SCHEDULE OF MEDIA CENTER UKRAINE – UKRINFORM EVENTS (KYIV, 8/16 B. KHMELNYTSKOHO STR.) FOR JANUARY 24

11:00 AM — SPECIAL EVENT

Press conference entitled “Missile Strikes on Ukraine, Persecution and Torture: What Was Crimea Like in 2022”

Speakers:
– Olha Skrypnyk, Board Chairperson at the Crimean Human Rights Group
– Volodymyr Chekryhin, Deputy Board Chairperson at the Crimean Human Rights Group
– Iryna Siedova, researcher at the Crimean Human Rights Group (online)
– Bohdan Melnykovych, lawyer at the Crimean Human Rights Group

Why is this interesting?
In 2022, Crimea became not only a place of detention for political prisoners, but also a prison for people abducted by the russian military from the south of Ukraine. The previous year was also denoted by a new wave of persecution of Crimeans for their standing up for Ukraine.

12:00 PM — SPECIAL EVENT

Discussion entitled “Propaganda in a Smartphone: Has Telegram Become a Hotbed of russian Propaganda”

Speakers:
– Svitlana Slipchenko, VoxCheck project manager
– Myroslava Markova, VoxCheck analyst, co-author of the study
– Vadym Miskyi, Program Director at NGO Detector Media, author of the weblog about russian propaganda for foreign audiences
– Maryna Vorotyntseva, Senior Analyst at the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council
– Pavlo Belousov, expert at the DSS380 Digital Security School

Why is this interesting?
Three out of four Ukrainians read news mainly on social media. And the majority of respondents prefer Telegram. However, it is in Telegram that russian propaganda feels most comfortable, because the content undergoes hardly any moderation.

1:00 PM — SPECIAL EVENT

Presentation and discussion of the topic “Why Is the Tax Reform Necessary and What Would Be the Point?”

Speaker: Rostyslav Shurma, Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine

Why is this interesting?
The Office of the President of Ukraine, jointly with the Ministry of Economy and Deputies, works upon a draft tax reform that will drastically reduce the rates of most taxes and increase responsibility for their non-payment. The Speaker will talk about the experience of countries where similar tax reforms have already yielded results, and will also explain how the reform will affect the population of Ukraine, entrepreneurs and the State.

Accreditation: https://forms.gle/m6GrMbdYXTnwfE5N9

3:30 AM — Vasyl Bodnar, Ukraine’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Türkiye (online)

Topics of focus:
– Ukrainian-Turkish relationships: 11 months of the war
– operation of the grain corridor against the background of russia’s actions
– military and technical cooperation between Ukraine and Türkiye

Read more: https://mediacenter.org.ua/news