Forced photomodels. Saving animals from abuse by street photographers

06.04.2021

Forced photomodels. Saving animals from abuse by street photographers.

Photographing with wild animals, the so-called "contact zoos " and using animals in circuses, especially the travelling ones, is a shameful phenomenon that is still widespread in different cities of Ukraine.

05.04.2021

Crossing the bridge is prohibited! Ukrzaliznytsia reports on funds spent on the renovation of the Kyiv Children’s Railway.

On June 1, The International Children's day, after more than six months of reconstruction, the Kyiv Children's Railway resumed its work. However, not all of its facilities are now available for visiting. After the publication of the "Active Citizens" article, the railway administration restricted traffic through the railway bridge, now the passage can be used exclusively by trains – pedestrian traffic is prohibited.

05.04.2021

Despite obstacles activists manage to submit an application to the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine for the land transaction of the Poroshenko family. The essence of the crime.

The protesters demanded to open criminal proceedings against the former president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and Acting Minister of Agrarian Policy Olha Trofymtseva.

02.04.2021

Scheme of how a house in the center of Kyiv was seized and how it is trying to legalize the deal through the Kyiv City Council.

Cases of illegal seizure of citizens’ real estate - a fairly common phenomenon in modern Ukraine. The actions of criminals frequently go unpunished, because it takes much less time to commit a crime than to gather all the evidence and bring the case to court. Below is one striking example of how criminals try to seize a house and land. The Glygalo family from Kyiv addressed the editorial board of “Active Citizens” with this story.

02.04.2021

Destroyed a poaching ambush – saved a moose, deer or ordinary tourist.

Kyiv activists dismantled a so-called «seat» illegally built on a tree in the capital's Holosiivskyi National Nature Park. From this «seat» animal hunters practiced shooting at live targets.