Interviews

How the Central Project Management Agency, the KSE Foundation, and the Government Encourage Young People to Choose the Path of National Development

The story of the Svitlychnys is about love in dark times. Amid arrests and home raids, in prison camps, in exile and in the hospital. About five visits in seven years, and two people sharing one life

A journalist on observing pain, justice and the power of journalism

A British historian on the hell of war, the power of memory, and the turning point in European history

Italian journalist and director of a literary festival on Russian propaganda, the challenges facing democracy, and the power of culture

The translator and researcher on the most impactful stories in Ukrainian literature, the role of cultural diplomacy and the craft of translation

Citizen journalist Vilen Temerianov is a professional welder and has worked in construction. He had not been involved in journalism until 2014 when Russia launched a series of repressive actions in the occupied peninsula. It was then that Temerianov decided to become a citizen journalist to quickly and accurately report on human rights violations in Crimea. He does not particularly enjoy writing, and acquaintances describe him as “a man of few words who takes action.”

In political prisoner cases, Russian security services often invent and fabricate “evidence” to create a realistic narrative. This time, they lucked out with a plot, as the “Sevastopol saboteurs” case involved three friends with shared histories