About authors:
Ariana Gic
Political and legal analyst, Director, Direct Initiative International Centre for Ukraine
Hanna Hopko
Chair, National Interests Advocacy Network ANTS, Chair Zero Corruption Conference, Member of Ukrainian Parliament and Chairwoman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, 2014-2019
Roman Sohn
Legal expert, Chairman, Direct Initiative International Centre for Ukraine
SIGNATAIRES
PERSONNES
Viktor Yushchenko
President of Ukraine, 2005-2010
Prime Minister of Ukraine, 1999-2001
Kateryna Yushchenko
First Lady, 2005-2010
Chairperson, Ukraine 3000 Foundation
Mustafa Dzhemilev
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Former Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People
Akhtem Chiygoz
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People
Putin’s prisoner 2015-2017
Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Chair of the Committee on Ukraine's Integration into the EU
Deputy Prime Minister on European and Euro Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, 2016-2019
Iryna Geraschenko
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
First Deputy Speaker of Ukrainian Parliament, 2016-2019
Andriy Parubiy
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Speaker of Ukrainian Parliament, 2016-2019
Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, 2014
Volodymyr Ariev
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Vice-President, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, 2015, 2018
President, PACE Committee on Culture, Science, Education ad Media, 2016-2017
Oleksiy Honcharenko
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Iryna Friz
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Minister of Veterans Affairs, 2018-2019
Gerasimov Artur
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Mykola Kniazhytskyi
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Maria Ionova
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Volodymyr Viatrovych
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Sofia Fedyna
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Mykola Velychkovich
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Maksym Savrasov
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Mykhaylo Bondar
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Solomiia Bobrovska
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Yulia Klymenko
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Andriy Osadchuk
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Yaroslav Yurchyshyn
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Lesia Vasylenko
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Sviatoslav Yurash
Member of Ukrainian Parliament
Oksana Syroid
Vice Speaker of Ukrainian Parliament 2014-2019
Hanna Hopko
Member of Ukrainian Parliament, 2014-2019
Former Chairwoman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs
Svitlana Zalishchuk
Member of Ukrainian Parliament, 2014-2019
Former Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine
Oksana Yurynets
Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, 2014-2019
Former Head of Ukrainian Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Leonid Yemets
Member of Ukrainian Parliament, 2012-2014, 2014-2019
Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 2014-2019
Viktor Vovk
Member of Ukrainian Parliament, 2014-2019
Former Deputy Head, Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs
Pavlo Rizanenko
Member of Ukrainian Parliament, 2012-2014, 2014-2019
Andriy Levus
Member of Ukrainian Parliament, 2014-2019
Victoria Voytsitska
Member of Ukrainian Parliament, 2014-2019
Vladyslav Golub
Member of Ukrainian Parliament, 2014-2019
Oleksii Mushak
Member of Ukrainian Parliament, 2014-2019
Victoria Ptashnyk
Member of Ukrainian Parliament, 2014-2019
Ostap Yednak
Member of Ukrainian Parliament, 2014-2019
ANTS National Interests Advocacy Network
Natalya Veselova
Member of Ukrainian Parliament, 2014-2019
Serhiy Vysotskyi
Member of Ukrainian Parliament, 2014-2019
Olena Sotnyk
Member of Ukrainian Parliament, 2014-2019
Yaroslav Kendzior
Member of Ukrainian Parliament, 1990-1994, 1994-1998, 1998-2002, 2002-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2012
Stepan Kubiv
First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, 2016-2019
Chairman of National Bank of Ukraine, 2014
Member of Ukrainian Parliament, 2012-2014
Pavlo Klimkin
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, 2014-2019
Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Germany, 2012-2014
Volodymyr Ohryzko
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, 2007-2009
Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Austria, 1999-2004
Leonid Polyakov
Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, 2005-2008, 2014
Petro Stetsiuk
Judge of the Constitutional court of Ukraine, 2006-2016
