Author: Oleksandr Lyashevskyi, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Can Russia be expelled from the UN? This painful question has troubled diplomatic, legal, and other leading circles of Ukrainian society for years. After centuries of overt attempts to destroy the Ukrainian people and national identity, more than a decade of direct terror, and the systematic dismantling of the foundations of international law, state sovereignty, and Ukraine’s territorial integrity, this aggressor state continues to evade accountability for its lawlessness by occupying a permanent seat on the United N…

Author: Kardash Nikita Serhiyovych, State University of Trade and Economics The contemporary crisis of international law is not merely a consequence of military aggression — it is the logical result of prolonged neglect of the fundamental procedural norms upon which the architecture of global security rests. The question of whether the Russian Federation can be removed from the United Nations typically runs into the procedural deadlock of Article 6 of the Charter, where the permanent Security Council member’s veto transforms the accountability mechanism into a legal absurdity. Yet analysis r…

Hromyk Karyna Olehivna Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University The question of the Russian Federation’s presence in the United Nations today extends far beyond the realm of political discourse, demanding a fundamental reassessment of the very terminology and legal nature of this state’s membership. In current legal frameworks, the conventional term “expulsion” is not entirely accurate, as it implies stripping rights from a subject that legitimately acquired them. With respect to the Russian Federation, however, we are dealing with an entity that never underwent the legitimate membership acq…

On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, the National Museum of the History of Ukraine (2 Volodymyrska Street) will open the exhibition “PATH OF HEROES. In Memory of Symon Petliura” — the first in independent Ukraine to present personal belongings and artifacts from the era of the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917–1921, preserved in the diaspora for over 100 years.

Author: Danyiil Burdelnyi, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University In March 2022, the Russian Federation committed atrocities in Bucha that became a horrifying symbol of Russia’s impunity and the failure of the United Nations international security system — specifically the UN Security Council. The Security Council was entrusted with the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, and was granted special powers to that end in the area of peaceful dispute resolution and the taking of measures in response to threats to the peace, breaches of the peace, and a…

The contest was held as part of the international initiative #UnRussiaUN, which advocates for stripping the Russian Federation of its illegally occupied seat in the United Nations and the UN Security Council.

In Kyiv, finalists of the first all-Ukrainian student essay competition met as part of the contest academic essays “Can Russia Be Expelled from the UN?”, which the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation runs jointly with the Educational and Scientific Institute of International Relations at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. The competition is part of the #UnRussiaUN initiative, designed to engage young researchers in the search for international legal mechanisms to limit the aggressor state’s influence within the United Nations system.

On June 9, we invite you to a presentation and discussion of a major study on Russian disinformation narratives in the Czech media landscape, conducted by the Texty.org.ua team with the support of the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation.

Today, the United Nations officially releases the Secretary-General’s report on conflict-related sexual violence. For the first time, the Russian Federation has been included in the list of offending parties. This decision was not the result of a single day or a single statement. Behind it lie years of systematic work by Ukrainian diplomats, human rights defenders, international partners, and everyone who consistently documented Russia’s crimes and pursued international accountability.