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‘Ironman’ Siutkin takes on raiders, mitigates legal risks for investors

Name: Mykola Siutkin Position: CEO, founder at S&P Investment Risks Management Agency Key point: It’s time for Ukrainian business to stand up for …
Alyona Zhuk

Lawyer stays active in health care, champions eastern city of Kharkiv

Name: Tetyana Gavrysh Position: Managing Partner at ILF Key Point: Be yourself Did you know? It was never Gavrysh’s dream to be a lawyer. She wanted …
Rahim Rahemtulla

Serving Ukraine’s lawless service sector of restaurants, clubs, bars

Name: Mikhail Nosalyk Position: Partner at Global Law Key Point: Buyer beware Did you know? He once had a case in which an unwashed bar glass lead to …
Josh Kovensky

Ukraine’s government ‘repels those who try to bring changes’ for better

Name: Oleksiy Stolyarenko Position: Senior associate at Baker McKenzie Key point: Qualified tech lawyers do not want to work for the Ukrainian civil …
Denys Krasnikov

This lawyer helps foreign investors navigate Ukraine’s energy sector

Name: Oleh Malskyy Position: Partner at Eterna Law, head of corporate law and M&A practice Key point: Corporate laws improve but bureaucracy remains a …
Bermet Talant

She likes rules: This lawyer goes from corporate world to activism

Name: Olesia Kholopik Position: Senior project manager at the Center for Democracy and Rule of Law Key point: Ukrainian roads need to become a safer …
Olga Rudenko

The man with the plan: Political risk insurance and legal ombudsman

Name: Bate C. Toms Position: Owner of B. C. Toms & Co. law firm Key Point: Three-point plan to spur investment: 1. political risk insurance; 2. legal …
Brian Bonner

World in Ukraine: FLEX celebrates 25th year of exchanges in Ukraine

When she got the call, Liliya Makhynko had already given up hope of being accepted to FLEX, the Future Leaders Exchange Program. She had been checking …
Will Cohen

World in Ukraine: How Ukrainian-Americans keep spirit of home alive

Editor’s Note: The following is a Q & A interview by Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner with Luda Anastazievsky, a Ukrainian-American community …
Brian Bonner

World in Ukraine: Ambassador says ‘no country’ supports Ukraine more than America in defense, reforms

As Ukraine and the United States prepare for their summer Independence Day celebrations – July 4 for America, Aug. 24 for Ukraine – both nations have …
Brian Bonner

World in Ukraine: State monopolist Ukrzaliznytsia spurns US investment in Ukraine’s rail freight market

U.S. company Greenbrier, one of the world’s largest producers of railroad freight wagons, has been trying to enter Ukraine with its partner Amsted …
Rahim Rahemtulla
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Denys Krasnikov

World in Ukraine: North Dakota is star player in Ukraine’s agricultural rise

Out of all of America’s 50 states, it turns out that North Dakota is the closest to Ukraine. With crops like sunflowers, beets and corn, the state …
Josh Kovensky
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Bermet Talant

H&M to open stores in Ukraine in 2018

Swedish clothing brand H&M will open its first store in Ukraine in 2018. The information appeared in the company’s six-month report for 2017. “New H&M …
Bermet Talant

PrivatBank CEO Shlapak resigns as bank publishes 2015, 2016 audit

PrivatBank CEO Oleksandr Shlapak resigned on June 26, as the government moved to inject an extra Hr 38.5 billion ($1.5 billion) into the teetering …
Josh Kovensky

Western NIS Enterprise Fund joins $150 million investment into Ukraine and Moldova

Western NIS Enterprise Fund, a regional investor, has announced that it will contribute $30 million to a new fund which will seek to invest in …
Rahim Rahemtulla

Sofiyskiy Fitness Center takeover becomes test for ‘new’ Ukraine’s investment climate

Ukraine, struggling after three years of war and economic upheaval, is in greater need than ever of foreign investment. The last thing it needs is an …
Maria Romanenko
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Nataliya Trach

Organic food sector in Ukraine set for take off

Ukraine has the potential to become an organic agricultural powerhouse and, despite significant challenges, there are signs the sector is poised to …
Will Cohen

World in Ukraine: Ukrainians hope for visa-free travel to Canada someday

Now that most of the European Union allows Ukrainians to visit without needing visas, what about Canada? After all, the North American nation is home …
Olena Goncharova
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