“Europe without Barriers” presented a field reportage from borderland trip by EWB analyst Ruslan Minich, first published on Atlantic Council on September 19, 2019.
The Data Journalism Agency TEXTY conducted a media monitoring of Russian disinformation topics for the period of 2 – 8 September 2019.
On the eve of Ukraine’s presidential elections, the level of public trust in government institutions was extremely low. The rate of trust-distrust in the President was -46%, in the Verkhovna Rada – -69%, in the Government – -55%.
The Centre of Policy and Legal Reform prepared a report on criminal statistics in Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has instructed the government to enter into product sharing agreements (PSAs) with successful tenderers for subsoil use by 1 December 2019. According to Ukrainian Energy, the line ministry has not yet drafted a standard agreement.
Draft law “On Amending Article 106 of the Constitution of Ukraine (on establishing the powers of the President of Ukraine to create independent regulatory bodies, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, appoint and dismiss the Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Director of the State Bureau of Investigation)” No. 1014.
On September 13, 2019, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine implemented a political agreement on the early dissolution of the CEC. 341 MPs of Ukraine voted for this decision.
With VK, a Russian social network, finding itself the subject of sanctions in Ukraine, its pro-Russian users are flooding Ukraine-related discussions with hate speech.
Highlights:
– A Conflict of Moscow and Kyiv: A Window of Opportunity, the Status Quo, or a New Round of Escalation?;
– Black Sea Security: New Challenges;
– What Price Did Ukraine Pay for Prisoner Exchange?;
– Political Parties Market in Ukraine: “Corrupted Multiparty System”;
– Environmental Policy and Law: UA Review (July-August 2019).
The publication of analytical reports was prepared by the Razumkov Centre with the support of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Office in Ukraine.