The Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the International Organizations in Vienna co-sponsored the Democracy Defender Award 2017 ceremony, which was presented this year to the Russian nongovernmental organization "Golos Election Monitoring Movement"
The Permanent Representative of Ukraine Ihor Prokopchuk along with the Democracy Defender Award 2016 winner Oleksandra Matviychuk ("Centre for Civic Liberties", Ukraine) took part in the ceremony and this year’s seminar "Protecting human rights, fundamental freedoms, and space for independent voices in the face of rising authoritarian populism".