In the latest 27th episode of my foreign policy podcast about Ukraine I talked to Sergiy Tomilenko from Kyiv. He’s a president of the largest local Union of Journalists of Ukraine. He talked about relations between the media & the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky, issues with press accreditations for foreign journalists, and how Ukraine…More
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Podcast Episode with Vladislav Davidzon from The Tablet
Vladislav Davidzon, a writer, translator, and art critic joined me in the 26th episode of the Ukraine Decoded podcast to discuss the cultural and political transformations in Ukraine during the ongoing war against Putin’s Russia. Mr. Davidzon is a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. Since 2012, he also serves as the European…More
Podcast Episode with Brian Mefford
In this episode, the guest of ‘Ukraine Decoded’ was Brian Mefford, a PR and communications professional and a US expat living in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv for 20+ years. We talked about Brian’s life and business during the Russian war against Ukraine, his relief project Help Ukraine 22 Operation Palyanytsya for those affected by the war, and what…More
Podcast Episode with Adrian Karatnycky from Atlantic Council
Adrian Karatnycky, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center (Washington D.C.) was a guest of the 23rd episode of my podcast ‘Ukraine Decoded.’ As the Russian war against Ukraine approached a year mark, we discussed the major outcomes for Ukraine due to its heroic resistance. Mr. Karatnycky explained why the Russian elites…More
Podcast Episode with Brian Bonner, Former Chief Editor of Kyiv Post
The guest of the 22nd episode of the Ukraine Decoded podcast was Brian Bonner, a former chief editor of the Kyiv Post, the English-language weekly newspaper in Ukraine. He is an American national from Minnesota who resides in Kyiv since the end of the 90s. It was a pure luck to interview Mr. Bonner between electricity outages…More
First Six Months of Podcast Production
In December, it is the first six months since I launched my audio podcast Ukraine Decoded about the Russian war against Ukraine. This is in English and designed for the western audience to explain what is going on in Ukraine and around it. In six months, I have produced 21 podcast episodes of convenient 20-30 minutes lengths.…More
Podcast Episode with Former EU Diplomat David Stulik
In the 21st episode of the podcast Ukraine Decoded, a senior analyst in the European Values Center for Security Policy (Czech Republic) David Stulik talks with Viktor Kovalenko about what Europeans think regarding the Russian war against Ukraine. For twelve years, Mr. Stulík served in Kyiv as the press and information officer of the EU…More
Podcast Episode: Sociology Says Ukrainians Are Consolidated
Today I have a guest from Ukraine. His name is Petro Burkovskyy. He’s a political scientist and sociologist from capital Kyiv and also an executive director of the prominent local foundation – The Democratic Initiatives. This foundation conducts sociological surveys of the public opinion in Ukraine on democracy related topics. The foundation is named after…More
Podcast Episode: Interests of Turkey During Russo-Ukrainian War
My guest today is Dr. Cüneyt Gürer, a George Marshall European Center for Security Studies professor. This is an institution in Germany that was opened by the U.S. Department of Defense in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry of Defense after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The goal of the Marshall Center is to…More
Podcast Episode: Professor from Germany Discloses Historical Context of the Russian Invasion
In this episode, I will present an expert opinion from Germany. My guest is a prominent German historian, Dr. Jan Class Behrends. He’s a leading expert on the history of Soviet and Russian security services and is known for his research on Stalinism propaganda and wars in the Soviet and post-Soviet space. Dr. Behrends, what…More
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