Editor’s note: In this new feature, the Kyiv Post brings together the most relevant events from morning headlines
Yulia Tymoshenko’s husband is ready testify in the Yevhen Shcherban case, which is currently being investigated in court. He thinks his testimonies will upset the plans of the general prosecutor’s office, reports Dzerkalo Tyzhnia. If convicted of the 1996 murder, Tymoshenko could end up in jail for life.
The son of leader of Crimean Tatars Mustafa Jemilev, who fatally shot a friend earlier this week, was sent to a mental hospital. Today Jemilev is expected to brief journalists in the Crimean Tatar parliament in Simferopol about his son Hayser’s history of psychiatric disorders, writes Segodnya.
The number of Ukrainian immigrant workers has decreased from 1.5 million to less than 1.2 million in recent years, reports Kommersant. Although finding a job is becoming increasingly difficult, Ukrainians still earn three times more abroad – about $930 per month.
Forbes Ukraine censored its own material by cutting out President Viktor Yanukovych’s son Oleksandr from a corruption rating. He was listed as the top recipient of tenders from the state railways, making a small fortune off these contracts in the first five months of this year. Donetsk-based Ostro website gives a comparative analysis of the Forbes rating before and after Oleksandr Yanukovych was removed from it.
The Constitutional Court is expected to produce a ruling on the mayoral election in Kyiv on May 31. The election is expected for August 2013 or during 2015, Vesti reports.
