Ukraine

Slavic Union

Pan-Slavism, Russian populism and the annexation of Crimea

Article
Nataliia Vdovychenko
30/11/2019
27 minutes to read

The annexation of Crimea was regarded as a huge success by Russian Pan-Slavists and as a victory against the West. This article examines how Pan-Slavism and populist discourse contributed to the annexation of the region.

Miah Moos

How a college student lives a zero waste lifestyle

Article
Nataliia Vdovychenko
10/10/2018
14 minutes to read

What does it actually take to live a mindful life with zero waste? Is it possible to survive the struggle of reorganizing your life habits if you are still a student? And how expensive it is to do good for the environment? 

FEMEN

FEMEN: "My Body is a Weapon!"

Article
Nataliia Vdovychenko
30/05/2018
9 minutes to read

FEMEN is a sextremist organisation claiming to be feminist. They draw media attention by showing their half-naked bodies in public. 

When the Eurovision song contest gets political: the start of a new era?

Article
Rowie van Hagen
01/04/2017
7 minutes to read

Eurovision should redefine its ‘no-politics’ rule and be stricter in upholding it, to ensure that the Eurovision Song Contest will not enter a new era in which it is primarily employed as an instrument for political goals.

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