The memorial to the Chernobyl disaster in front of the reactor, now encased in its new containment shield.
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Documentary or drama? The HBO/Sky series is gripping watching, but sometimes facts make way for artistic licence.
The 2019 European Parliament elections were well defended against outside interference.
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Though the effects were less this time, voters across the globe should remain vigilant against disinformation campaigns and election system hacking.
A ferris wheel in the deserted town of Pripyat, Ukraine.
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The HBO series ‘Chernobyl’ has reignited interest among tourists to visit Pripyat, but growing up in the disaster’s shadow has made us wary.
New president Zelensky faces some major issues.
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Corruption and poor opportunities are driving out the country’s most talented young workers – and damaging Ukraine’s long-term development.
President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy (a former comedian) during his inauguration in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, Ukraine. May 20, 2019.
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Newly inaugurated as president, Zelenskiy is now preparing to fight a parliamentary election – while Russia and the West look on.
Signing the Treaty of Rome in 1957.
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In the past decade the EU has been struck by a series of crises that have proven that it is far more vulnerable than previously imagined.
Ukrainian comedian president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy performs on stage during a show in Brovary, near Kiev, Ukraine.
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What will the decisive outcome mean for Ukraine’s relationship with Russian and the West?
Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
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Ukrainians have lost faith in the political class – and are looking for new alternatives. Populism and Russia may benefit.
A solider poses with a Javelin anti-tank system during a military parade in Kiev, Ukraine.
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At worst, more lethal aid could escalate the conflict further. At best, it will continue to keep alive a conflict that has already claimed more than 10,000 lives.
Cars pass the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 25, 2019.
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Russian media outlets are holding up the Mueller report as another example of American dysfunction, with President Trump a symptom of larger problems rather than the man who might solve them.
‘Games without frontiers, war without tears …’
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Five years after Crimea returned to Russia, the east-west stalemate over Ukraine is far from stable.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy: can he really unite Ukraine?
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Ukraine is in a parlous state, but does presidential favourite Volodymyr Zelenskiy have the fix it so desperately needs?
Metropolitan Epiphanius, head of the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which is newly independent of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Ukraine’s Orthodox Church recently broke off from Russia. This dispute has a history that goes back to medieval Christianity, and continues to shape modern-day politics.
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Ukraine shows how it’s possible to have single market access, while maintaining control of your borders and staying out of the European Court of Justice.
Patriarch Bartolomew: making moves into Ukraine.
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Ukrainian nationalism – and a president on the rocks – has sparked a religious crisis.
Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia, Bulgaria, painted overnight on February 24 2014 by unknown activists in solidarity with anti-Russian protests in Ukraine.
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The Soviet programme of building war memorials in Eastern Bloc countries was a bid to win the hearts and minds of future generations.
The outrage over Trump’s comments at the joint press conference meant an opportunity for meaningful debate about policy was lost.
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The extensive media coverage of the Helsinki meeting was almost universally critical of Trump, which overshadowed the chance to ask more meaningful questions about how the world deals with Russia.
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Oleg Sentsov’s trial was a farce, but the world continues to ignore his plight.
Ukrainian protesters with the European Union flag in Maidan Square, Kiev, 2014.
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After a century of debate, Europe still hasn’t figured out how to deal with its giant of a neighbour.
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Whatever the reason for faking Arkady Babchenko’s death, this episode will not make journalists any safer.