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How the Hungarian government invests billions in Zakarpattia

finance, Hungary, Ukraine, Viktor Orban

Source: Schemes (RFE/RL Graphics)

Viktor Orbán’s government invests billions of forints every year in Hungarian communities in neighboring countries, including in Ukraine.

VSquare

09.07.2021

German politician and Polish nationalists in the Kremlin’s service

right wing, Russia, Ukraine

A year after fire was set to a Hungarian minority center in Uzhhorod, Western Ukraine, new facts are coming to light: the operation by Polish nationalists was financed by people linked to the German AfD party, with strong ties to Moscow.

Szabolcs Panyi

Konrad Szczygieł

22.04.2019

Donbass Brothers: How Serbian Fighters Were Deployed in Ukraine

army, Russia, Ukraine

An armed man stands guard in a downtown of pro-Russian rebels controlled Luhansk city, Ukraine, 22 November 2017

Serbs carried out combat and counter-intelligence missions for several pro-Russia paramilitary units including the notorious Wagner group of mercenaries

VSquare

09.01.2019

The Dogs of War, the Dogs of Disinformation

disinformation, fake news, Poland, Russia, Ukraine

photo by Wojciech Grzedzinski

The Kremlin propaganda keeps on fueling stories about foreign mercenaries fighting the separatists in Donbas. Are there really foreign death squadrons active in Ukraine? Yes. Are they Polish? No.

VSQUARE

24.11.2017