Serhii Haiduk
Admiral, Commander of the Ukrainian Navy, 2014-2016
Serhiy Kvit
Minister of Education of Ukraine, 2014-2016
National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”
Volodymyr Omelyan
Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, 2016-2019
Yevhen Nyshchuk
Minister of Culture, 2014, 2016-2019
Dmytro Zolotukhin
Deputy minister of Information Policy of Ukraine, 2017-2019
Valeriy Chaly
Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the USA, 2015-2019
Chair, Ukraine Crisis Media Center
Yuriy Shcherbak
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Israel, 1992-1994, the United States,1994-1998, Canada, 2000-2003
Nazar Bobitski
Former Head of the Trade and Economic Section of the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union
Yaroslav Sydorovych
Former Head of Reforms Department at Presidential office, 2014-2019
ANTS National Interests Advocacy Network
Yuri Shymko
Former Member of Canadian Parliament
Former President of the Ukrainian World Congress
Borys Wrzesnewskyj
Former Member of Canadian Parliament
Former Chair of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association
Andriy J. Semotiuk
Former Tribunal Panel Member, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Former U.N. Correspondent
Kenneth T. Hepburn
Former Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Government of Canada
Myroslav Marynovych
First of December Initiative Group
Former Soviet prisoner of conscience
Ihor Kozlovsky
President of the Center for Religious Studies
First of December Initiative Group
Former prisoner of the Russian occupation regime
Joseph Zissels
First of December Initiative Group
Strategic Council of the Capitulation Resistance Movement
Yevhen Zakharov
Chairperson, Kharkiv Human Rights Group
Chairperson, Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Group
First of December Initiative Group
Victor Rud
Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Ukrainian American Bar Association
(in his personal capacity)
Andrij Dobriansky
Chair, UWC International Council on UN Affairs
Ariana Gic
Director, Direct Initiative International Centre for Ukraine
Adrian Karatnycky
Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
Walter Zaryckyj
Director, Center for US-Ukrainian Relations
Myroslava Oleksiuk
Canadian Group for Democracy in Ukraine
Marta Farion
President, Kyiv-Mohyla Foundation of America
Rustem Irsay
President, Canadian Association of Crimean Tatars
Mykhailo Zhernakov
Judge of the Vinnytsia District Administrative Court, 2012-2015
Chair, DEJURE Foundation
Oleksandr Potyekhin
Institute of World History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Former Embassy of Ukraine in the USA, 2000-2005
Taras Berezovets
Ukrainian Institute for the Future, CEO at Free Crimea
Kateryna Smagliy
Chief of Foreign Cooperation at Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine
Next Generation Leader, McCain Institute
Olexiy Haran
Research Director, Democratic Initiatives Foundation
University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”
Roman Sohn
Chairman, Direct Initiative International Centre for Ukraine
Pavlo Zhovnirenko
Chairman, Center for Strategic Studies
Former Chairman of the Bilateral Working Group on International Policy of the American-Ukrainian Advisory Committee,1995 – 1998
Mykhailo Gonchar
President, CGS Strategy XXI
Chief Editor of the Black Sea Security Journal
Nadiia Koval
Foreign Policy Council "Ukrainian Prism"
Maksym Khylko
Chairman, East European Security Research Initiative Foundation
Vitaliy Razik
Director of Law and Democracy Foundation
Dr.Hab. Prof. Borys Babin
Association of Reintegration of Crimea
Volodymyr Horbach
Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation
Yevhen Fedchenko
Chief editor, StopFake
Director, Kyiv-Mohyla school of journalism
Sergiy Taran
Director, International Democracy Institute
Yevhen Shkolnyi
Centre for Policy and Legal Reform
Valerii Pekar
National Reforms Council, 2014-2016
Kyiv-Mohyla Business School
Ihor Kozii
Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation
Natalya Belitser
Pylyp Orlyk Institute for Democracy
Oleksandra Matviychuk
Civil Liberties Centre
Olena Rozvadovska
Chairwoman, Voices of Children Fund
Roman Motychak
Ukrainian Financial Forum
Natalia Popovych
Ukrainian Crisis Media Center
Vasyl Myroshnychenko
Ukraine Crisis Media Center
Volodymyr Yermolenko
Internews Ukraine, UkraineWorld.org
Michael P. Hrycak
Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, Retired
Roman Hruby
Former Foreign Service Officer, Global Affairs, Canada
Nicholas A. Turinski
Retired Public Servant, Canadian Federal Government
Alexandra Chalupa
President, Chalupa & Associates
Orest Haluszka
Vice President, Ukrainian Canadian Professional and Business Association
Oksana Bashuk Hepburn
Former President U*CAN Ukraine Canada Relations Inc.
