- Monday, March 15 at 11 a.m. Kyiv time: American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine — Ukraine business climate survey. Live stream on Facebook
- Monday, March 15 at 4:30 p.m. Kyiv time: Atlantic Council — Free to leave? Independent media in Russia. Register here.
- Tuesday, March 16 at 12 p.m Kyiv time: Internews and UkraineWorld. “Seven years of Russian occupation in Crimea.” Watch here.
- Tuesday, March 16 at 4 p.m. Kyiv time: British-Ukrainian Business Council webinar on agriculture. Contact organizer for more information: stephen.butler@
strategy-council.com - Thursday, March 18 at 4:30 p.m. Kyiv time: U.S.-Ukraine Business Council — An interview with Kurt Volker. Register here.
- Friday, March 19 at 11 a.m. Kyiv time: 4th German-Ukrainian Business Forum. Register here.
- S&P: Ukraine’s economy will grow 4% in 2021
- Forbes updates billionaires list, Akhmetov triples net worth
- Volodymyr Zelensky: ‘Ukraine fights back’
- Zelensky urges unity, calls on governing party to complete reforms
- U.S. senators condemn Russia’s ‘assault’ on RFE/RL
- Red & green zone countries
- Sign-up for vaccinations in Ukraine
- Financial Times: Bloomberg: COVID-19 vaccine tracker
Photos: Winter is over! (We hope)
Even with snow in the backdrop, Ukrainians lit bonfires and ate pancakes to celebrate the end of another winter in the Maslyna celebration.
From the archives: Putin’s Land Grab
The scary aftermath of the EuroMaidan Revolution, which deposed Kremlin-backed President Viktor Yanukovych, came into stark focus with the Russian invasion of the Crimean peninsula. A March 16 sham referendum — held under military occupation — was set to ratify the land grab on March 16, 2014. At the time, Ukraine feared a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. Yulia Marushevska’s “I am a Ukrainian” video goes viral. Who started the Ukraine Crisis Media Center? Editorials: Why does the West fall for Putin’s propaganda? & Solve the murders of the EuroMaidan demonstrators. Dmytro Firtash, notorious oligarch, is arrested in Vienna.
