What we’re watching
- 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.
- Wednesday, April 14 at 6 p.m. Kyiv time: US-Ukraine Foundation — 60th anniversary of the first human flight to space on April 12, 1961. Speakers will discuss the role of Ukrainian scientists & engineers as well as modern air and space cooperation. 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
- Erdogan meets Zelensky, pledges support with Donbas, Crimea, NATO
- Turkey seeks return of Crimea, Donbas to Ukraine; supports Kyiv’s NATO bid
- Ukrzaliznytsia loses nearly $426 million in 2020
- Notorious tire decor to be removed from Kyiv neighborhoods
- 9 Ukrainians enter Forbes 30 under 30 success list
- Lviv’s IT park to get 81.5 million euro loan from Poland bank
- Transcript of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s interview with Meet the Press’ Chuck Todd
- Prosecutor closes Rotterdam+ case for third time
Coronavirus
- COVID-19 in Ukraine: 12,112 new cases, 235 new deaths, 4,048 new vaccinations
- Red & green zone countries
- Sign-up for vaccinations in Ukraine
- Financial Times: Bloomberg: COVID-19 vaccine tracker
Kremlin tracker
- 1 Ukrainian soldier killed, 1 wounded in Donbas
- UNIAN: Russian supervisor to “DPR” fighter: “I don’t give a f*ck. Put the blame on Ukrops” – Ukraine intel (Intercept)
- Axios: Biden eyes Russia adviser criticized as soft on Kremlin
Podcast: Putin a killer? Let us count the ways
Business
Tech Story: Ukrainian officials hold over $2.6 billion worth of Bitcoin say reports
Al Jazeera: Ukraine turns to Turkey as Russia threatens full-scale war
Defense Express: Turkey picks Ukrainian engine for its planned attack helicopter
National Commission on Securities and Stock Market: Ukrainian Stock Exchange license revoked
Turkey to build 500 structures in Ukraine
Business Wire
Arzinger strengthens its presence
GOLAW: 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
Tetiana Shevchuk: Weekly anti-corruption update in Ukraine
Andriy Boytsun: Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises WeeklyAlexei Bayer: Putin’s bluff against Ukraine
EUvsDisinfo: Donbas – creating fakes on the ground
Diane Francis: Leonardo da Laundry
Anne Applebaum: What America’s vaccination campaign proves to the world
EUvsDisinfo: Pro-Kremlin media reinvigorate their focus on Ukraine
Evelyn Farkas: Putin is testing Biden on Ukraine
Mark Episkopos: Why Russia and Ukraine each do not want to strike first
Leonid Bershidsky: Putin’s Ukraine gambit is about gaining attention, not territory
Paul Goble: Russia vaccinates soldiers, not teachersClara Ferreira Marques: Elon Musk leaves Vladimir Putin stranded on Earth
Washington Post: These are the victims of repression in Belarus
Paul Goble: Patriarch Kirill’s ranking with the Russian public falls to lowest level ever
Oleksiy Honcharuk, Roman Waschuk: How Ukraine lost its investment paradise
Luke Coffey: Ukraine must remain independent and sovereign
From the archives: Chemical Stink
A well-known journalist and the senior project officer of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s mission to Ukraine died in a traffic accident outside Kyiv early April 9. Oleksandr Kryvenko, 39, the president of Public Radio, was killed when a car driven by Georgian diplomat Gizo Grdzelidze, 61, skidded off the road and hit a tree on the Chernihiv highway outside Kyiv.
Read the April 10, 2003 edition
