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Matthew Kupfer

Matthew Kupfer was news editor at the Kyiv Post. He joined the newspaper in March 2018 as a staff writer and left at the end of December 2020. Previously, he worked as managing editor at Hromadske International, senior editor at The Odessa Review, and staff reporter at The Moscow Times. He has also contributed to EurasiaNet.org, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the Atlantic Council’s UkraineAlert, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Matthew has a master’s degree in Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian studies from Harvard University. Besides his native English, he also speaks Russian and Ukrainian.

Articles by Matthew Kupfer

Dec. 31, 2020, 12:54 pm

Ukraine signs contract for 1.9 million doses of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

Dec. 30, 2020, 3:51 pm

Constitutional Court says Zelensky’s suspension of its leader must be reversed

Dec. 29, 2020, 9:09 pm

Zelensky fires security council deputy secretary who criticized him

Dec. 29, 2020, 8:13 pm

Zelensky suspends Constitutional Court chief Tupytsky from job over bribery charges

Dec. 27, 2020, 4:05 pm

Bosnian media: Ukrainian icon given to Russian minister was stolen from Donbas

Dec. 26, 2020, 3:25 pm

Ukrainian embassy demands Bosnia return Orthodox icon gifted to Russian minister

Dec. 21, 2020, 3:35 pm

Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff temporarily steps down amid bribery investigation

Dec. 18, 2020, 2:50 pm

Rape case exposing systemic police brutality goes to trial

Dec. 17, 2020, 9:28 pm

Tug Of War: Chinese investors go on the offensive for Motor Sich

Dec. 15, 2020, 4:29 pm

Police officers, demonstrators injured after clashes erupt at anti-lockdown rally

Dec. 14, 2020, 4:39 pm

Ukrainian government fines mask violators over $16,500

Dec. 7, 2020, 11:14 am

COVID-19 in Ukraine: 8,641 new cases, 145 new deaths, 821,947 total cases

Dec. 6, 2020, 7:37 pm

With new lockdown looming, expect a dark winter for Ukraine’s businesses

Dec. 6, 2020, 1:12 pm

Where to celebrate socially distanced winter holidays in Kyiv

Dec. 5, 2020, 6:17 pm

Vatican does not consider Donbas war a ‘civil clash’

Dec. 4, 2020, 12:48 pm

Health ministry proposes 3-week lockdown at start of January

Dec. 1, 2020, 5:10 pm

Security council chief: Ukraine will have a lockdown, but dates unclear

Nov. 25, 2020, 7:21 pm

Anti-corruption agency halts state financing for Tymoshenko’s Batkivshchyna party

Nov. 23, 2020, 11:51 pm

Anastasiia Malenko: A Ukrainian view of American elections

Nov. 13, 2020, 3:51 pm

‘Welcome, Joe!’: The Kyiv Post covers Biden’s election

Nov. 3, 2020, 12:53 pm

Constitutional Court judge threatens Zelensky with war, prison in anti-corruption …

Oct. 23, 2020, 5:15 pm

Matthew Kupfer: The mute agony of Ukraine’s coronavirus response

Oct. 23, 2020, 3:42 pm

Gabriel Gavin: Ukraine stands to gain from Belarus’ tech exodus

Oct. 23, 2020, 12:01 am

Time To Vote! Ukrainians elect mayors, city councils across nation on Oct. 25

Oct. 22, 2020, 10:16 pm

Developers say Ukraine-made COVID-19 vaccine candidate showed promise in animal trials

Oct. 15, 2020, 1:15 pm

Odesa mayor likely to be re-elected, despite corruption scandals

Sept. 30, 2020, 7:38 am

In debate, Trump fails to redirect discussion to Ukraine, Biden’s son

Sept. 23, 2020, 8:15 pm

Republican ‘bombshell’ report on Biden, Burisma spins old information

Sept. 22, 2020, 6:40 pm

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s little-known Ukrainian history