Lada L. Roslycky
Black Trident Defence and Security Consulting Group
Chrystya Wereszczak
President, Women's Association for the Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine
Mykola Hryckowian
President, Organization for Defense of Four Freedoms of Ukraine
Lisa Shymko
President, Ukraine Support Fund
Yuri Shevchuk
Columbia University
Vassyl Lonchyna
University of Chicago
George V. Pinchuk
Mississippi University for Women
Ksenia Maryniak
University of Alberta
Maksym Sviezhentsev
Western University
Roman Serbyn
Université du Québec à Montréal
Volodymyr Bilotkach
Singapore Institute of Technology
Volodymyr Bogdanov
University of Lyon
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy
Lehigh University
Anatoly Oleksiyenko
University of Hong Kong
Igor Aizenberg
Manhattan College, New York
Yuriy V. Kostyuchenko
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Kateryna Ivashchenko-Stadnik
Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Oleksandr Bakai
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Serhiy Riabchenko
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Yaroslav Yatskiv
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Olena Stiazhkina
Institute of Ukraine’s History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Konstantin Sigov
National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”
Olia Hnatiuk
National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”
Warsaw University
Mykola Alexandrov
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Volodymyr Kuznietsov
Kyiv Law University
Lyudmyla Pavlyuk
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Petro Kuzyk
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Anatolij Karas
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Ostap Kryvdyk
Ukrainian Catholic University
Yulia Navrotska
Ukrainian Catholic University
Ihor Todorov
Uzhhorod National University
Sergiy Fedunyak
Yuriy Fed'kovych Chernivtsi National University
Andriy Pavlyshyn
Ukrainian Catholic University, Ukrainian PEN-Club
Mykola Ryabchuk
Honorary President of the Ukrainian PEN-Club
Victor Morozov
Ukrainian PEN-Club
Oleksiy Panych
Philosopher, Ukrainian PEN-Club
Ihor Kulyk
Director, State archive of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance
Bohdan Ustymenko
Former Principal Deputy Head of the State Hydrographic Service of Ukraine
Nataliia Slobodian
Head of analytics and international division, NPC Ukrenergo
Yuri Kushnir
President, Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program Alumni Association
Gennadiy Druzenko
Director for Central and Eastern Europe of Williams WorldWide Group
Mykhailo Golub
Director, TLFRD Ukraine
Andrii Ryzhenko
Maritime Security expert, Captain (Navy) retired
Oleksandr Ivanov
Capitulation Resistance Movement
Liubov Velychko
Investigative journalist
Peter Zalmayev
TV host, Pryamyi
Ayder Muzhdabaev
Journalist, Crimean Tatar ATR TV station
Taras Voznyak
Chief editor, Cultural Magazine "Ї"
Yuriy Lukanov
Journalist, author of “The Press: how Russia destroyed media freedom in Crimea”
Olga Tokariuk
Independent journalist and documentary filmmaker
Dmytro Malyshko
Journalist
Yarema Bachynsky
Analyst
Valentyna Telychenko
Lawyer
Mykhaylo Demkiv
Economist
Vladimir Dubrovskiy
Economist
Yevhen Bystrytsky
Philosopher
Yuriy Vynnychuk
Writer
Andriy Kurkow
Writer
Andriy Lyubka
Writer
Oksana Forostyna
Publisher, writer
Oleksiy Stepanovskiy
IT business executive
Roman Gic
Chartered Professional Accountant
Roman Korol
Engineer
Fedir Bokhovchuk
Biochemist
Yehor Brailian
Historian, journalist
Adrianna Stech
The Ukrainian Society of Hong Kong
Pavel Gintov
Pianist
Rostyslav Domishevskyi
Songwriter
Ulia Lord
Singer and songwriter
Walter Teres
Artistic Director
Akhtem Seitablaiev
Director, actor
Pasha Skorokhodko
Director, actor
Natasha Golimbiyevska
Former Principal Dancer Veryovka National Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
Nazar Stryhun
Producer
Halya Telnyuk
Singer
Lesya Telnyuk
Singer
Fedir Stryhun
Director, Artist
Taisiya Lytvynenko
Artist
Oleh Repetskyi
Producer
Ksenia Maryniak
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta
Oleksandr Marusiak
Centre for Policy and Legal Reform, Ukrainian Bar Association
Vadym Triukhan
Lawyer, diplomat
Igor Buznyts'kyj
Entrepreneur
Andrew Beckwith
Research scientist, gravitational astronomy, physics
Dmytro Malyi
Information Technology specialist
Lyudmyla Pakhucha
Auditor
Carolyn Caldwell
Retired
Robert Ashker Kraft
Musician, Actor
Denise A. Lorenz
Retired-USPS
Mar Kliever
Legal assistant
Sandra Kelly
Retired Biologist
Tal M. Kitron
Attorney
Cynthia Thompson
Retired
Marilyn Brady
Secretary
Brock Madden
Artist
Irena Lasota
Director, IDEE
Beth McKenna
Esq.
