What we’re watching
- Thursday, March 25 at 4 p.m. Kyiv time: U.S-Ukraine Business Council – A dialogue on the key business, economic, civil society, legal reform, and democracy-building issues. Register here
- Wednesday, March 31 at 4 p.m. Kyiv time: Kyiv Post Legal Talks — “Ukraine’s Mountain of Bad Debt: How to Collect?” Watch live here
Top news
- Despite Swedish institute’s claim, Ukraine says it stopped selling weapons to Russia
- Venice Commission urges appointment of Constitutional Court judges with foreigners’ help
- Official data: Ukraine’s economy down by 4% in 2020
- German foreign direct investment in Ukraine reaches $1.7 billion
- Ukraine makes list of world’s most innovative countries — but barely
- Cyberpolice uncover $5.4 million pyramid scheme
- Most Ukrainians support joining EU – poll
- RFE/RL: Ukraine sanctions dozens of Russian officials, entities
Coronavirus
- Ukraine introduces mandatory PCR tests for arriving foreigners
- Government makes masks mandatory outdoors in ‘red zones,’ including Kyiv
- COVID-19 in Ukraine: 11,476 new cases, 333 new deaths, 121,928 total vaccinations
- Red & green zone countries
- Sign-up for vaccinations in Ukraine
- Financial Times: Bloomberg: COVID-19 vaccine tracker
Podcast: Crimean Solidarity and how publicity saves lives
Last week marked the 7-year anniversary of the fraudulent referendum Russia held within newly invaded and occupied Crimea. Since then, those who speak out against the Russian regime or show support for Ukraine are immediately silenced and jailed. The indigenous community, Muslim Crimean Tatars, are not the only ones to be persecuted by the Russians in Crimea. But they represent a staggeringly high percentage of those targeted, compared to their 13% pre-occupation share of the peninsula’s population. Pro-Ukrainian supporters, journalists, and those simply “liking” the wrong post on Facebook have been persecuted, arrested, and deported.
Business
Interfax: Dragon Capital raises $12.5 million from EBRD to refinance Business Center Grand, Diana Lux Logistic, Terminal Kharkiv warehouses
Advisor’s Edge: Investment-grade debt offers attractive risk-adjusted returns: survey
Business Wire
Lactalis in Ukraine: 25 years of sustainable development
Ukreximbank uses full array of financial tools to support agricultural business
Opinion
Halya Coynash: Russia launches attack on Crimean Tatar eldersHalya Coynash: Ukrainian tortured in Donetsk concentration campJohn C. K. Daly: Ukraine to license-build US helicopters for its Armed Forces
Tetiana Shevchuk: Weekly anti-corruption update in Ukraine
John Herbst: Returning the US-Ukraine relationship to normalcy
Judy Dempsey: Why Europe need not fail over human rights
Constanze Stelzenmuller: Nord Stream 2 impasse threatens transatlantic ties
Katia Glod, David Elseroad: Brutality in Belarus
Honest History
One of the Kyiv Post’s most compelling and timeless series of stories was our 13-part Honest History project. It was possible with the financial support of the Black Sea Trust, part of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. It’s well worth checking out.
https://archive.kyivpost.com/hot/honest-history
