You're reading: Ukraine Digest: April 21

 

What we’re watching 

  • Wednesday, April 21 at 12 noon Kyiv time: Vladimir Putin gives his 17th annual state of the nation address
  • Wednesday, April 21 at 1 p.m. Kyiv time:  Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce — “Bad business: going through the crisis with a financially troubled company.” Register here.
  • Wednesday, April 21 at 5 p.m. Kyiv time: Columbia University’s Harriman Institute. Strengthening Ukraine’s Sovereignty Through Sustainable Ant-Corruption. Register here.
  • Thursday, April 22 at 5 p.m. Kyiv time: US-Ukraine Business Council — Development of extractive industries in Ukraine. Register here.
  • Tuesday, April 27 at 11 a.m. Kyiv time: GOLAW – Litigation in Ukraine: What should business know? Register here.

Top news

Kremlin tracker

Coronavirus

Photos: Ukraine’s military and police practice drills near Mariupol 

On April 19, Ukraine launched large-scale anti-terror drills and inspections for all of its military and security bodies in most regions, amid the acute security crisis caused by Russia’s massive military buildup near Ukraine’s borders.

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Business

28 hryvnia = $1

Interfax: Guaranteed Buyer pays RES generation Hr 1.7 billion in April; owes Hr 18 billion

Interfax: Intergal-Bud cooperates with Kredobank under Affordable Mortgage 7% program

Interfax: Ukraine, U.S. agree on the possible expansion of geography of flights between countries after pandemic – Infrastructure Ministry

Interfax: Ukroboronprom plans to create industrial park at Mykolaiv shipyard

Global Times: US may replace Ukraine as China’s top source of corn in 2021: experts

Business Wire

Four ways to invest in Ukraine’s infrastructure

Law firm Arzinger announces new appointments

Ukreximbank works as exclusive partner in large-scale infrastructure projects

Big Four audit, consulting firm EY announces its upcoming country leadership change

Opinions

Tetiana Shevchuk: Weekly anti-corruption update in Ukraine

Agiya Zagrebelska: Oligarchic remote control of Ukraine

Paul Roderick Gregory: Limited sanctions, no summit

Washington Post: To save Navalny, go after Putin’s enablers

Ilona Sologoub: Subsidizing childcare is profitable for governments

Kenneth Roth: The last chance to save Navalny

Grigory Ioffe: An alarming twist in the political crisis of Belarus

Halya Coynash: Terrorism charges for supporting Ukraine in Russia

Halya Coynash: Russia remakes trial of Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader

From the archives: Donetsk/Odesa

May 2014 was a rough one, as Russia escalated its war in various parts of Ukraine after illegally annexing the Crimean peninsula following a military invasion. The same editorial could be written today as it was in the May 7, 2014, edition, headlined “Stop Putin.”

Read the May 7, 2014 edition