- Street protests work! Armenians protested en masse against ex-President Serzh Sargsyan’s attempt to hold on to power by becoming prime minister. Another great lesson in the power of the people in former Soviet territory. Let’s see who emerges as leader and how Russia reacts.
- BBC offers a riveting yet chilling investigation into the gangsters that run Odesa. Unfortunately, according to the findings, one of them is Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov, under investigation for corruption in Ukraine.
- US State Department’s annual human rights report finds plenty to criticize in Ukraine. Read the findings here.
- Moving in the right direction. Ukraine’s retail trade grew to $8 billion in the first three months of 2018.
- Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman wrote on Facebook that Ukraine’s exports to the European Union hit $7.4 billion in the first two months of 2018.