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Artur Korniienko

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Artur Korniienko is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent, currently on a leave to serve in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He previously reported on Ukrainian literature, art, music, film and social issues for the Kyiv Post, including the controversial Babyn Yar memorial and other development projects opposed by the community. In 2021, he ran a podcast about Ukrainian migrant workers for RFE/RL on the Vaclav Havel Fellowship in Prague. With a Master's in Journalism from the Ukrainian Catholic University, Korniienko had also worked as a freelance journalist and a TV correspondent.

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Weekend in Kyiv – Feb. 18-20

Weekend in Kyiv – Feb. 18-20

by Artur Korniienko

Our picks of the best art, music, film and more in the capital. Listed venues require one of the following: certificate of vaccination, negative PCR or antigen test, or proof of recovery from Covid-19. * Paul Thomas Anderson’s nostalgic 1970s love story about self-discovery and this year's Oscar nominee for

Biden, Macron hold talks with Putin as tensions peak

Biden, Macron hold talks with Putin as tensions peak

by Artur Korniienko

U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron held separate telephone conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 12. Both Western leaders tried to dissuade Putin from a deeper military invasion of Ukraine. Biden, who spoke with Putin for about an hour, had a direct message to

Weekend in Kyiv – Jan. 28-30

Weekend in Kyiv – Jan. 28-30

by Artur Korniienko

Our picks of the best art, music, film and more in the capital. All listed venues require one of the following: certificate of vaccination, negative PCR or antigen test, or proof of recovery from Covid-19. * A portrait of the generation Z, yet timeless in its empathy for the teenage experience,

Weekend in Kyiv – Jan. 14-16

Weekend in Kyiv – Jan. 14-16

by Artur Korniienko

Our picks of the best art, music, film and more in the capital. All listed venues require one of the following: certificate of vaccination, negative PCR or antigen test, or proof of recovery from Covid-19. * Ukrainian hip-hop pioneers Tanok Na Maidani Kongo, or TNMK, will yet again play a show

War, crime, teenage angst: Best Ukrainian movies of 2021

War, crime, teenage angst: Best Ukrainian movies of 2021

by Artur Korniienko

Despite the pandemic production challenges and rollback of government support, Ukrainian cinema continued to make gains this year on the momentum built by the previous management of the State Film Agency. Russia’s war against Ukraine continues to preoccupy the minds of Ukrainian filmmakers but there were also movies that

Weekend in Kyiv – Dec. 17-19

Weekend in Kyiv – Dec. 17-19

by Artur Korniienko

Our picks for the best art, music, film and more in the capital. All venues require one of the following: certificates of vaccination, negative test or recovery from Covid-19. * From a nursery teacher to Europe’s best young artist – in the last three years, Alyona Alyona has done so much

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