What we’re watching
- Tuesday, April 27 at 11 a.m. Kyiv time: GOLAW – Litigation in Ukraine: What should business know? Register here.
- Thursday, April 29 at 5 p.m. Kyiv time: US-Ukraine Foundation – Nuclear Ukraine: From the Atoms for War to the Atoms for Peace and Back; discussion with Serhii Plokhii. Register here.
- Thursday, April 29 at 5 p.m. Kyiv time: US-Ukraine Business Council — Moving Ukraine’s GDP Growth to 8%. Register here
Kremlin tracker
- After stoking crisis, Kremlin says it will pull troops back from Ukraine borders
- Zelensky: Ukraine & Russia ‘look to the future differently’
- Russia declares troop withdrawal from Ukraine’s borders
- Thousands of Navalny supporters protest in Russia; at least 1,700 arrests (PHOTOS)
Other news
- French BlaBlaCar acquires Octobus to digitize local bus operators
- Poroshenko ally’s son wanted in defense corruption case
- New online guide spotlights sights in Kyiv Oblast, offers virtual tours
- Getting about Kyiv with electric scooters, bikes
- Where to buy traditional Easter bread in Kyiv
- Court hands win to Rozhkova, Sologub against NBU council
Coronavirus
- Red & green zone countries
- Sign-up for vaccinations in Ukraine
- Financial Times: Bloomberg: COVID-19 vaccine tracker
Kyiv Post Cartoons
Business
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IT firm Intetics taps into post-Soviet technical talent since early internet
Ukraine’s largest tech firm EPAM works with Google, Epic Games
Founded 30 years ago, ELEKS develops software for Fortune 500 companies
Business Wire
Agro-Investment: Ukraine’s Bridge to the Western World
Law firm Arzinger announces new Partner
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
Iryna Venediktova: The importance of combating crimes that harm our planet
Alexander Query: Ukraine’s Friend & Foe of the Week
Mikheil Saakashvili: How to revolutionize Ukraine’s education system
Dmytro Sennychenko: Ukraine moves closer to large-scale privatization breakthrough
Peter Dickinson: Putin withdraws troops but Russo-Ukrainian War continues
Paul Goble: Moscow again focusing on Rusins of western Ukraine
New York Times: Putin’s tough talk
Aura Sabadus: Nord Stream 2 threat
Mark Episkopos: Could Ukraine’s military stop Russia in a war?
Anna Nemtsova: Russia plunges into era of ‘dictatorship’
Paul Goble: Kremlin’s fear is that protests will undermine state administration
Diane Francis: Ukraine, Taiwan, and the bulliesAnne Applebaum: Navalny is showing Russia what courage is
Halya Coynash: Crimean Tatar Editor sentenced for publishing UN report on human rights in Crimea
Halya Coynash: Ukraine is illegally deporting activist to Belarus to face persecution
Konstantin Eggert: Putin counts on the EU to help him again
Mateusz Kubiak: Ukraine teams up with Qatar in the gas sector
From the archives: Oligarch Watch
Now that Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed down from now, we shift our attention to Ukraine’s other war — the one against corruption, the one to de-oligarchize Ukraine’s politics and economy. The Kyiv Post’s Oligarch Watch series is a good place to start.
