The data on offenses of creating or running brothels and procuring in Ukraine from 2013 to 2025 reveals significant fluctuations that reflect both law enforcement priorities and broader societal disruptions. The period reached its peak in 2014, when authorities registered 509 crimes and issued 379 notifications, representing the highest level of documented activity throughout the…
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Rethinking Ukrainian Probation: An Essay on Institutional Change and Risk Management
‘It was by no means our intention to praise the probation system with lyrical enthusiasm. Rather, we wanted to examine it sensibly and critically’ (Whitfield 2009). Ukrainian probation – we must be brave enough to say – is going through difficult times today. And, of course, this primarily concerns the impact of the war on…
Undermining Justice Under Fire: Crimes Against Justice in War-Time Ukraine
During the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, crimes against justice have predominantly receded into the shadows, presenting a paradoxical statistical landscape that masks a deeper crisis in institutional accountability. Police statistics demonstrate a dramatic volatility in registered crimes against justice, with initial precipitous declines followed by recent surges that suggest systemic dysfunction rather than genuine…
The Russian Full-Scale Invasion and Crime in Ukraine: A Wartime Analysis of Criminal Justice Dynamics (2013-2025)
The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 marked not only a military and humanitarian catastrophe but also a critical juncture for the country’s criminal justice system. The past four years of war have had a pronounced negative impact on Ukrainian society and the criminal justice system, fundamentally altering crime patterns and revealing systemic…
Dmytro Yagunov: The Wartime Paradox: Torture Prosecution Effectiveness in Ukraine (2013-2025)
The prosecution of torture in Ukraine presents a paradoxical case study in criminal justice effectiveness. Analysis of official statistics spanning thirteen years (2013-2025) reveals fundamental shifts in investigative capacity, prosecutorial commitment, and systemic dysfunction that challenge conventional assumptions about the relationship between state resources and criminal justice outcomes. Here, we examine torture police statistics across…
The Kremlin Comments on Greenland: A New Era of Geopolitical Cynicism, or How Russia Once Again ‘Has No Intention of Attacking Anyone’
At the beginning of 2026, the international diplomatic arena was at the center of unprecedented tension provoked by statements by the top leadership of the Russian Federation and the United States. The key event that set the new vector of Russian foreign policy was the speech of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at his annual…
The Russian ‘Opposition’: Hidden Messages of Russian Neo-Imperialism
Recently, I came across a post by Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Facebook, which is worth quoting in full: “The militarisation of Europe, culminating in the war in Ukraine, clearly shows that Putin simply invented the military threat from NATO. For example, in the period after the Cold War, the number of tanks in service in European…
‘There is Such a Profession – Defending the Motherland’: Colonial Anatomy of the Soviet Cinema Myth
‘There is such a profession – defending the Motherland’: The colonial anatomy of the Soviet cinema myth The film Officers (1971) is rightly considered one of the most effective propaganda products of Soviet cinema. Its success lies precisely in the fact that the colonial essence of Soviet/Russian politics is skilfully camouflaged under a deeply emotional…