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Alya Shandra

Kyiv

Editor-in-Chief at Euromaidan Press

Editor-in-chief at @euromaidanpress

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  • Czech President Pavel backs NATO 5% spending as Russia in "continuous war" against West

    2 weeks ago | euromaidanpress.com | Alya Shandra

    Is Russia at war with Europe? For Czech President Petr Pavel, that is a non-question. At the GLOBSEC security conference, Pavel delivered a stark assessment of the Russian threat, declaring that Russia views its relationship with Western democracies as “continuous conflict” rather than traditional periods of peace and war.

  • "I was not fierce enough": Georgian activist’s brutal confession as democracy collapses

    2 weeks ago | euromaidanpress.com | Alya Shandra

    “We fucked up.” It’s not often you hear a democracy activist open with those words, but Nino Robakidze isn’t interested in pretty narratives. Speaking at the “FuckUp Night” panel at the Lviv Media Forum 2025, Robakidze laid bare how Georgian civil society enabled the fastest documented democratic collapse in modern European history. The timeline is breathtaking: December 2023, Georgia receives EU candidate status.

  • Lithuania revokes residency for Russians who frequently visit homeland

    1 month ago | euromaidanpress.com | Alya Shandra

    Lithuania has implemented additional restrictions for Russian and Belarusian citizens that took effect on 3 May, RFE/RL reported. Under the new law passed by Lithuania’s Seimas (parliament), Russian citizens will lose their residence permits if they travel to Russia or Belarus more than once every three months without “objective reasons,” with exceptions for transportation workers and those with valid justifications.

  • The Pope who couldn't name evil: Francis's struggle with Russia's war on Ukraine

    2 months ago | euromaidanpress.com | Alya Shandra

    On Easter Monday, 21 April 2025, Pope Francis died at 88, leaving behind a complex legacy on Russia’s war against Ukraine. For Ukrainian Orthodox theologian Father Cyril Hovorun, Francis embodied a fundamental tension: “He was on the right side of history.

  • Vatican diplomacy failed Ukraine but Pope still pro-Ukrainian, says Orthodox theologian

    2 months ago | euromaidanpress.com | Alya Shandra

    Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, 21 April 2025, at the age of 88, leaving behind a complex legacy regarding his stance on Russia’s war against Ukraine.

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Alya Shandra
Alya Shandra @AlyaShandra
16 Mar 25

RT @AseyevStanislav: I once received an electric shock during torture only for writing for Radio Liberty: I was told that it was "a CIA str…

Alya Shandra
Alya Shandra @AlyaShandra
16 Mar 25

America is abandoning its mission & that means we have to step up 🔹@Euromaidanpress will employ fired VoA/RFE/RL journalists 🔹We urge our colleagues in different countries to do the same 🔹We call on int'l funds to support these journos with programs https://t.co/uSNd8zQEsX https://t.co/1ET8qAYLUN

Alya Shandra
Alya Shandra @AlyaShandra
9 Feb 25

RT @PhillipsPOBrien: Its like Putin has given him an orders list and hes going through it methodically. https://t.co/Wz5xGPdjXR