Category Archives: Ukraine

In a social network, a resident of Zaporozhye Artem Gromov posted a photo of people who, according to him, rob people of Zaporozhye using hypnosis and curses. According to some users of the social network, the Roma are involved in thefts, fraud and robberies near Zaporizhzhya hospitals, markets and other places where people gather. Some Cossacks are convinced that the police are covering the swindlers, since otherwise they would have been in prison long ago.

• В Запорожье заметили ромов, которые грабятлюдей, используя гипноз (ФОТО). In: Golos Zaporozhie. 20.12.2018. https://golos.zp.ua/proisshestvija/183885/v-zaporozhe-zametili-romov-kotorye-grabjat-ljudej-ispolzuja-gipnoz-foto [link-preview url=”https://golos.zp.ua/proisshestvija/183885/v-zaporozhe-zametili-romov-kotorye-grabjat-ljudej-ispolzuja-gipnoz-foto”]

Some controversy around the alleged perpetrator of the murder of a 8 years old girl that prompted the riots near Odessa in 2016. The suspect has an alibi for the time of the murder and it seems that the prosecution neglected to follow up on other traces / suspects.

– Halya Coynash: Shocking riots against Roma sparked by arrest of a man with an alibi. In: Kyiv Post. 19.12.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/halya-coynash-shocking-riots-against-roma-sparked-by-arrest-of-a-man-with-an-alibi.html
– Shocking riots against Roma in Odesa oblast sparked by arrest of a man with an alibi. In: KHPG. 19.12.2018. http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1544902503 [link-preview url=”https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/halya-coynash-shocking-riots-against-roma-sparked-by-arrest-of-a-man-with-an-alibi.html “]

A lavish Roma wedding made it to Ukrainian national television. Something we really don’t need …

– Пара ромів з Ужгорода вразила Україну розкішним весіллям на національному телепроекті (ВІДЕО). In: 0312. 13.12.2018. https://www.0312.ua/news/2246195/para-romiv-z-uzgoroda-vrazila-ukrainu-rozkisnim-vesillam-na-nacionalnomu-teleproekti-video [link-preview url=”https://www.0312.ua/news/2246195/para-romiv-z-uzgoroda-vrazila-ukrainu-rozkisnim-vesillam-na-nacionalnomu-teleproekti-video”]

A new survey in the Ukraine is chilling. According to the survey, 27% of respondents are convinced that the rights of drug addicts must certainly be restricted, and 38% believe their rights should be limited in certain circumstances.
About Roma, 12% of respondents are convinced that the rights of the Roma must definitely be limited, 35% believe that their rights may be limited in certain circumstances.
So much for Democracy …

– Українці за обмеження прав геїв, ромів та наркозалежних – опитування. In: Korrespondent. 10.12.2018. https://ua.korrespondent.net/ukraine/4041862-ukraintsi-za-obmezhennia-prav-heiv-romiv-ta-narkozalezhnykh-opytuvannia
– Українці вважають, що права наркозалежних та ромів потрібно в окремих ситуаціях обмежувати — опитування. In: Visokii Zamok. 10.12.2018. https://wz.lviv.ua/news/381918-ukraintsi-vvazhaiut-shcho-prava-narkozalezhnykh-ta-romiv-potribno-v-okremykh-sytuatsiiakh-obmezhuvaty-opytuvannia
– Українці вважають, що права ромів, наркозалежних та секс-меншин потрібно обмежити. In: 1 News. 11.12.2018. https://1news.com.ua/ukraine/ukrayintsi-vvazhayut-shho-prava-romiv-narkozalezhnih-ta-seks-menshin-potribno-obmezhiti.html [link-preview url=”https://ua.korrespondent.net/ukraine/4041862-ukraintsi-za-obmezhennia-prav-heiv-romiv-ta-narkozalezhnykh-opytuvannia “]

Yet another article on the Roma settlement of Podvinogradov.

– Московские доллары и тоска по Януковичу: как живут ромы-миллионеры на Закарпатье. In: Obozrevatel. 06.12.2018. https://www.obozrevatel.com/society/moskovskie-dollaryi-i-toska-po-yanukovichu-kak-zhivet-samoe-bogatoe-selo-romov-v-ukraine.htm [link-preview url=”https://www.obozrevatel.com/society/moskovskie-dollaryi-i-toska-po-yanukovichu-kak-zhivet-samoe-bogatoe-selo-romov-v-ukraine.htm”]

According to statistics, 80’000 Roma live in the westernmost region of the Ukraine that used to be part of the K&K empire. As with all official statistics on Roma, this means that at least 80’000 Roma live there.

– На Закарпатті проживає близько 80 тисяч ромів. In: Zaholovok. 06.12.2018. https://zaholovok.com.ua/v-uzhgorodskomu-ta-mukachivskomu-raionakh-prozhivaje-blizko-80-tisyach-romiv [link-preview url=”https://zaholovok.com.ua/v-uzhgorodskomu-ta-mukachivskomu-raionakh-prozhivaje-blizko-80-tisyach-romiv”]

Yet another negative article in the Ukrainian press. This time in Uzhgorod, in the Transcarpathian Ukraine. Roma robbing …

– В Ужгороді двоє ромів пограбували чоловіка, – соцмережі. In: Karpath News. 28.11.2018. https://karpatnews.in.ua/news/154768-v-uzhhorodi-dvoie-romiv-pohrabuvaly-cholovika-sotsmerezhi.htm [link-preview url=”https://karpatnews.in.ua/news/154768-v-uzhhorodi-dvoie-romiv-pohrabuvaly-cholovika-sotsmerezhi.htm”]

A fire in a house squatted by Roma in Kiev prompted a flurry of articles, some with the usual mention of thefts and the like…

– У Києві горів будинок ромів (ФОТО). In: One News. 25.11.2018. https://1news.com.ua/ipol/u-kiyevi-goriv-budinok-romiv-foto.html
– В столице дотла сгорел дом ромов (ФОТО). In: Depo. 25.11.2018. https://www.depo.ua/rus/life/u-stolici-vschent-vigoriv-budinok-romiv-foto-20181125875389
– У столиці вщент вигорів будинок ромів (ФОТО). In: Depo. 25.11.2018. https://www.depo.ua/ukr/life/u-stolici-vschent-vigoriv-budinok-romiv-foto-20181125875389 [link-preview url=”https://1news.com.ua/ipol/u-kiyevi-goriv-budinok-romiv-foto.html “]

The Roma as targets. Scary.

