The temptation in Kyiv and elsewhere is to look past the overwhelming victory by upstart Volodymyr Zelenskiy over incumbent Petro Poroshenko and try to divine what it means for Ukraine. This piece will yield to that temptation—but after acknowledging the importance of what happened Sunday and throughout the election campaign. Free and fair elections...
Russian propagandists have thrown many slurs at Ukraine since Vladimir Putin’s invasion in 2014. Especially prominent among them in the lead-up to the presidential election has been the claim that Nazi sympathizers and fascists run Ukraine. While anti-Semitism, unfortunately, still exists in Ukraine, Ukraine ranks as the least anti-Semitic country in the region. Moreover,...
This is a regular weekly report by Detector Media, a partner of the Ukrainian Election Task Force, offering exclusive content covering the three main Russian state TV talk shows, particularly these shows’ coverage of Ukraine and the 2019 Presidential elections. Kremlin-backed media outlets often generate disinformation narratives that are then spread throughout Ukraine as...
On December 26, 2018, at the meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, President Poroshenko announced the end of martial law and confirmed that the presidential election will be held as scheduled. According to Ukrainian legislation, the presidential elections in the country are held on the last Sunday of March for the fifth...