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What we’re watching 

  • Tuesday, April 13: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will meet in Brussels and hold a joint news conference. Details 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.
  • Through Friday, April 16: The Strategy Council will hold a week-long series of webinars to mark Ukrainian Transport Infrastructure Week. Register here.

Top news

Coronavirus

Kremlin tracker

Business

27.9 hryvnias = $1

Xinhua: Xinjiang port sees 1,500 trips by China-Europe freight trains this yearUNIAN: Ukraine may receive $2.7 billion from IMF

Interfax: Astarta increases EBITDA by 45.6% in 2020

Interfax: Poroshenko declares over UAH 152 mln in dividends from Rothschild Trust

Interfax: Agrarian Ministry developing legislative initiatives to support wine industry – minister

Interfax: ATB Corporation plans to invest Hr 12 billion in Ukraine’s economy in 2021

Interfax: Adequacy of Ukraine’s forex reserves in case of new distribution of IMF’s SDR will reach 98% – NBU governor

Interfax: Alfa-Bank raises inflation forecast for 2021 to 8.6%

Interfax: PrivatBank tops list of most profitable Ukrainian banks in Jan-Feb 2021, Pravex Bank tops list of unprofitable banks

Interfax: Government approves new Hr 10 billion government guarantees for Ukravtodor

Interfax: State Customs starts testing updated automated risk management system

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

Antika; General recommendations for making a decision on acquisition of a land plot for commercial buildings

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

Redcliffe Partners hires new partner Sergiy Ignatovsky to join its leading Litigation and Restructuring 

Opinions

Stefan Romaniw: Punish Russia now for its military build-up around Ukraine

Lada Roslycky: Are Ukraine’s new disinformation centers glimmers of hope?

Pavel Baev: Penned in on multiple international issues, Putin strives to show resolve on UkraineEdward Lucas: Putin is testing the West over Ukraine

Kurt Volker: West should act amid Russian military buildup

Christian Mamo: Ukraine targets smuggling, and with it, an unlikely football success story

Diane Francis: We are all Ukrainians

Paul Goble: Foundations of Russian, Ukrainian statehood incompatible

Halya Coynash: A Russian court moves into a new building

Halya Coynash: Crimean Tatar children told their grandparents deserved Stalin’s Deportation

From the archives: Kremlin Terrorism

The past is not the past. The Kremlin’s quest to subjugate Ukraine is a permanent feature of its culture and foreign policy. This edition includes Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 10-point plan to destroy Ukraine.

Read the April 17, 2014 edition