Last week (February 20–26), the United States showed their unwavering support for Ukraine against the backdrop of the anniversary of the russian full-scale invasion. On the other hand, russia continues nuclear blackmail, and the message of the russian president to the federal assembly was called the worst in the last 20 years. The UN General Assembly supported the Ukrainian "peace formula". China's “peace plan” appealed to russia, but disappointed the United States because Beijing failed to c...

The pro-government Georgian parliamentary group “Power of the People” has developed and registered in the Georgian parliament two draft laws under a shared provisional name “On Foreign Agents”. The initiatives stipulate that all non-governmental organizations and media funded from abroad must register with the State Registry Service as foreign agents. The Georgian Dream party supported the initiative. Nearly 400 Georgian NGOs and the parliamentary opposition sharply criticized both versions ...

However, according to the lawyers of the Civil Network OPORA, any decision on early termination or “transfer” of powers of local self-government bodies to other structures should be justified and comply with the rule of law. The state can control the activities of local self-government bodies, including when it is necessary to counteract aggression under martial law. At the same time, the measures it uses shall be proportionate and not restrict the right of hromada residents to local self-gov...

Ukraine survived the year of full-scale invasion.The “little victorious war” turned out to be a total hell for russia, and has already cost it almost 150,000 killed soldiers. Decisive events are yet to come, but the occupier gets beaten every day, and realizes that Ukraine cannot be conquered by force or blackmail. We recall the events and statements of the war-affected year.

The election campaigns of 2019–2021 showed that some of the restrictions provided for in Art. 57 of the Electoral Code are ineffective. That is why the relevant working group on the development of media legislation is working on improving the legal regulation of election campaigning.

Information support for elections and regulation of election campaigning require improvement in the first place because they are currently supported by provisions from 2010. On February, 20, participants of the round table “Prospects for Improving Electoral Legislation or What Has Not Been Included in the Law of Ukraine “On Media” discussed this in Kyiv.

Last week (February 13–19), the problems in the russian army aggravated, but Ukraine became stronger thanks to Western military support. New facts about the Minsk agreements were also made public, which provoked a wave of russian disinformation. At the same time, russia is trying to undermine the situation in other countries, including Moldova. Below, we tell you more about the key statements and events of the past war week.

Under the sanctions for violating international law and joint efforts to restore Russia’s contractual capacity, any sale of natural resources should be effected through a special account held by a specialized international agency, which will ensure that funds are invested only in the development of infrastructure and the welfare of Russian regions as well as in support for human rights. This agency should also redirect part of the profits to financing the recovery of Ukraine. Having suffered ...