What we’re watching
- Wednesday, April 14 at 11 a.m. Kyiv time: GOLAW will hold a webinar “Top Mistakes In Privatization: Things Not To Do”. Ukraine hopes to raise $400 million by selling state assets in 2021. Register here.
Top news
- Investigation: A company linked to Kolomoisky embezzles Hr 370 million ($13 million) from Centrenergo
- Finance Ministry plans to launch five new joint projects with the World Bank
- Report: Mergers and acquisitions market slumps in 2020
- Iran indicts 10 individuals in Ukrainian jet downing case
- UK firm reportedly buys 3 wind plants in Odesa Oblast for $88 million
Coronavirus
- Pfizer to supply 10 million doses of vaccines to Ukraine
- COVID-19: 13,276 new cases, 430 new deaths, 12,856 new vaccinations
- Red & green zone countries
- Sign-up for vaccinations in Ukraine
- Financial Times: Bloomberg: COVID-19 vaccine tracker
Kremlin tracker
- Ukraine raises southern territorial defense units to counter Russian threat
- At least 2 Ukrainian soldiers killed in action in Donbas
- Ukraine, France, Germany to discuss conflict In eastern Ukraine
- RFE/RL: Jailed Crimean journalist tells court he was coerced to ‘confess’ on TV
- UkrInform: Russia spreads fakes about murdered children by Ukrainian troops
- Bloomberg: Russia stages mass military drills as Ukraine tensions climb
- Zelensky speaks with NATO’s Stoltenberg
- The Guardian: Ukraine urges NATO to hasten membership as Russian troops gather
Russia’s war against Ukraine turns deadlier
At least 26 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in 2021 defending the nation against Russia’s war in the eastern Donbas, including two men on April 5.
Business
Forbes: Ukraine’s 7 billionaires
Tax incentives for large investment projects enter into force
UNIAN: IMF foresees 4% growth in Ukraine’s economy in 2021
UNIAN: IMF posts hryvnia exchange rate forecast until 2026
Antika: General recommendations for making a decision on acquisition of a land plot for commercial buildings
UNIAN: National Bank extends transition period for e-hryvnia
Interfax: Cost of renting housing in Mykolaiv falls by 27% in Q1 2021 y-o-y, offer halves – association
Interfax: Ukraine appreciates every investor – Razumkov
Interfax: UDP Renewables and Qatar’s Nebras Power sign agreement on investment in RES generation
VoxUkraine: Energy efficiency of residential buildings
Ukrainian retirement age raised to 60 for women
Business Wire
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
Adomas Audickas: How to reform Ukrainian railways
Halya Coynash: Unique Foros landscape park destroyed in CrimeaJudy Dempsey: Bulgaria’s election
Maxim Samorukov: Are Russia and Ukraine sliding into war?
Andrew Rettman: Why does Putin want a Ukraine crisis?
Halya Coynash: Court in Russia ignores torture, abduction, zero evidence
Paul Goble: Russian propaganda has become indistinguishable from its Soviet predecessorStephen Blank: Upgrading Ukraine’s Air Force could deter Russia
Sarah Lain: Russia piles up the pressure on Ukraine
From the archives: Trading With The Enemy
It’s a problem that remains today, more than seven years after Russia launched its war against Ukraine: Many in the West and elsewhere in the world still adopt a business-as-usual attitude towards political and economic relations with the Kremlin.
