Oksana Chelysheva
Oksana's Contributions
An interview with Carles Puigdemont
Prior to his arrest in Germany, former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont visited Finland. In a wide ranging interview, Puigdemont tells Oksana Chelysheva where the fight for Catalan independence has reached, the importance of peaceful protest and what an independent Catalan state could look like. ... Read more
Study visit to Ukraine: 28th August – 6th September 2017 (Part One)
In the first part of this diary feature based around a study visit to Ukraine, Oksana Chelysheva finds a country struggling to deal with the aftermath of revolution and the rise of right wing ideologies in the region.... Read more
Lara, the tattoo artist from Baghdad
When an Iraqi woman's deportation back home was stopped by protestors at Helsinki Vantaa Airport last month, it highlighted the Finnish government policy toward refugees. Oksana Chelysheva tells Lara's story, about her struggle to stay in Finland and why a return back to Iraq would be fraught with danger. ... Read more
Alexander Hug’s written response to DELFI
Last week we published Oksana Chelysheva's interview with the principal deputy head of the OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine, Alexander Hug. Today we publish Hug's written response to DELFI – a major baltic online media outlet – which goes deeper into the OSCE's work on the ground in Ukraine.... Read more
Oksana Chelysheva interview with Alexander Hug
On his recent visit to Helsinki, Oksana Chelysheva interviews the principal deputy head of the OSCE, Alexander Hug. They discuss his work with the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.... Read more
Children of War
Oksana Chelysheva discusses the photographic exhibition Children of War by activist Maxim Gromov, photographer Vladimir Telegin and journalist Yan Shenkman. She argues for the importance of photography in cultivating empathy for the children who suffer as innocent victims in armed conflicts.... Read more
Ukraina ja sotavankien vaihdon ongelmat
Oksana Chelysheva haastatteli ihmisoikeusaktivisti Aleksandr Kudinovia ja raportoi Ukrainan sotavankien vaikeasta tilanteesta.... Read more
Ukraine Bans Films
Censorship in the Ukraine is targeting a lot of Russian cinema which is being labelled as propaganda from the ‘aggressor state’. Oksana Chelysheva looks into these bans and navigates us through the films that can’t be seen.... Read more
CRASH
In her first article for OQM Oksana Chelysheva pays her respects to the creatives and activists who died in a plane crash on December 25th, 2016. She discusses the humanitarian work and identity of Elizaveta Glinka and Valery Khalilov. Her perspective is that of a journalist and activist living in Europe... Read more