Vesti Reporter because of the negative assessment of Berezenko and the Presidential Administration in it, as well as the sharp change in the editorial policy of the holding after the dismissal of Ihor Guzhva. In late 2015, Kryukova, along with a number of former employees of Multimedia Invest Holding joined the Strana.ua online newspaper launched by Ihor Guzhva. In the new edition, she took the position of first deputy editor-in-chief. From March to August 2016, Svitlana Kryukova, together with Sevgil Musayeva, chief editor of the website Ukrayinska Pravda, conducted a series of special interviews “Black and White”. From 2016 to 2017, together with Ihor Guzhva, she was the host of the program “Subjective Results of Friday with Strana.ua” on the TV channel NewsOne. In March 2019 Svitlana Kryukova released her book Setka which tells the story of Ukrainian politics over the past five years. The book gathered many reviews and feedbacks from Ukrainian politicians, journalists and political technologists. Editor-in-chief of Strana.ua Ihor Guzhva, former head of the UKROP party Hennadiy Korban, political technologist Dmytro Raimov, politician Maksym Buzhanskyi, journalist Aliona Yakhno and others commented on the book. In July 2021, on her page in the social network Facebook, Svitlana Kryukova sharply criticized the article of the Kremlin head Vladimir Putin On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians. The journalist in her post analyzed Putin's theses, which she called “terrestrial propaganda” with a lot of unreliable and false information in the assessment of Ukrainian history. According to Kryukova, Ukraine has a historical chance for development, which can be hindered by the aggressive policy of the Russian authorities aimed at occupying Ukraine. Kryukova emphasized that “during the heyday of the princes of Kyiv, the territory of Muscovy was covered with swamps and wild forests.” In addition, she noted the danger of successful Ukraine to present-day Moscow. Svitlana Kryukova's assessment of Putin's article caused a wide public response. The pro-Ukrainian part of the audience supported the journalist, while the Russian-oriented audience and opinion leaders sharply criticized her, including Olga Shariy, wife of pro-Russian propagandist Anatoly Shariy and showman Vladimir Bystryakov. Kryukova was accused of betraying the ideals of the “Russian world” and suspected of having secret ties with the Office of the President of Ukraine. The journalist herself denied any accusations. There were also suggestions that this post might be part of the arrangement between Bankova and the chief editor of Strana.ua,