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Peter Krenický, a Greek Catholic priest who has served in Ukraine for over 30 years, never takes a smile off his face, claiming that goodness is the best answer to everything. His story, when he was captured and tortured in Melitopol by Russian occupiers in November 2022, must have been read or listened to with astonishment by many, as he has maintained his sense of humor even in difficult times, and today he serves in a small village in Transcarpathia.

Ondřej Kundra's (Ne)bezpečí #47 with analyst Hlib Fiščenko on the dispute between the Ukrainian president and the Slovak prime minister over natural gas supplies from Russia.

Some associations or organizations operate only on US-funded projects. Independent and anti-corruption media also have grants. For example, the film industry also receives grants, e.g. a documentary on the genocide of the Crimean Tatars received a grant

Protesters in Georgia are fighting for democracy, rapprochement with the EU and their personal future. Since the parliamentary elections in October 2024, which were overshadowed by allegations of manipulation, thousands of people have regularly taken to the streets, especially in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. In some cases, there has been massive police violence against demonstrators and journalists. A new level of escalation, while the pro-European movement has been facing repression for a long time. Who are the protesters and what helps them not to give up?

On January 14, 2025, Kyiv will host an important conference, "Peace for Ukraine: A Slovak Perspective," which will bring together public figures, journalists, and activists from Ukraine and Slovakia. This event is a symbolic and effective response to the diplomatic initiatives of Slovak government officials aimed at rapprochement with Russia and demonstrates that Slovak civil society stands firmly with Ukraine.

"Ukraine is not interested in continuing gas transit because this helps to finance a war against itself. That would be a suicidal step" said Vsevolod Vereshchahin, Head of Board of the IESS. "I don't think that the gas flow could be resumed, as Ukraine has repeatedly and well in advance warned that it will not happen", he added.

It is known that the Kremlin is spending huge sums of money to increase Russia's destructive influence in Europe, what the Russian special services call 'information and education activities'. This beautiful name, which is supposed to promote the 'Russian world', the 'Russian soul' or 'Russian hospitality', is in fact nothing more than propaganda, which contains all the elements of information and psychological operations (IPSO).

"This is just the kind of populist talk that the Prime Minister is doing, but I don't know why he is doing it. If we are confident in Gazprom ceasing to be a tool for financing the war new contracts could be signed, now it doesn't look like it," reports Hlib Fishchenko, Director of the Institute for European Security Studies.

Fico’s visit to Kremlin is an attempt to legitimize Putin in Europe. "Russian media and Telegram channels have started to spread the information that Fico has broken down the wall between the West and Russia"

The Head of the Ukrainian Institute for European Security Studies, Hlib Fishchenko, pointed out that after Fico's meeting with Putin, "narratives spread among Ukrainians by common observers, for example, on social network X and influential users of other social networks, including Telegram, who do not understand Slovak political realities. They write that Fico is a 'dovbojov', a vulgar word Zelenskyy used to describe Putin.