28 CITIES #STANDWITHUKRAINE
28 European cities consolidate to hold a peaceful demonstration in support of Ukraine, its independence and sovereignty, demonstrating their unity. Rallies in support of the global campaign "European Day of Solidarity: STAND WITH UKRAINE" will take place in many European capitals and cities from 18 to 20 February. The national anthem of Ukraine will be played from London to Lisbon.
We are very grateful to many Ukrainian and foreign activists, NGOs and experts for making this possible and especially for organizing it in such a short time!
Dear friends, we urge you to join the action, support Ukrainians, the security of the European continent and the possibility for a democratic future for Ukraine!
Нас 28! 💙💛
28 європейських міст обʼєдналися для проведення мирної маніфестації в підтримку України, її незалежності та суверенності, демонструючи свою єдність. У багатьох європейських столицях та містах пройдуть мітинги на підтримку глобальної кампанії „European Day of Solidarity: STAND WITH UKRAINE“, що відбудуться з 18 по 20 лютого. Гімн України лунатиме від Лондону до Лісабону.
Ми дуже вдячні численним українським та іноземним активістам, громадським організаціям та експертам за те, що втілили у життя ідею проведення акції та реалізували її в досить обмежені строки!
Дорогі друзі, ми закликаємо Вас долучитись до акції, підтримати українців, безпеку Європейського континенту та демократичне майбутнє України!
📣 Our locations:
📌 AUSTRIA
🔵 Vienna, 19.02
15:00 – 17:00
Platz der Menschenrechte
https://fb.me/e/8iIsq7gW3
🟡 Graz, 19.02
15:00
Hauptplatz
https://www.facebook.com/events/617329102670849
🔵 Linz, 19.02
15:00
Hauptplatz
https://facebook.com/events/s/europaischer-tag-der-solidarit/1078440059395992/
🟡 Salzburg, 19.02
13:00 – 14:00
Mozartplatz
https://facebook.com/events/s/solidaritat-mit-der-ukraine/243922424486471/
📌 BELGIEN
🔵 Brussel, 19.02
14:00 – 15:00
The Mission of Russia to the EU
(Regentlaan / Wetstraat)
https://facebook.com/events/s/solidarity-with-ukraine/282967757238356/
📌 CYPRUS
🟡 Pahos, 19.02
14:00
Harbour Kiosk
https://facebook.com/events/s/%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8-%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B8/2353433228130543/
📌 FRANCE
🔵 Bordeaux, 19.02
15:00 – 17:00
Place de la Victoire
🔵 Lille, 19.02
15:00
Place Rihour
🟡 Paris, 19.02
16:30
Rambuteau (subway station)
🔵 Strasbourg, 26.02
15:00
Place Kléber
https://facebook.com/events/s/journee-europeenne-de-soutien-/501213758011795/
📌 GERMANY
🟡 Berlin, 19.02
15:00
Pariser Platz
https://fb.me/e/1RsDHHpPL
🔵 Chemnitz, 19.02
14:00 – 16:00
Historische Roter Turm
(Straße der Nationen 3)
https://fb.me/e/3tJmdJjxQ
🟡 Düsseldorf, 19.02
14:00 – 16:00
Marktplatz
https://fb.me/e/27OtsAhgu
🔵 Frankfurt, 19.02
14:30-16:00
Paulsplatz
🔵 Freiburg im Breisgau, 20.02
14:00
Platz der Alten Synagoge
https://fb.me/e/3bZjHisoR
🟡 Hamburg, 19.02
15:00 – 17:00
Rathausmarkt
https://facebook.com/events/s/unterstutzung-der-ukraine-sich/310736177681498/
🔵 Köln, 19.02
14:30
Neumarkt
https://fb.me/e/22dfavI2h
🟡 Leipzig, 19.02
14:45 – 16:00
Markt
https://facebook.com/events/s/stand-with-ukraine/271332428469608/
🔵 Mainz, 19.02
16:00 – 17:00
Gutenbergplatz
https://facebook.com/events/s/stand-with-ukraine-in-mainz/543476033367104/
🟡 München, 19.02
14:00 – 16:00
Odeonplatz
https://facebook.com/events/s/solidaritat-mit-der-ukrainesol/275065094584504/
📌 HUNGARY
🔵 Budapest, 19.02
15:00 – 16:00
Hősök tere
Площа Героїв
https://fb.me/e/1xukRxfXG
📌 Latvia
🟡 Riga, 18.02
16:00 – 17:00
Russian Embassy
Antonijas iela 2
📌 Montenegro
🟡 Podgorica, 19.02
12:00
Park near the
bridge Millennium
📌 PORTUGAL
🟡 Algarve, 20.02
12:00
Vilamoura Jardim – Centro de Negócios e
Serviços, rua Melvin Jones
