- Speaking at the parliament on Nov. 6, General Prosecutor of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko offered to resign following the murder of Kherson activist Kateryna Gandziuk, who died in a hospital three months after an acid attack. But the parliament led by the President Petro Poroshenko’s coalition rejected his offer although he hadn’t even submitted an official resignation letter as the protocol requires.
- In the wake of Gandziuk’s death, some 80 leading human rights organizations and reform watchdogs have signed a letter demanding the resignations of Lutsenko and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.
- Gandziuk’s friends leaked the name of a person allegedly involved in the assault.
- The fugitive former co-owner and CEO of Mriya agroholding, Mykola Huta, was extradited to Ukraine. He is accused of defrauding the company for over $100 million. Mriya now belongs to the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company.
- Ukrainian lawmaker Andrii Lozovoy (Radical Party) was arrested in Prague airport after he had tried to use fake euros. He said the money came from a currency exchange outlet in Kyiv. Ironically, the MP declared 150,000 euros in cash in his 2017 declaration of assets.
- Six foreign experts will help Ukraine to set up the High Anti-Corruption Court in Ukraine. Their names have been announced but little is known about their reputation.
- Ukraine and Israel will sign a free trade agreement at the end of November, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman wrote on Facebook.
- Japan’s largest payment system JCB mulls over expanding operations into Ukraine, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.
- China might replace Russia as Ukraine’s largest, single nation trading partner. Bilateral trade between China and Ukraine has increased by 21 percent from January through to August this year.
- For the first time, Ukraine exhibits its national stand at the China International Import Expo that takes place in Shanghai from Nov. 5 to 10. Simultaneously, Ukrainian military and defense manufacturers — Ukroboronprom, Antonov, Motor Sich, to name a few — participate in the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai from Nov. 6 to 11.
- The European Court of Human Rights recognized Ukraine’s ban on sale of farmland as a violation of human rights. If the Ukrainian government doesn’t pass a more balanced law soon, the court will force it to pay compensations ranging from 2,000 to 75,000 euros to every person who is unable to sell their land plots due to the moratorium.
- Joining Lviv and Zhytomyr, Ternopil Oblast bans the public use of Russian cultural products such as books, movies, and songs until the end of the Russian occupation of Ukrainian territories.
- Ukrainian prosecutors refused to extradite Uzbek journalist and regime critic Narzullo Akhundjonov to Uzbekistan where he could face torture and unfair trial. He was granted refugee status.
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