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Ukraine Digest: Oct. 30

Top newsDemocracy Dies Here? Government rules to restore public access to e-declarations of officials’ assets Scandalous Constitutional Court ruling …
Brian Bonner

Giuliani drags Ukrainian NGO into attempt to denigrate Trump’s rival Biden

WASHINGTON —- A Ukrainian organization, praised for its work helping HIV sufferers, has taken legal action against U.S. President Donald Trump’s …
Askold Krushelnycky

Reuters: Zelensky promises action as allies sound alarm over reform rollback

President Volodymyr Zelensky promised swift action on Thursday and warned Ukraine could lose international aid and support after a Constitutional …
Reuters

Reuters: Russia’s Gazprom seeks more capacity to transport gas through Ukraine

WASHINGTON – Russia’s gas exporting monopoly Gazprom recently approached Naftogaz, Ukraine’s state natural gas firm, about booking more capacity to …
Reuters

Belarus closes land border with Ukraine amid pandemic, air travel allowed

To curb the spread of COVID-19, Belarus has unexpectedly closed its land borders with Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Starting on Oct. 29, …
Daryna Antoniuk

High Council of Justice: Kholodnyuk dismissed at his own request

The High Council of Justice (HCJ) has dismissed head of the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine Zenovy Kholodniuk, at his own request. “Guided by …
Interfax-Ukraine

Democracy Dies Here?

Ukraine is probably closer to losing its anti-corruption infrastructure, Western funding, and visa-free travel with Europe than at any time in recent …
Oleg Sukhov

Winners & losers of Ukraine’s Oct. 25 local elections

Ukraine’s three largest parties have all proclaimed themselves the winners of the 2020 local elections. Some won regional councils, others won city …
Oleksiy Sorokin

Government rules to restore public access to e-declarations of officials’ assets

The Cabinet of Ministers ordered the National Agency for Preventing Corruption (NAPC) to resume public access to the online registry of officials’ …
Anna Myroniuk

EU spokesperson: Constitutional Court’s ruling casts doubt on Kyiv’s obligations

BRUSSELS – The European Union claims that the latest decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in the field of anti-corruption legislation casts …
Interfax-Ukraine

Zelensky initiates bill on restoring integrity of constitutional juduciary

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed to urgently register in the Verkhovna Rada a bill on restoring the integrity of constitutional …
Interfax-Ukraine

Deutsche Welle: Zelensky slams ‘unacceptable’ corruption ruling

A “devastating blow” to Ukraine’s anti-corruption effort prompted President Volodymyr Zelensky to call a national security meeting, his aides said on …
Deutsche Welle

US supports people of Ukraine in anti-corruption reforms

The United States of America expresses its support for the Ukrainian people in achieving the aspirations of the Revolution of Dignity, the U.S. …
Interfax-Ukraine

Zelensky: E-declaration system to operate

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky expects the preparation and submission to the Verkhovna Rada of bills on the resumption of electronic …
Interfax-Ukraine

Belarus restricts arrivals from Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine

MINSK – The Belarusian authorities have temporarily restricted arrivals from Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine via land-based border-crossing …
Interfax-Ukraine

UNIAN: Number of COVID-19 patients in Crimea exceeds 11,300 cases

The number of COVID-19 patients in Russia-occupied Crimea exceeded 11,300 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. Read more here.
UNIAN

Ukrinform: UK supports Crimean Platform concept

First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Emine Dzheppar met with British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons to discuss the concept of the …
UkrInform

Reuters: G7 ambassadors express concern at Ukraine court moves on anti-graft laws

G7 ambassadors on Thursday expressed concern after recent rulings by Ukraine’s Constitutional Court to abolish some anti-corruption laws. Read more …
Reuters
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