https://www.facebook.com/100002265910402/posts/4824260574326092/?d=n
🔵 Lissabon, 20.02
10:00
Rua Visconde de Santarém 57
🟡 Porto, 20.02
12:00
Av. da Boavista 1203-5e
📌 SLOVAKIA
🔵 Bratislava, 19.02
15:00
Zámocká ulica,
pri hradnom múre
https://www.facebook.com/events/369524594657207?ref=newsfeedv
📌 UNITED KINGDOM
🟡 London, 18.02
17:00
10 Downing St
https://facebook.com/events/s/solidarity-with-ukraine/1009130829679395/
СЛАВА УКРАЇНІ! 💙💛
Our LAST events
Invitation to the presentation of the book: Surviving near the Empire – Price of modern Kremlin ́s Aggression
Date: November 4th, 2021
Time: 19.00
Location: Diplomatische Akademie Wien, Musikzimmer, Favoritenstraße 15a, 1040 Wien
Welcome words:
Anna Pattermann, Unlimited Democracy
Rainhard Kloucek, Paneuropabewegung Österreich
Presentation of the book by the authors:
Seriy Fedunyak: Professor of the Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Director of strategic projects of the “Center for Political Narratives of Democracy”.
Yevhen Mahda: PhD: Associate Professor of Igor Sikorsky National Technical University, Director of the Institute of Word Politics.
Evhen Tsybulenko: Doctor of Law, Professor, Senior Mentor of the Law Institute of Tallinn Technical University, Professor of Kyiv International University.
Kazimierz Woycicki: Professor of the University of Warsaw, Historian, Political Scientist.
Vira Yastrebova: Human Rights Activist, Head of the Eastern Human Rights Group.
Discussion
Please let us know if you will accept the invitation by a short message to:
oesterreich@paneuropa.at
Certificates should be presented at the registration desk according to 2,5G-rules (vaccinated, recovered, PCR tested)!
In cooperation with: Center for Political Narratives of Democracy & Unlimited Democracy
Eine Kundgebung anlässlich
30 Jahre der Unabhängigkeit der Ukraine
Presence | 27.08.2021 | 17:00 CET
Anlässlich des 30. Jahrestages der Unabhängigkeit der Ukraine
hat der Verein Unlimited Democracy zusammen mit seinen Partnern Vienna goes Europe, Paneuropa Bewegung Österreich sowie TUMA eine Kundgebung im Zentrum Wiens veranstaltet.
Die Kundgebung lief im ungewöhnlichen Format: es gab da was für jeden! Vielen herzlichen Dank an unsere Opersängerin Olga Bessmertna, die unsere Zeremonie mit der ukrainischen Hymne eröffnet hat! Vielen herzlichen Dank für die zahlreichen Auftritte der österreichischen PolitikerInnen, anderen Organisationen und AktivistInnen, die ihre Unterstützung sowie Glückwünsche unserem Land geäußert haben! Wichtig war für uns die Möglichkeit die ukrainische Kultur darzustellen, in dem wir eine interaktive Mischung hatten: durch ein Quiz, Tauziehen und Sackhüpfen haben alle gelächelt!
Zum Schluss der Zeremonie haben ukrainische Mädchen einen Flashmob vorbereitet.
Liebe Freunde,
Am 24. August 2021 feierte die Ukraine den Jahrestag der Unabhängigkeit. Vor 30 Jahren begann die Wiederherstellung der ukrainischen Kultur und Identität durch die Unabhängigkeit von der Sowjetunion.
Wir hoffen, dass jeder bei der Kundgebung was für sich gefunden hat und bedanken uns herzlich dafür, dass ihr gekommen seid, um uns zu unterstützen und mit uns zu feiern 💛💙
“Disinformation from the Central European perspective”
Online | 22.06.2021 | 18:30 CET
According to the European External Action Service (EEAS), disinformation is disseminated by foreign state and non-state actors with the aim of exploiting the uncertainty and fears in societies to advance their own agenda(EEAS 2020: Special Report). What is disinformation? How is disinformation affecting societies in Central Europe? What types of Fake News are we dealing with and what role do we, the users, play? Is Fake News even an accurate term? How can Media Literacy help to protect our democracies?
