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Editorial: One year of the Kyiv Independent

Editorial: One year of the Kyiv Independent

by The Kyiv Independent

Exactly one year ago, on Nov. 11, 2021, we decided to create the Kyiv Independent. “We” were a group of some 30 journalists fired from the Kyiv Post, then Ukraine’s main English-language newspaper. The owner fired the whole newsroom for defending its editorial independence and remaining stubbornly critical of

Lubomyr Luciuk: Ukraine is not new

Lubomyr Luciuk: Ukraine is not new

by Lubomyr Luciuk

Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in the op-ed section are those of the authors and do not purport to reflect the views of the Kyiv Independent. Ukraine is not new. As my colleague, Professor Paul Robert Magocsi, recently demonstrated in an incisive essay, “Ukraina Redux,” Ukrainians have attempted to

Steven Fisher: Kerensky fell and so may Putin

Steven Fisher: Kerensky fell and so may Putin

by Steven Fisher

Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in the op-ed section are those of the authors. They do not purport to reflect the opinions of the Kyiv Independent. From The New York Times: The behavior of the Russian troops… presents the picture of a man in about his lowest degradation… Here an

Eugene Czolij: Russia’s 'Z' stands for zero

Eugene Czolij: Russia’s 'Z' stands for zero

by Eugene Czolij

The opinions expressed in the op-ed section are those of the authors. They do not purport to reflect the opinions of the Kyiv Independent. There was some speculation as to what the letter “Z” meant for the Kremlin, and why it became the symbol of Russia’s genocidal war against

Vitaly Portnikov: The unknown country

Vitaly Portnikov: The unknown country

by Vitaly Portnikov

Editor’s Note: This guest essay is written within the PEN Ukraine “Dialogues on War” project, supported by the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. The opinions expressed in the op-ed section are those of the authors. They do not purport to reflect the opinions of the Kyiv Independent. Three decades

Eugene Czolij: It’s time to stop Russia

Eugene Czolij: It’s time to stop Russia

by Eugene Czolij

Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in the op-ed section are those of the authors. They do not purport to reflect the opinions of the Kyiv Independent. After suffering five months of the worst devastation in Europe since the Second World War and defending their homeland with a determination that

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