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Alya Shandra’s Biography

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Managing editor at Euromaidan Press. Before that: environmental researcher. Working on a report about Russia's hybrid war against Ukraine.

Alya Shandra’s Journalist Portfolio

Statistical method reveals voting fraud of Russia's pro-Putin party | EUROMAIDAN PRESS

Statistical method reveals voting fraud of Russia's pro-Putin party | EUROMAIDAN PRESS

A simple statistical method reveals that Putin's party Yedinaya Rossiya (United Russia) received its "landsli…

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Crimean jailed for Ukrainian flag announces termless hunger strike -

Crimean jailed for Ukrainian flag announces termless hunger strike -

Volodymyr Balukh, the Crimean activist who flew the Ukrainian flag over his house in Russian-occupied Crimea,…

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The "Last 8th of March": Women's Day in Ukraine is seriously in limbo -

The "Last 8th of March": Women's Day in Ukraine is seriously in limbo -

International Women's Day, is undergoing an identity crisis in Ukraine. 8 March 2018 is the last time it will…

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Experts weigh in on Ukraine's hotly debated new minority language policy -

Experts weigh in on Ukraine's hotly debated new minority language policy -

On 28 September 2017, Ukraine's new law on education entered into force. Called to advance Ukraine's badly ne…

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Alya Shandra, Author at Euromaidan Press

Alya Shandra, Author at Euromaidan Press

Website: http://euromaidanpress.com Alya Shandra is the managing editor at Euromaidan Press. She is a civic a…

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How Siemens chose to ignore the obvious. An investigation into the Crimean sanctions break -

How Siemens chose to ignore the obvious. An investigation into the Crimean sanctions break -

Summary The international scandal which started when Siemens gas turbines were spotted in occupied Crimea on …

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Articles

Russian occupiers told Ukrainian teen: accept passport or die in childbirth

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By Alya Shandra Verified
| limportante.fr
A Ukrainian teenager in labor was told she would only receive a life-saving cesarean section if she accepted a Russian passport, Mykola Kuleba, founder of Save Ukraine, told the US Senate on 3 December. "A teenager mother was told during excruciating childbirth that she would only receive a necessary C-section that would save her life if she accepted a Russian passport," Kuleba testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee. "She reluctantly agreed.
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Russian Drone Kills 84-Year-Old Goat Herder Who Refused to Abandon Her Animals

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By Alya Shandra Verified
| Reader Supported News
Larysa Vakuliuk stayed in Kherson despite daily attacks. She had responsibility towards her goats, she told journalist last month An 84-year-old woman was killed by a Russian drone in Kherson Oblast on 20 October while tending to her goats—just weeks after explaining to an American journalist why she refused to evacuate despite daily attacks on civilians.
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They came. They cussed. They won.

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By Alya Shandra Verified
| platformraam.nl
Thousands of Ukrainians took to the streets last week to protest against a new law which undermines the independence of two key anticorruption institutions. Many of these protesters were young, and their concerns appear to have been heard. 'Not bad for a generation whose main political tools are Twitter, Telegram, and magic markers', writes Alya Shandra, editor-in-chief of Euromaidan Press. Polina Sitkina, the girl with green hair.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I translated ecological news from English to Ukrainian

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yea :) In my school years, when there were no computers

How is social media changing news?

for the worse
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