Join our discussion on the upcoming Tuesday as part of the event “Disinformation from the Central European Perspective” on 22.06.2021 at 6.30 p.m. CET with Mr. Dietmar Pichler.
Mr. Dietmar Pichler is the programmatic Director and Lecturer of the "Center for Digital Media Literacy" and the board member for International Relations at Vienna goes Europe (a non-partisan association).
He believes that disinformation campaigns pose a challenge for European societies.
„Not only do today’s users consume information - they also produce and spread it“.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5081042321?pwd=QWdtNGNtdk02bjBSTWZzZ3Z5OGRDQT09
Meeting-ID: 508 104 2321
Password: 3ynjc2
Solidarity with Ukraine: analyzing the enhanced Russian aggression
Online | 17.05.2021 | 18:30 CET
ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE
It is an honor to invite you to take part in our next panel discussion
"Solidarity with Ukraine: analyzing the enhanced Russian aggression"
The UN General Assembly, in its resolution 72/130, declared 16 May the International Day of Living Together in Peace, as a means of regularly mobilizing the international community's efforts to promote peace, tolerance, integration, understanding, and solidarity. This day aims to promote the desire to live and act together in a world united in differences and diversity, to build a sustainable world of peace, solidarity, and harmony.
The recent aggravation of the situation in Eastern Ukraine is bringing the Russian hybrid war back on the agenda. The concern can be observed not only on the part of Ukraine but also among its EU and US partners. Russia's growing provocations, intensified propaganda, and violations of the Minsk agreement, led by the accompanying non-compliance with the ceasefire and cutting off the route to the Black Sea to international shipping, raise several questions, including how the recently escalating situation should be assessed, what developments are to be expected, what goals Russia is pursuing and what would be the appropriate response of Ukraine and its partners?
Peace is a luxury that cannot be taken for granted. Whoever sleeps in a democracy wakes up in a dictatorship. On the occasion of the International Day of Peaceful Coexistence proclaimed by the United Nations, we invite all interested parties to discuss and question the current events of the war in Eastern Ukraine as part of the event "Solidarity with Ukraine: analyzing the enhanced Russian aggression".
Promote peace, not war. Support Ukraine. Stop Russian aggression. Join our event and share this information.
Registration is required.
Please use the following link to sign in
The main derived theses are as follows:
• Ukraine is defending the freedom of Europe.
• The lighting of the Russian aggression faces two main problems in European Media: the high flow of disinformation and the shortage of issues coverage.
• Ukraine needs a diplomatic strategy towards EU in order to receive a European support by defending Ukraine’s sovereignty.
• There is an analog platform to a Sochi Dialogue required, which would aim to strengthen bilateral relations and civil-society exchange between Austria and Ukraine.
• There are too many connections between “neutral” Austrian government and Russia.
• Nord Stream 2 is a dangerous project which is able to undermine the European energy security.
“The Budapest Memorandum: 25 years since nuclear weapons relinquishing”
Presence | 20.02.2020 | 19:00 CET
Diplomatic Academy of Vienna
Thursday, 20 February I 19:00 I Musikzimmer
On February 20th we organized the event in the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Budapest Memorandum "25 years since Ukraine relinquished nuclear weapons". The memorandum is intended to guarantee the territorial integrity and inviolability of the Ukrainian borders in return for the abandonment of the nuclear arsenal. At the time, Ukraine had the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world, but the country committed to deliver it to Russia and to join the non-proliferation treaty. This means for Kyiv that Russia recognized the borders of Ukraine in a treaty relevant to international law. The memorandum was an agreement without a sanction mechanism, which gave the green light to arbitrary Russian behavior.
With the three honored speakers Dr. Volodymyr Ohryzko, Dr. Igor Lossovskiy and Dr. Andreas Umland we discussed numerous violations of international contracts, including the Budapest Memorandum, the Treaty between Ukraine and the Russian Federation on the Ukrainian-Russian State Border (2003), the Non-Proliferation Treaty (1968), the general prohibition of violence (Article 2 No. 4 of the UN Charter) and the ban on annexation.