– Ukraine: Roma Repression. In: Al Jazeera. 22.11.2018. https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2018/11/ukraine-roma-repression-181122060839144.html [link-preview url=”https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2018/11/ukraine-roma-repression-181122060839144.html”]

The situation of Roma in the Ukraine … Pogroms are becoming the norm.

– Attacked and abandoned: Ukraine’s forgotten Roma. In: Al Jazeera. 23.11.2018. https://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/europe/2018/11/attacked-abandoned-ukraine-forgotten-roma-181121121230852.html [link-preview url=”https://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/europe/2018/11/attacked-abandoned-ukraine-forgotten-roma-181121121230852.html”]

More articles on the condemnation of Ukraine on the 2002 Pogroms in the Odessa region.

– Roma victims of pogrom in Odesa Oblast get justice in European court after 16 years. In: Kyiv Post. 07.11.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/roma-victims-of-pogrom-in-odesa-region-get-justice-in-european-court-after-16-years.html
– European court asks Ukraine to compensate Roma for 2002 attack. In: Al Jazeera. 07.11.2018. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/european-court-asks-ukraine-compensate-roma-2002-attack-181106174223838.html
– UNIAN: ECHR orders Ukraine to pay compensations to Roma applicants affected in 2002 ‘pogrom’. In: Kyiv Post. 06.11.2018. https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/unian-echr-orders-ukraine-to-pay-compensations-to-roma-applicants-affected-in-2002-pogrom.html [link-preview url=”https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/roma-victims-of-pogrom-in-odesa-region-get-justice-in-european-court-after-16-years.html “]

The European Court of Human Rights condemned the Ukraine to pay compensations to the Roma victims of a pogrom in 2002.
Good!

– ECHR orders Ukraine to pay compensations to Roma applicants affected in 2002 “pogrom”. In: UNIAN. 06.11.2018. https://www.unian.info/society/10327374-echr-orders-ukraine-to-pay-compensations-to-roma-applicants-affected-in-2002-pogrom.html [link-preview url=”https://www.unian.info/society/10327374-echr-orders-ukraine-to-pay-compensations-to-roma-applicants-affected-in-2002-pogrom.html”]

In Live’s Solomensky district Roma set up a camp right in the middle of the courtyard of a multi-storey apartment building.
Not a good advertisement.

– Во дворе жилого дома на Соломенке появился лагерь ромов. In: Vesti. 02.11.2018. https://vesti-ukr.com/kiev/310896-vo-dvore-zhiloho-doma-na-solomenke-pojavilsja-laher-romov [link-preview url=”https://vesti-ukr.com/kiev/310896-vo-dvore-zhiloho-doma-na-solomenke-pojavilsja-laher-romov”]

In Live’s Solomensky district Roma set up a camp right in the middle of the courtyard of a multi-storey apartment building.
Not a good advertisement.

– Во дворе жилого дома на Соломенке появился лагерь ромов. In: Vesti. 02.11.2018. https://vesti-ukr.com/kiev/310896-vo-dvore-zhiloho-doma-na-solomenke-pojavilsja-laher-romov [link-preview url=”https://vesti-ukr.com/kiev/310896-vo-dvore-zhiloho-doma-na-solomenke-pojavilsja-laher-romov”]

The Ukrainian Ombudsman demands an investigation of the eviction of Roma from the Kiev railway station by the ultra nationalist C14 organisation while the municipal guards claim it did not happen …
Difficult to know what is going on.

– Омбудсменка вимагає розслідувати можливий напад С14 на ромів на київському вокзалі. In: Hmarochos. https://hmarochos.kiev.ua/2018/10/26/ombudsmenka-vimagaye-rozsliduvati-mozhliviy-napad-s14-na-romiv-na-kiyivskomu-vokzali/
– «Муніципальна варта» заявляє, що ромів на вокзалі в Києві не розганяли. In: Hromadske. 26.10.2018. https://hromadske.ua/posts/municipalna-varta-kiyeva-zayavila-sho-romiv-na-vokzali-v-kiyevi-ne-rozganyali [link-preview url=”https://hmarochos.kiev.ua/2018/10/26/ombudsmenka-vimagaye-rozsliduvati-mozhliviy-napad-s14-na-romiv-na-kiyivskomu-vokzali/ “]

What was to be expected occurred … After the “cleaning” of Kiev’s Railway station by the ultra-nationalist C14 movement, videos of Roma stealing in the station surfaced.
This is bad …

– THE WITNESS SHOWED HOW GYPSIES STEAL IN THE KIEV METRO. VIDEO. In: Bobr Times. 23.10.2018. https://bobrtimes.com/the-witness-showed-how-gypsies-steal-in-the-kiev-metro-video/131682/ [link-preview url=”https://bobrtimes.com/the-witness-showed-how-gypsies-steal-in-the-kiev-metro-video/131682/”]