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Halya Coynash: Death sentence against Crimean Tatar civic journalist

The ‘judges’ who sentenced Amet Suleimanov to 12 years’ harsh regime imprisonment on Oct. 29 are well aware that the first months would likely kill …
Halya Coynash

Agence France-Presse: Russia’s ‘foreign agent’ reporters navigate ‘absurd’ rules

In her Moscow apartment, reporter Yelizaveta Mayetnaya motions to her laptop displaying a message now infamous among independent Russian …
Agence France-Presse

Leave journalists alone

President Volodymyr Zelensky is nowhere near as bad as ex-President Leonid Kuchma in throttling the media. Kuchma’s system of media control, during …
Kyiv Post

BBC: Russia, repression and me

The BBC’s Moscow correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, was recently expelled from Russia, a country she first began visiting in her teens as a student and …
BBC

President’s Office supports suspension of head of Ukreximbank board

The Office of the President of Ukraine fully supports the public condemnation of the actions of the management of the state-owned Ukreximbank, who …
Interfax-Ukraine

RFE/RL: Ukraine investigates assault on journalists during interview with Ukreksimbank

Ukrainian authorities say they have launched an investigation into an assault on journalists of the Skhemy (Schemes) program during an interview with …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Investigative journalists allegedly obstructed at state-owned Ukreximbank

The Schemes investigative journalism program said on Oct. 5 that their journalists were assaulted while conducting their work at Ukreximbank, a major …
Illia Ponomarenko

David Kirichenko: The gravitas of the Kyiv Post and journalism in Ukraine

Nearly 30 years after the fall of communism, Ukraine continues to struggle with building a strong and independent press due to internal and external …
David Kirichenko

House arrest conditions eased for suspect in Sheremet’s murder

House arrest conditions were eased for Andriy Antonenko, a suspect in the car bombing that killed Belarusian journalist Pavel Sheremet in 2016. The …
Thaisa Semenova

Court extends Antonenko’s house arrest

Shevchenkivsky District Court of Kyiv has extended the preventive measure for those accused of the murder of journalist Pavlo Sheremet: Andriy …
Interfax-Ukraine

Myroslava Barchuk wins annual Georgiy Gongadze Prize

Journalist and TV presenter Myroslava Barchuk became this year’s winner of the annual Georgiy Gongadze Prize, which supports Ukraine’s best …
Anastasiia Lapatina

Zelensky: Ukrainian counter-intelligence could be implicated in Sheremet’s murder 

Ukraine’s counter-intelligence may be implicated in the murder of journalist Pavlo Sheremet, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a news conference on …
Kyiv Post

Dying for Truth: Why journalism is a dangerous profession in Ukraine

Since 1991, when Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union, more than 50 journalists have been killed across the country. Most of the crimes …

EUobserver: Lukashenko plotted murder of Sheremet in Ukraine, others in Germany

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko authorized political murders in Germany in recent years, according to a sensational recording of his former …
EUobserver.com

Serhiy Nikolayev: First Ukrainian photographer killed in the Donbas

Editor’s Note: This story is part of a special project by the Kyiv Post, “Dying for Truth,” a series of stories documenting violence against …
Iryna Yavorska
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Anna Yakutenko

Brian Bonner: Journalists, we’re on our own

Editor’s Note: The column was published as part of the information campaign #valueoftheword, curated by the Georgiy Gongadze Prize and Lviv Media …
Brian Bonner

Glen Grant: Evidence in Sheremet case insufficient to justify suspect’s detention

Editor’s Note: This is an open letter by British military expert Glen Grant to Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov. Dear Minister Avakov, I have …
Glen Grant

Journalist Vadym Komarov: Killed for investigating corruption

Editor’s Note: This story is part of a special project by the Kyiv Post, “Dying for Truth,” a series of stories documenting violence against …
Anna Yakutenko
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Iryna Yavorska
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Anna Borysova
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Elina Kent
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