else’s territory is unjustifiably costly. Furthermore, in terms of logistics management, it is an overly complicated idea.

The recent arrival of the former head of government of the rf, Kirienko, in Kherson oblast marked the beginning of the stage of “forced integration” of the Ukrainian territories seized by russia. The final date for the fictitious referendum was not publicly announced by this candidate for the putin’s bloody throne. However, after his departure, the all local collaborators spoke fervently in one voice about the emergency preparation of the subdued regions for future pseudo plebiscites.

putin's decree on a simplified procedure for obtaining russian passports by residents of Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions and yet another facilitated procedure for issuing the "eagles" in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions demonstrate the completion of the first chaotic period of occupation of new territories of Ukraine.

Поточну стратегію Кремля щодо тимчасового управління новоокупованими територіями можна описати трьома словами — пропаганда, репресії і дерибан. Схоже, в Кремлі не бачать швидких перспектив легалізувати факт окупації українських земель. Незрозуміло, що робити з усіма самопризначеними так званими військово-цивільними адміністраціями. У госдумі вже готують правову основу для їх заміни у вигляді «тимчасових адміністрацій», які сформує особисто Путін. Планується, що ці «тимчасові органи виконавчої...

The local self-government system that Ukraine has been thoroughly building over the past six years is now undergoing by far the most serious resilience test. It is not even about the condition of local self-governance at the end of war, or several months or years later. The resilience capacity built by the reform is enduring enough to quickly replicate best practices of decentralization and good governance models, even after the disruption of the entire system. Today, the key question is abou...

This publication analyzes two strategies that the rf parliament uses to ensure institutional stability within the country during the unsuccessful deployment of the military campaign in Ukraine.

Peculiarities of electoral system for parliamentary elections

On March 11, 2013, the Report on the budget of the Apparatus of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine was published on the official website of the VRU. According to the document, parliamentary expenses for the previous year have reached 822 million UAH. Is it much? It depends how to measure.

It doesn't mean that the opposition will win the general elections if it wins in Lviv oblast, but if it loses the elections in this region, it would mean that it will lose the elections in Ukraine. The same situation applies to the party in power, which will lose nothing, but will take everything if it wins.

When a protagonist of "The Matrix" saw the same black cat twice in the same perspective and with a slight shift in time – he thought it’s a usual déjà vu. Instead, experienced colleagues explained him that it’s not a mystical accident, but regular failure in the system. Neo learned very soon about unpleasant consequences of such surprise.

The assertion that the government in Ukraine does not actually represent interests of the citizens seems bold and unexpected to very few people.