>they refused to join the Istanbul Convention
Ukraine has joined the Istanbul Convention.
>because it violates their Christian values
Outside Poland the social conservatism in Eastern Europe has very little to do with religion. Russia and Hungary are full of irreligious/atheist people with some rather controversial views on minorities and LGBT people.
I don’t think so, no.
> Ukraine has joined the Istanbul Convention.
I missed that they finally ratified it _the 18th of July 2022_. It’s not like they had a choice. It was a prerequisite to them getting candidate status for the EU adhesion. I’m glade this is starting to bring positive change to the country.
> Outside Poland the social conservatism in Eastern Europe has very little to do with religion.
The majority in the Rada refused to ratify in 2016 because they thought the use of the world gender and the way sexual orientation was presented went against the country Christian values. See this Euractiv article at the time for more details: https://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/ukraine-...