Sept. 22, 2020, 2:17 pm

Ambassador Joel Lion: Make peace and declare war on COVID-19

Sept. 19, 2020, 1:26 pm

Olympics will go on — with or without COVID-19

Sept. 18, 2020, 2:38 pm

After explosion, Ukraine repairs gas transportation pipeline

Sept. 18, 2020, 10:44 am

COVID-19 in Ukraine: 3,228 new cases, 68 dead, 90,518 active cases

Sept. 17, 2020, 10:17 pm

Illia Ponomarenko: Ukraine’s Friend & Foe of the Week

Sept. 17, 2020, 10:48 am

COVID-19 in Ukraine: Record-breaking 3,584 new cases, 60 dead, 88,931 active cases

Sept. 16, 2020, 11:14 am

COVID-19 in Ukraine: 2,958 new cases, 76 dead, 86,996 active cases

Sept. 15, 2020, 11:16 am

COVID-19 in Ukraine: 2,905 new cases, 53 dead, 85,628 active cases

Sept. 14, 2020, 11:02 am

COVID-19 in Ukraine: 2,462 new cases, 33 dead, 84,043 active cases

Sept. 11, 2020, 8:05 pm

Kolomoisky’s company wins bid for UMH media holding

Sept. 9, 2020, 12:31 pm

Victor Tregubov: Why the ‘Derkach tapes’ look like a Russian special op

Sept. 4, 2020, 12:54 pm

Bad court rulings spark outrage among reform experts

Sept. 1, 2020, 8:01 pm

Servant of the People expels whistleblower lawmaker critical of Zelensky

Aug. 27, 2020, 10:34 pm

Ukraine’s Friend & Foe of the Week

Aug. 20, 2020, 10:12 pm

To better understand Ukraine, read these 10 books

Aug. 20, 2020, 9:50 pm

Historical influencers: 10 people who shaped formation of Ukrainian identity

Aug. 20, 2020, 3:29 pm

Webinar: Incredible story of humanitarian Sergio Vieira de Mello’s Ukraine chapter

Aug. 20, 2020, 2:31 pm

US Senate Intelligence Report: 3 main takeaways regarding Ukraine

Aug. 19, 2020, 6:12 pm

Ukrainian tennis star Svitolina enters Forbes list of highest-paid female athletes

Aug. 17, 2020, 6:30 pm

Matthew Kupfer, Bermet Talant: How to salvage Ukraine’s failing COVID-19 response

Aug. 14, 2020, 6:45 pm

Ukraine’s Cabinet proposes ditching domestic passport booklets

Aug. 14, 2020, 3:26 pm

Flight tracker: 2 Russian military jetliners travel to Minsk

Aug. 14, 2020, 9:57 am

COVID-19 in Ukraine: Record-breaking 1,732 new infections, 2,011 dead, 39,064 active cases

Aug. 12, 2020, 8:00 pm

Experts: Belarusians will not tolerate Lukashenko’s regime much longer

Aug. 9, 2020, 2:25 pm

1 Ukrainian killed in deadly blast that devastated Beirut

Aug. 8, 2020, 11:07 pm

After US intelligence disclosures, Zelensky tells Ukrainians to stay away from 2020 …

Aug. 4, 2020, 1:06 pm

Kyiv to host first offline film festival since pandemic started

July 29, 2020, 1:25 pm

Security Service arrests 2 men suspected of bombings in Kyiv

July 28, 2020, 2:54 pm

Ukrainian quarantine-made short thriller wins international awards

July 28, 2020, 12:56 pm

Kyiv enters world’s best cities for freelancers ranking

July 22, 2020, 5:43 pm

Trump campaign misrepresents photo from Ukrainian revolution to illustrate ‘chaos’

July 21, 2020, 5:33 pm

Zelensky appoints Prystaiko as Ukraine’s new ambassador to UK (UPDATED)

July 21, 2020, 2:12 pm

Low-cost Wizz Air launches 14 new routes between Ukraine and Italy

July 17, 2020, 3:04 pm

Zelensky opposes extending quarantine for more than a month

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