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Volunteering in Wartime Ukraine

Daria Saburova — 2026-01-31T19:37:00Z

“I was especially interested in understanding the specific nature of working-class volunteerism, a topic that is rarely discussed. ”

- IVP612 - January 2026 / Ukraine

Local Communities and Labor Movements Under Threat in Sakartvelo: Interview with Left Activists

Daria Saburova — 2024-08-09T11:41:11Z

In April-May 2024, tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets to protest against the new "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence," which was finally passed by the parliament on May 28th, overturning the presidential veto. This law requires NGOs that receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to declare themselves as "foreign agents." Why did the proposal of this law cause such massive demonstrations? What are the social and political issues at stake behind the confrontation between the NGO sector and the Georgian state? How is the geopolitical competition between Russia and the West reflected in the local context, and are the Georgian protests somewhat comparable to the Ukrainian Maidan?

- Features / Georgia

War or peace? A false dilemma in the controversy

Daria Saburova — 2024-03-18T13:54:24Z

“This is not a Ukraine-Russia conflict over borders and mutual security, but a brutal, absolutely unjustified invasion and occupation of Ukrainian territories by the Russian army.”

- IV590 - March 2024 / France, Ukraine

The war in Ukraine and the dilemmas of the Western left

Daria Saburova — 2022-03-18T07:51:15Z

This article describes very precisely the war seen from Ukraine and how part of the Ukrainian population has joined the resistance, especially the territorial defense units: a vast popular mobilization.

- IV566 - March 2022 / Russia, Ukraine