Our conclusions:
• Russia's annexation of Crimea and war in Donbas undermine the logic of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and nuclear non-proliferation regime. If an official nuclear weapon state can expand its territory at the expense of an official nuclear weapon-free state, the non-proliferation regime will serve those states that have nuclear weapons;
• Such undermining questions the whole security regime and the international order;
• The Budapest Memorandum sets out the commitments of the guaranteeing countries (the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United States). This includes the ban on threats, the violation of sovereignty and the refusal to use arms against Ukraine. However, Russian aggression has grossly violated this commitment since 2014;
• Russia launched a military operation to annex Crimea on February 20, despite the fact that the President of Ukraine was Viktor Yanukovych at the time and his removal of power was not yet apparent;
• According to Andreas Umland, the conclusion from the Ukraine case for many politicians around the world can now be: My state needs nuclear weapons and not a non-proliferation treaty.
We as Unlimited Democracy are of the opinion that Umland's conclusion is consequential but not desirable, since this is a fear-driven equality of all "an eye for an eye", which is hardly desirable in the long term. In the last 100 years, it has been shown several times that more or less everywhere, hatred-driven regimes can emerge that know no boundaries.
This is not the lesson we want to pass on to our children, in which every state, in the name of their security, arms itself to the teeth.
The international order, which cannot guarantee security to the state after it has given up its own nuclear weapons in the name of peace and has subsequently been threatened by a nuclear weapon state, needs reforms and more control mechanisms that could bring us a little closer to international security.
We thank everyone for the support!
Community meeting with Oleksandr Kolchenko
Presence | 28.11.2019 | 18:30
On November 28, the newly founded association "Unlimited Democracy" organized the meeting of Oleksandr Kolchenko and Kateryna Butko with the community in the Ukrainian Greek. - Catholic Church of St. Barbara in Vienna. Oleksandr and Kateryna shared their stories and the community asked numerous questions about life in prison, the events before and about Oleksandr's condition afterwards.
After these discussions there was a surprise for Oleksandr, as he had his 30th birthday on 26.11, Oleksandr got five birthday cakes, each one a symbol of his missed birthday in prison. People start to sing and many tears run down.
In this emotional meeting and thanks to the help of the community, 435 euros were raised in donations for the Association of Families of Political Prisoners and successfully passed on.
We thank you for your support!
“SOS Democracy: Impact of political violence”
Presence | 27.11.2019 | 18:30
“SOS Democracy: Impact of political violence” – an event that was organized by association “Unlimited Democracy” on November 27th. It was a panel discussion with Kateryna Butko, a representative of the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine; Hussein Iskhanov, a former deputy of Chechnya and head of the associations "Ichkeria" in Vienna; and an honored guest Alexander Kolchenko that is a Ukrainian activist, a political prisoner who was imprisoned in Russian from May 2014 to September 7, 2019.
During a panel discussion speakers gave a short presentation. Kateryna presented numerous international moves and protests(#FreeSentsov) that act in support of political prisoners in Ukraine. The aim of this movement is the liberation of all political prisoners who were illegally arrested in currently occupied areas such as Crimea, Lugansk and Donetskoblast. The movement #FreeSentsov with their actions and protests keep this topic on agenda as well as exert pressure on the Russian side. The further goal of this movement is to keep prisoners alive till the moment of setting them free. Therefore, they protest against torture of prisoners and support them with humanitarian aid. At least another 86 political prisoners are being held today. In Donbass there are at least 227 military and civilian hostages, among which are women and children.
Hussein Iskhanov was twicelly politically imprisoned in his life. In his speech he talked about the long-standing war between Russia and the Chechen Republic, made a comparison to the war in Ukraine and discussed about Russia's contempt for human rights worldwide.
"People should understand what they are dealing with, this relaxed attitude in the hope that Putin and his policies will change is naive," says Hussein.
Alexander Kolchenko recalled his memories from the time he was arrested, his participation in an anti-war rally against the Russian invasion of Crimea and the time of his detention. He thanked for the support of Ukrainians around the world. "Such actions and letters are very important because, on the one hand, they support the morals of the prisoners and, from a practical point of view, put pressure on the prisoners and restrict the prison administration," said Alexander Kolchenko.
The event was attended by representatives of the Embassy of Ukraine in Austria as well as representatives of other embassies, representatives of the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to international organizations, professors of Austrian universities, students and active members of the Ukrainian and Chechen communities.
