What we’re watching
- Saturday, April 10: Zelensky will visit Turkey
- Monday, April 12- Friday, April 16: Strategy Council will hold a week-long series of webinars to mark Ukrainian Transport Infrastructure Week. Register here.
- Wednesday, April 14 at 11 a.m. Kyiv time: GOLAW will hold a webinar “Top Mistakes In Privatization: Things Not To Do”/Register here.
- Thursday, April 15 at 3 p.m. Kyiv time: Norwegian Energy Partners and Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce — The Ukrainian Energy Market: Trends & Opportunities. Register here.
- Next week: Parliament back in session
Top news
- Diia City makes big promises but tech industry is not convinced
- Report says kidnappers of judge Chaus linked to Ukrainian intelligence
- American journalist, filmmaker presents Crimea as part of Russia
- Odesa activist Sternenko released from jail, put under house arrest
- Ukraine legalizes certain types of medical cannabis products
- UNIAN: Zelensky enacts sanctions against 27 officials, including Yanukovych, Azarov
Coronavirus
- COVID-19 in Ukraine: 19,676 new cases, 419 new deaths, 18,569 new vaccinations
- Interfax: Shmyhal chastises Klitschko for COVID-19 performance
- Associated Press: No region in the world spared as virus cases, deaths surge
- Red & green zone countries
- Sign-up for vaccinations in Ukraine
- Financial Times: Bloomberg: COVID-19 vaccine tracker
Kremlin tracker
- Vladimir Putin: Killer On The Loose
- Putin’s critics end up poisoned, killed
- Zelensky visits front line amid Russian escalation in Donbas (PHOTOS)
- Top general: Ukraine has no plans for ‘all-out offensive’ in Donbas
- BBC: Why is Russia massing troops near Ukraine?
- RFE/RL: Russian agents raid home of prominent investigative journalist
- Reuters: US to send two warships to Black Sea, Russia voices concerns
- RFE/RL: What’s behind Russia’s military buildup on Ukraine’s border?
- Interfax: Zelensky: Government officials should visit positions of Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas
Business
Interfax: Ukrzaliznytsia considering the possibility of issuing eurobonds in 2021
Interfax: Ukrzaliznytsia ends 2020 with net loss of Hr 11.9 billion ($425 million)
Interfax: Naftogaz sees net loss of Hr 17.3 billion ($620 million) in 2020
Business Wire
Arzinger strengthens its presenceGOLAW: Risks of being a top manager: personal assets under threat
Cosmetics giant L’Oréal contributes to solve ecological, social world challenges
Scholarship programs offered by Government of India for professionals and students
Kyiv Post joins Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce
GOLAW: Surprises during real estate
GOLAW: Top mistakes in privatization — things not to do
Former chairman of the Anti-Monopoly Committee of Ukraine joins Redcliffe Partners
New leader for KPMG’s TP group
Lactalis in Ukraine: 25 years of sustainable development
Ukreximbank uses full array of financial tools to support agricultural business
Opinions
Alexei Bayer: Putin’s bluff against Ukraine
Timothy Ash: What does Putin want?
Burak Pehlivan: Zelensky makes his fourth visit to Turkey
Sergii Leshchenko: Firtash should be next oligarch Ukrainian leadership takes onEditorial: Get it together
Editorial: Vlad the KillerAlexander Query: Ukraine’s Friend & Foe of the Week
Alya Shandra: Siemens and Grundfos equipment spotted in Crimea despite sanctions
Oleksii Reznikov: Reject Nord Stream 2 once and for all
Paul Goble: Invading Ukraine now could spark protests in Russia
Washington Post: Putin again threatens war with Ukraine
Oleg Zhdanov: Ukraine as a springboard for geopolitical games
The Ukrainian Weekly: The fight against corruption in Ukraine
Nick Paton Walsh: Russian forces are massing on Ukraine’s border. Bluff or not, Putin is playing with fire
Oleksiy Honcharuk, Roman Waschuk: How Ukraine lost its investment paradise
From the archives: Finagling Factions
Ukraine’s March 31, 2002, parliamentary elections are over, but the jockey begins with the pro-President Leonid Kuchma’s faction For a United Ukraine picking up independents to overtake Viktor Yushchenko’s Our Ukraine faction. OSCE/ODIHR raps shortcomings in elections, including heavy media bias. It’s a 36-page newspaper full of advertisements.
Read the April 11, 2002 edition
