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Portrait of Paraska Plytka-Horytsvit in the museum hut. Photo: Pavlo Bishko / Zaborona
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Banksy’s Mural in Gostomel Has Been Cut Down. Citizens Insist That the Rights to the Stenciled Graffiti Belong to Them, the Government — That to It, and Banksy Is Silent. We’re Discovering Who the Owner Is

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“An AI-Generated Photo Will Lead to a Situation Where Everyone Shows Everything until They Start to Lose Track of What Is True and What Is Not.” Interview with a Professor at the Center of Photography about Fake Photos

War

Why Does Russia Still Think in Imperialist Categories and Does Not Recognize the Agentivity of Ukrainians? What Is Subaltern and What Does Colonialism Have to Do With It? A Column By Hanna Perekhoda
Катівні та вбивства за порушення комендантської години — що росіяни робили в Херсоні
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“It Took Several Days to Wash the Smell of the Cemetery off My Clothes”. Polina Vernyhor’s Diary from the First Business Trip to Donbas
“They put me in a basin with metal fragments and gave me an electric shock.” The story of a single father from Hola Prystan, who was suspected of being a partisan

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“I Was Lying in a Hospital on Fire and I Thought I Didn’t Want to Die.” Zaborona Spoke With a Mariupol Resident, Whose Story May Resemble a Disaster Movie. Here It Is

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“My Biggest Fear Is Cockroaches from the Neighboring State”. Comic Strip by Zaborona about Life in Crimea during the War. Part One

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“A Citizen in Uniform.” How Is Military Ethics and Discipline Organized? We Consider the Examples of Civilized Countries and Russia
“A Citizen in Uniform.” How Is Military Ethics and Discipline Organized? We Consider the Examples of Civilized Countries and Russia
War Has Its Own Laws and Customs. However, Russia Violates Almost All of Them. Analysis of Zaborona
War Has Its Own Laws and Customs. However, Russia Violates Almost All of Them. Analysis of Zaborona
Вибухи та підпали в Росії: хто за цим стоїть та яка користь Україні? Розбір Заборони
Explosions and Arsons in Russia: Who Is behind It and What Is the Benefit for Ukraine? Analysis of Zaborona
Why Is Russia's Economy Still Not Destroyed? Don’t Sanctions Work? Analysis of Zaborona
Why Is Russia’s Economy Still Not Destroyed? Don’t Sanctions Work? Analysis of Zaborona
Portrait of Paraska Plytka-Horytsvit in the museum hut. Photo: Pavlo Bishko / Zaborona
Hutsul Macondo. Zaborona Visited the Museum of Paraska Plytka-Horytsvit, Which Is Called the Ukrainian Homer and Vivian Maier — And Fell Into the World of Magical Realism
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Recent stories

“God Burned Sodom and Gomorrah for Homosexuality, and the Guys Are Afraid That Mines Will Fall on Them Because They Are in the Same Subdivision as You”: Openly Gay Oleksandr Zhuhan About Serving in the Army
“An AI-Generated Photo Will Lead to a Situation Where Everyone Shows Everything until They Start to Lose Track of What Is True and What Is Not.” Interview with a Professor at the Center of Photography about Fake Photos
“I Was Lying in a Hospital on Fire and I Thought I Didn’t Want to Die.” Zaborona Spoke With a Mariupol Resident, Whose Story May Resemble a Disaster Movie. Here It Is

Volya Hub

The majestic culture is majestic at the expense of 22 republics. The curator, Katya Taylor, explains in her column about Russia’s colonization of Ukrainian culture and how museums can help counter it
Putin Considers Russia an Anti-colonial Champion. But It Is Quite the Opposite. We Explain Why
History of Genocides and Inferiority Syndrome. What Is Colonialism — The Cornerstone of Relations between Ukraine and Russia
Volya Hub. There is a Network About the Russian Colonialism
Zaborona Media received the Siebenpfeiffer Award
Crimea and the war in Ukraine. A comic strip by Zaborona. Part one
“My Biggest Fear Is Cockroaches from the Neighboring State”. Comic Strip by Zaborona about Life in Crimea during the War. Part One
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War

Banksy’s Mural in Gostomel Has Been Cut Down. Citizens Insist That the Rights to the Stenciled Graffiti Belong to Them, the Government — That to It, and Banksy Is Silent. We’re Discovering Who the Owner Is
The Istanbul Convention and the law on desertion: what awaits Ukraine in 2023
“It is important that we not only defeat great Russia but also not become little Russia.” What 2022 was like for human rights defenders (and what legal problems they discovered)

Culture

Меми про Україну. Ось хто їх створює
Memes about the War Are What Helps the Whole Country to Hold On and Defeat Russia in the Information War. Zaborona Talked to Those Who Make Them
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Photography

Vernacular photography is a new trend among collectors. Zaborona tells about 5 Ukrainian Instagram Accounts collecting archival photoraphy
Траулер — любов моя. Заборона публікує фотоархів радянського моряка: всередині — Африка, Південна Америка, КДБ та Нептун
Trawler Is My Love. Zaborona Publishes Photo Archive of Soviet Sailor: Inside — Africa, South America, KGB, and Neptune
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Context

“A Citizen in Uniform.” How Is Military Ethics and Discipline Organized? We Consider the Examples of Civilized Countries and Russia
“A Citizen in Uniform.” How Is Military Ethics and Discipline Organized? We Consider the Examples of Civilized Countries and Russia
War Has Its Own Laws and Customs. However, Russia Violates Almost All of Them. Analysis of Zaborona
War Has Its Own Laws and Customs. However, Russia Violates Almost All of Them. Analysis of Zaborona
Вибухи та підпали в Росії: хто за цим стоїть та яка користь Україні? Розбір Заборони
Explosions and Arsons in Russia: Who Is behind It and What Is the Benefit for Ukraine? Analysis of Zaborona
Why Is Russia's Economy Still Not Destroyed? Don’t Sanctions Work? Analysis of Zaborona
Why Is Russia’s Economy Still Not Destroyed? Don’t Sanctions Work? Analysis of Zaborona