Next weekend, Kyiv’s hipsters will be fed a diet of stand-up comedy, music, fashion and food as they raise a finger to their aggressive neighbour

Next weekend, Kyiv’s hipsters will be fed a diet of stand-up comedy, music, fashion and food as they raise a finger to their aggressive neighbour
Artists, activists and journalists from Afghanistan, India, Myanmar and Somalia are among the nominations for this year’s awards
Meet the artists and arts producers whose work challenges repression and injustice and celebrates artistic free expression
The Lviv BookForum curator on organising a festival during a war, the importance of countering Russian colonialism and remembering fallen friends
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John Sweeney remembers Ukrainian novelist turned war crimes investigator Victoria Amelina, who has died in a Russian rocket attack on a watering hole favoured by journalists
Finding the truth about what is happening in Russia is almost impossible but the country’s remaining independent media are working hard to do so
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Ukranian collective explores the making of art in time of war