The role of digital technologies in politics keeps growing. As a result, the risk of misusing them for political campaigning is augmenting, too. It offers new opportunities and challenges for electoral actors. The issues of political finance in Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and Armenia were discussed during the two-day regional conference “Money in Politics 2023. Online Campaign Finance: Challenges and Solutions” taking place in Moldova, on July 6-7.

As of June 2023, 8,177 mln citizens of Ukraine stayed abroad. It is about 20% of the country’s population before February 24, 2022. The data comes from the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, provided to the request of Civil Network OPORA. However, there are no precise numbers of Ukrainian migrants abroad because different institutions use different counting methodologies. OPORA analyzed and compared all available data in order to get as accurate indicators as possible.

Almost 500 days have passed since February 24. Some Ukrainians who had left abroad have returned home, others have integrated into the society of a new country, but there are also those who are leaving Ukraine today. Based on the data we processed, the number of present-day emigrees today is growing.

Last week (June 19–25), the Russian authorities worked to restore the reputation of Vladimir Putin that was possibly undermined after the recent Wagner mutiny. The aggressor country may blow up the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) to create a man-made disaster. Hungary continues to play along with Russia. Ukraine announced the decisions of the NATO summit in Vilnius that would be considered acceptable, and Russia wants to stop the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine.

Last week (June 19–25), an armed rebellion took place in Russia – a column of military equipment set out for Moscow. However, through negotiations mediated by Lukashenko, the Kremlin managed to stop the rebels on the outskirts of the Russian capital.

67% of Ukrainians surveyed in 7 countries plan to return to Ukraine, of which 35% intend to do so only once the war ends. These are the findings of a survey conducted by Civil Network OPORA among Ukrainians in the UK, Israel, Spain, Germany, the Czech Republic, the USA, Hungary, and the UK.

After the abolition of martial law and the restoration of long-awaited peace, Ukraine will face many new challenges requiring an adequate response from the government and civil society. The post-war elections represent one such challenge. The list of potential problems includes the reformatting of  political space following the prohibition of pro-Russian parties, the prospect of holding vote in the regions that have been occupied since 2014, preparations for expression of the will of the peop...

MEDIA CONSUMPTION HABITS AND SOCIO-POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF UKRAINIANS ABROAD