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On 18 March Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Rob Nicholson, announced three initiatives to support Ukraine’s continued efforts in building a more peaceful, democratic, and prosperous future for its citizens. The announcement, which was made on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, focused on Ukraine’s democratic development, an area in which Canada has regularly contributed to in the past. The newly announced funding, totaling $7.1 million, will be distributed amongst three projects: $1.2 million to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to support the...

The danger to the free world lies with enablers as much as with the terrorists. Collaborators in positions of power are as damaging as a dictator’s attack on a sovereign state. Their failure to take a stand emboldens the aggressor to make a mockery of democratic values— the right to life, liberty, rule of law, peace, home—and the institutions set up to protect them. Today, the starkest collaborators are those enabling Russia President Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine. The move by Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Francoise Hollande to hold a tri-partite talk preceding the Minsk 2 negotiation last week was wrong. The secretive...

THE Russian government is spending millions of dollars to push its propaganda on Australian audiences, with Foxtel and Fairfax doing deals with the ­volatile regime. Following revelations Russian President Vladimir Putin is infiltrating Australia with spies at levels not seen since the Cold War, The Australian can reveal Russia is paying Foxtel an ­estimated $2 million a year to broadcast its state-owned channel, Russia Today. The channel launched on Tuesday, with Foxtel’s executive director of television, Brian Walsh, issuing a press release ­describing the channel as “an ­important voice in bringing ­another perspective to world ­affairs, with...

On 26 January 2015 Canadian Minister of International Trade Edward Fast and Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine Roman Waschuk visited the offices of the Ukrainian World Congress in Kyiv, Ukraine. During the visit, Director of the “Patriot Defense” program Dr. Ulana Suprun presented the first 100 Improved First Aid Kits (IFAKs) that have been earmarked for funding by the Canadian government under an assistance package that was...

As announced on 18 September 2014, the Ukrainian World Congress launched an exciting new partnership with the prominent think tank, the Atlantic Council. One of the Atlantic Council’s projects under its Ukraine in Europe Initiative is the newsletter UkraineAlert. Below is a letter from Atlantic Council editor James Rupert presenting the newsletter with an invitation to subscribe. We encourage you to share...