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Bohdan Kryklyvenko And The Struggle To Make Human Rights A Reality In Ukraine
On January 27, 2014 Bohdan Kryklyvenko heard a woman yelling for help outside of his office. Kryklyvenko rushed outside, forgetting his winter coat in the process, to where riot police in balaclavas were encircling...
Jennifer Clement Speaks About The PEN International Congress Held In Lviv
Jennifer Clement is President of PEN International and the first woman to be elected to the office. She is an American-Mexican writer and the author of the cult classic memoir “Widow Basquiat”, as well...
On The Life And Death Of Yevgeny Yevtushenko
The Russian dissident was a flamboyant and remarkable figure who was in excellent physical shape until his death at the age 83 on April 1st. His seminal 1961 poem 'Babi Yar' which spoke about...
Film, Music, And Freedom – The Work Of Alla Zagaykevych
The composer Alla Zagaykevych is a real character. Her work in film is not the main arena in which Ukrainian composer Alla Zagaykevych flexes her creative muscle. She is more known for her orchestral...
Odessa designer Tanu Muino: making the world jealous
JEALOUSY is the name of the emerging Odessa-based clothes brand that can already be found worldwide through both stores and online retailers in Ukraine, Georgia, Singapore, Kuwait, Russia, Great Britain, and USA. The brand...
Actor Oleg Filimonov muses on his favorite place in Odessa: 7 Gogolya Street
I had migrated across Odessa and lived in many places, but this one was by far the most beautiful.
I moved here when I was already an adult. In this yard, in the apartment of...
Andrea Chalupa Answers Four Questions About Orwell
1.Let us begin with Orwell. There is a resurgence now of interest in the work of Orwell with all of the issues surrounding fake news, propaganda, and social media eating our elections. Why do...
On Human Rights And Contemporary Journalism With Natalia Antelava
Natalia Antelava is an award winning, Emmy-nominated journalist, and a native of Tbilisi, Georgia. She is a former foreign correspondent for BBC, where she covered events from West Africa to the South Caucasus to...
My Odessa: Anastasia Sleptsova
Anastasia Sleptsova is one of the leading personalities in the Odessa and Ukrainian tech worlds, and is involved with numerous technology forums and organizations.
I have several favorite places in Odessa and all of them...
Aleksey Gogokhia: Alternative Music Man Extraordinaire
Longtime promoter, radio personality, curator, program director of Odessa's most original radio station — FM1 Radio and Art director of the M1 Club-Hotel. An intimate interview with Odessa's many faceted musical Renaissance man.
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