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Explaining Ukraine

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Apr 30, 2020 • 20min

Ep. 22 – Does Russia Have a Strategy in the Post-Soviet Space?

Host Volodymyr Yermolenko welcomes Kostiantyn Kvurt, a well-known Ukrainian media expert and the head of board of Internews Ukraine, one of the leading Ukrainian media NGOs. They discuss whether Russia’s aggression in Ukraine is a part of Kremlin’s broader strategy in the post-Soviet space, and what are the key elements of Russian tactics in information warfare.
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Apr 23, 2020 • 35min

Ep. 21 – Zelensky's first year: What is happening in Ukraine's foreign policy?

Host Volodymyr Yermolenko welcomes Ukrainian foreign policy expert Hanna Shelest in an online podcast. They discuss the first year of President Zelensky’s foreign policy: Kyiv's relations with the US, Russia, and the EU, as well as the attempts to find a solution to the war in eastern Ukraine.
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Apr 16, 2020 • 16min

Ep. 20 – Ukraine versus the virus and Kolomoyskyi: will Ukraine's economy survive?

Host Volodymyr Yermolenko welcomes well-known Ukrainian financial expert Serhiy Fursa (columnist at nv.ua). They discuss the threat posed by oligarch Kolomoyskyi for Ukraine's cooperation with the IMF, and about 16,000 (!) amendments introduced by Kolomoyskyi’s people in Parliament to the banking law, as well as Ukraine's resilience in the face of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Mar 17, 2020 • 29min

Ep. 19 – Why Ukrainian culture is interesting

Host Volodymyr Yermolenko (Ukraine World, Internews Ukraine) welcomes to the studio Volodymyr Sheiko, the Ukrainian Institute's Director-General. They discuss the recent renaissance of the Ukrainian culture, the Ukrainian movie industry, visual arts, and music.
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Feb 26, 2020 • 36min

Ep. 18 – What is going on in Crimea?

Host Volodymyr Yermolenko (Ukraine World, Internews Ukraine) welcomes to the studio Nataliya Gumenyuk, Ukrainian journalist specialized in international security and conflict reporting who has been regularly visiting occupied Crimea since the annexation. They discuss Gumenyuk’s book “The Lost Island” covering the situation in the occupied Crimea and life of the people on the annexed peninsula. Why do Crimean Tatars stay in Crimea notwithstanding the persecution? What is the life of people who supported the annexation by Russia? What can Ukraine and the international community do to help Crimeans? Nataliya Gumenyuk explains in our podcast.
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Dec 10, 2019 • 28min

Ep. 17 – What are the outcomes of the Normandy Summit?

Host Volodymyr Yermolenko (Ukraine World, Internews Ukraine) welcomes to the studio Christopher Miller, correspondent covering Eastern Europe for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, BuzzFeed News, etc. They discuss the outcomes of the Normandy Summit, as well as compromises and discrepancies between Russia and Ukraine.
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Nov 28, 2019 • 21min

Ep.16 – What is Russia’s role in MH17?

Host Volodymyr Yermolenko (Ukraine World, Internews Ukraine) welcomes to the studio Robert van der Noordaa, leading Dutch investigative journalist working on the MH17 case. They discuss among other issues the recent developments and prospects for the investigation, Russia’s role in the downing and conspiracy theories around it.
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Sep 10, 2019 • 31min

Ep. 15 - Information and Cyber Security

Host Volodymyr Yermolenko (Ukraine World, Internews Ukraine) welcomes to the studio Dmitri Teperik, chief executive of International Center for Defense and Security in Tallinn and program director of Resilient Ukraine. They discuss why information and communication spheres are essential parts of national security and what the similarities and differences between Estonia and Ukraine concerning Russia’s information influences are. Dmytro Teperik explains what the ways to make Ukraine more resilient to external information threats are and why there is no need to overreact on Russia’s activities.
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Aug 12, 2019 • 26min

Ep.14 - Russian disinformation and Europe

Host Volodymyr Yermolenko (Ukraine World, Internews Ukraine) welcomes to the studio Jakub Kalenský, the senior fellow of the Atlantic Council. They discuss what the main targets and tools of the Russian disinformation are and share some ideas on how it employs democratic values. This podcast was created with financial support from the International Renaissance Foundation.
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Jul 9, 2019 • 36min

Ep. 13 — How Ukraine Has Changed Since 2014

Host Volodymyr Yermolenko (Ukraine World, Internews Ukraine)welcomes to the studio Gulliver Cragg, the correspondent for France 24 in Kyiv. They discuss the most important changes in Ukraine's society, culture and political life since Euromaidan took place in 2013-2014 and also note what Ukrainians failed to change in a positive way.

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