Valeriya Balakiryeva
Educator
Janice Jozwiak
Retired
Keith A. Bowden
Office Documents Manager
Lisa McGovern
Teacher
Clarisse Teepe-Fryrear
Retired Educator
John Freeman
Retired
Gracie Marquez
Domestic Engineer
Phyllis Beech-Giraldo
Attorney
Dmytro Lyvynets
Entrepreneur
Ruth Riegler
Editor, co-founder Radio Free Syria
Marita Woods
Dawson Solutions
Kurt Ash
CFO, OGO
Yelena Tkachenko
LA LGBT Center
Markian B. Silecky
Attorney
Julie Parker
Retired Attorney
David Sowards
Professor of the Humanities
Alina Hagen
Retired
Tory Blue
Manager Software Engineering
Lev Havryliv
Medical Practitioner
Annette Rojas
Department Coordinator – Legal & Regulatory Affairs
Walter Derzko
Retired
Hannah Salome
Support worker
Cynthia Thompson
Retired
Brenda Shafiei
Quality Director
Katherine Mrzlak
Writer
Biff Johnson
Programmer / Analyst
Amy Aidman
Professor Emeritus
Olga Lautman
Researcher
Mridula Ghosh
East European Development Institute
Yevgen Pogribnyi
IT programmer
Rachael Iwanczuk
Secretary, United Help Ukraine
Aija Uzulena
Tanslator, Dienas Grāmata Publishers
Yarko Tymciurak
Systems Engineer / Teamwork Trainer
Tanya Chalupa
Author
Tina Sheppard
Retired
Sujit Pal
Data Scientist
Theodor K. Marshallese
Retired
Oleksandr Lobakov
Software Engineer
Igor Solodovnik
Entrepreneur
Suren Kocharyan
Co-founder, Information and Analytical Center Euro Kharkiv
Mariia Zabolotna
Educator
Svetoslav Nahum
Author, Escape from Crimea
Anatoliy Hrebeniuk
Retired
Oles Ilchenko
PEN Ukraine
Peter Tauvers
Geologist
Olena Kravchenko
Retired
Taras Demerson
Performer
Eric Chenoweth
Co-Director, Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe
Alexander Grushevsky
International Development Consulting
Ludmyla Semeniuk
Social Services
Svitlana Hubko
Nurse
Dovga Yuliya
Engineer
Myroslav Hai
Director, Foundation "Mir and Co"
Angela Smirnova
Scientist
Freya Perry
Lawyer
Lyudmila Kremena
Medical Doctor
Mykola Mowczan
President, Ukrainian Association of Western Australia Inc.
Volodymyr Maksymiuk
Carpenter
Oleksii Nazarenko
Operator LM Wind Power Blades Poland
Iryna Berliand
Freelancer
Morris Ilyniak
Retired
Steve Lezan
Retired millwright
Ivan Fakovchenko
Freelancer
Olena Sliusarenko
Educator
Dana Bagan
Pharmacist
Sergiy Sokil
Ukrainian Army Sergeant
Yuriy Goncharenko
Capitulation Resistance Movement, Foundation for Assistance of Democratic Initiatives
Strohanova Oksana
Social activist
Nestor Volya
Public initiative #infoWARTA
Tatiana Krol
Teacher
Olga Bertelsen
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Sonya Heaney
Author
Igor Kiyashko
Businessman
Yaroslav Honchar
Aerorozvidka
Igor Kravchenko
Alatyr-Invest
Alexander Gabovich
Professor of Physics
Volodymyr Kuznetsov
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Ihor Huk
Emeritus, Medical University of Vienna, Professor of surgery
Ivan Yaskovets
Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
David McDuff
Literary translator
Bogdan Khalyapin
CEO, SPD-Ukraine
Dmytro Sinchenko
Chairman of the Association of Political Sciences
Sergii Kovalchuk
Businessman
Stepan Koknan
Retired
Eric Chenoweth
Co-Director, Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe
Olena Rozvadovska
Child rights advocate
Oleksandr Chumak
Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Yuri Genenko
Professor of Physics, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Vladimir Lojko
Retired
Yakiv Pavlenko
Main Astronomical Observatory, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Yaroslav Romanyuk
Main Astronomical Observatory, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Olena Levzhynska
Retired
Galina Ignatenko
Global Production Manager
Maksym Andreev
Main Astronomical Observatory, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Oleg Vlasenko
Freelancer
Petro Pohoretskiy
Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Serhiy Riabchenko
Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Vasyl Maidaniuk
IT-manager
Serge Cherevko
Web programmer
Mehed Viacheslav
Entrepreneur
Kateryna Musiienko
APA in the European Parliament
Anna Dremlyuga
Military serviceperson, Armed Forces of Ukraine
Volodymyr Olinkevych
Lviv National Academy of Arts
Volodymyr Khovkhun
Former director of the "Higher School" publishing house, translator
Oleg Vyshnevskyi
Entrepreneur
Andrii Kadykalo
Lviv Polytechnik University
Alex Binariya
IT manager
Olexandr Chemyrys
Freelancer
Oleg Bezkorovaynyi
Software developer
Slawka Hoszowski
Retired teacher
Oleksander Prisyazhnyuk
Volunteer
Petro Sydorchuk
Retired university lecturer
Anatolii Pochtar
Orthodontist