Ukraine’s new law amending anti-graft legislation and introducing “corruption whistleblowers” has entered into force. The law is set to protect and provide financial incentives to whistleblowers who report corruption-related offenses. The Ukrainian government will provide a monetary reward to whistleblowers for important tips that will help investigate high-profile corruption-related crimes Continue Reading
The number of passengers flying via Ukrainian airports climbed 19%
The number of passengers flying via Ukrainian airports climbed 19% year-on-year during the first eleven months of 2019 to reach a new record high of 22.6 million as the country’s four-year air travel boom showed no signs of losing steam. The country’s busiest airport was Boryspil (Міжнародний аеропорт “Бориспіль”), which Continue Reading
Ukrainian, Crimean-Tatar Language Learning Being Squeezed Out of Crimea
The last remaining Ukrainian-language school in Russian-occupied Crimea doesn’t provide instruction in the eastern Slavic language, Eskender Bariyev, head of the Crimean-Tatar Resource Center, told RFE/RL in a radio interview on January 1. The school is registered in the southeastern coastal town of Feodosiya and, according to Bariyev, local residents say Continue Reading
The list of 106 Suspicious Russia-related Deaths since 2014
With the news that Russian President Vladimir Putin has passed a law classifying journalists, bloggers and even social media users as ‘foreign agents’, Russia analyst Sarah Hurst has been keeping track of those paying the ultimate price. Critics of Vladimir Putin highlighted in red: Dmitri Obretetsky, 49 (November 30, 2019) Continue Reading