Ukraine Without Hype

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Episodes

"Ukraine Without Hype": Episode 17 - September 18, 2020

In this last episode of the season, hosts Romeo Kokriatski and Maria Romanenko discuss Belarus strengthening its border security with Ukraine due to President Lukashenko's ungrounded fears that Ukraine is somehow responsible for the mass anti-government demonstrations in the capital that are well into their second month now. Maria gives an update into the situation with the Hasidim who, due to the pandemic and in a bid to celebrate Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) in the Ukrainian city of Uman, w...

Sep 18, 2020•8 min

"Ukraine Without Hype": Episode 16 - September 11, 2020

In this episode of "Ukraine Without Hype," hosts Romeo Kokriatski and Maria Romanenko discuss the abduction of Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova, the death of a Ukrainian soldier in the Donbas, and the US sanctioning Ukrainian MP Andriy Derkach, calling him a "Russian agent." The episode's guest is the Kyiv Post new editor, Matthew Kupfer. Sign up for our daily newsletters (sent Monday to Friday) here: mailchi.mp/8c1f52281099/hromadske-international-newsletters Follow us on Facebook...

Sep 11, 2020•22 min

"Ukraine Without Hype": Episode 15 - September 4, 2020

On this episode of "Ukraine Without Hype", hosts Maria Romanenko and Romeo Kokriatski talk about controversial court decisions in Ukraine, comments made by a recently expelled ex-ruling party MP, fires in eastern Ukraine, and much more. Our guest this week is Ukraine Business News Editor-in-Chief James Brooke, on Ukraine's progress in reforming its courts and what a recent ruling against Privatbank in favor of its former owners says about the country's commitment to change. And you can watch the...

Sep 04, 2020•24 min

"Ukraine Without Hype": Episode 14 - August 28, 2020

On this episode of "Ukraine Without Hype", hosts Romeo Kokriatski and Maria Romanenko talk about the Lukashenko regime's actions to hold on to power in Belarus, Ukraine closing its borders, a shooting on a Ukrainian highway, and much, much more. And Maria explains a new documentary released by investigative journalism outfit Slidstvo.info's new film covering the fraud around oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky and Privatbank, and talks to one of the film's journalists, Elena Loginova. Read our story on how...

Aug 28, 2020•29 min

"Ukraine Without Hype": Episode 13 - August 21, 2020

On this episode of "Ukraine Without Hype", hosts Maria Romanenko and Romeo Kokriatski discuss the latest developments in Belarus, where protests have been sweeping the country for 12 days now. They also discuss the recent claims that the story of the 33 Wagner group mercenaries' detention in Belarus was a... special operation by Ukraine's SBU. Also this week: Russian oppositionist Navalny's alleged poisoning and the torching of a RFE/RL car in Ukraine. Our special guest is Rikard Jozwiak, Europe...

Aug 21, 2020•34 min

"Ukraine Without Hype": Episode 12 - August 14, 2020

As summer draws to an end, protests in Belarus continue to flourish. And this week, we're discussing Ukraine's reaction to the election results and the protests that followed across Belarus. Has Ukraine done enough? MP from opposition party Golos, Inna Sovsun, believes that the Ukrainian parliament should come up with a unified position regarding the situation in Belarus. She spoke to us in this podcast. Also in the podcast: the latest on the coronavirus situation in Ukraine, the torching of for...

Aug 14, 2020•23 min

"Ukraine Without Hype": Episode 11 - August 7, 2020

In this episode of "Ukraine Without Hype", journalists and hosts Maria Romanenko and Romeo Kokriatski discuss the latest changes in the oligarch Kolomoisky saga, the skateboarding success of a Ukrainian, the terror threat that took place at the start of the week, and - finally - the latest in the construction of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Our podcast guest is Anna Mikulska, a fellow in energy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy and senior fellow at Kleinman Center at Universi...

Aug 07, 2020•33 min

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