What we’re watching
- Thursday, March 18 at 5 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.
Top news
- Austria’s chancellor allegedly uses Ukrainian oligarch Firtash’s private jet
- Intelligence report names Ukrainian Kremlin agents who meddled in US election
- Ukrzaliznytsia CEO Zhmak fired, accused of lobbying Akhmetov’s interests
- Court ruling may end Ukraine’s biggest judicial corruption case
- Supreme Court reinstates one of Ukraine’s most notorious judges in her job
- Bihus.Info: Hr 600 million spent on potentially useless military software
- Ukraine registers 20% fewer businesses in 2020
- Sparking outrage, Russian chopper reportedly violates Ukrainian airspace (VIDEO)
- Exotic fruit import reaches $800 million amid pandemic
Coronavirus
- Lviv introduces lockdown, Kyiv to follow within days
- Russia accused of attacking AstraZeneca vaccine to promote its own
- Al Jazeera: COVID-19 on the frontlines of Ukraine’s war
- Red & green zone countries
- Sign-up for vaccinations in Ukraine
- Financial Times: Bloomberg: COVID-19 vaccine tracker
Renewable Energy: The Future of Ukraine
Kyiv Post Legal Talks focused on the problems and potential of renewable energy. The sector’s rapid development is essential to reaching Ukraine’s pledge to join 126 other nations in eliminating greenhouse-gas emissions warming the planet by 2050. The discussion featured acting Energy Minister Yuriy Vitrenko (pictured with Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner, who served as moderator); member of parliament Inna Sovsun; Oleksiy Feliv, managing director of Integrites law firm; Maris Kunickis, head of DTEK Renewables; Magnus Johansen, vice president of NBT Ukraine; and Adrien Fouchet, country manager of Eurocape.
Business
Bne IntelliNews: Ukraine still importing power from Belarus, despite promise to break ties
Interfax: AMCU fines Tedis Ukraine for Hr 274 million, company to appeal decision in court
Interfax: Zelensky’s deputy expects 5.1% GDP growth in 2021
Business Wire
Opinions
Andreas Umland: How to approach Navalny’s rise?
Paul Goble: Moscow’s play against pro-Western Moldovan president
Paul Goble: Moscow will annex Donbas if Ukraine makes a military move
Halya Coynash: Russian court removes Crimean Tatar political prisoners for language
From the archives: Legal Pot
Ukrainians find a legal hallucinogenic herb to smoke. Talks with International Monetary Fund stall — again. Valery Khoroshkovsky says he’s perfect as deputy head of the Security Service of Ukraine, known as SBU, which raided Naftogaz.
