Does Ukraine Need the Light of Hannukah?
The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah is celebrated (like all Jewish holidays), according to the lunar calendar. It means that each year they fall on a different date according to the…
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Valery Engel
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The Law on the Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine. What does it bring to national minorities?
On 22 July 2021, President Zelenski signed the Law on Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine. The law defines indigenous people, fixes which peoples are recognised as indigenous and what benefits they receive in…
Legislation and Law Enforcement Practices in the OSCE area: Main tendencies in the Fighting of Extremism, 2018-20
Sometime ago, an international team of authors, as part of the work of my European Centre for Democracy Development, completed a major project to monitor manifestations of xenophobia and extremism…
Ukraine wants to move the remains of collaborators to the national Pantheon in Kiev
On 9 April 2015, the Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, passed by a majority vote the law “On the legal status and commemoration of fighters for Ukraine’s independence in the…
Is Russia Immune to Anti-Semitism?
A new report on anti-Semitism in Russia for June-September 2020 was published in Moscow in October by the independent Center for Information and Analysis, SOVA. A month earlier, another study by a Russian think…
Can new educational reforms in Ukraine be seen as a tool for forced assimilation of national minorities?
Introduction The crisis in Ukraine has several aspects. One of the most important problems is the issue of language. The law “on education”, adopted in 2017, as well as the…
Can Volodymyr Zelensky Bring Peace to Eastern Ukraine?
Volodymyr Zelensky made a campaign promise to establish peace in eastern Ukraine. The far right will have a say on whether that happens or not. Six years ago, a political…
Will be the world more tolerant after the Covid-19 Pandemic?
Introduction In April 2020, the German radical right party ‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD) lost more than 4% in the opinion polls compared to January. Its popularity this month was at…
Putin’s Amendments To Russia’s Constitution Sparks Debate About Russian Nationalism
Amendments expanding Putin’s power and language about the “state-forming role” of the Russian national majority, raises ethno-nationalism concerns. On many occasions, Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for the adoption…
Zelensky Struggles To Contain Ukraine’s Neo-Nazi Problem
Militiamen of Ukraine’s nationalist movement are espousing white supremacist views. This is one of the challenges Ukrainian President Zelensky is facing. On October 10, during a “marathon” press conference in Kiev, President…