What we’re watching
- Wednesday, March 10, at 3 p.m. Kyiv time: The Kyiv Security Forum, founded by Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation, will present a document “12 Points of Strategic Partnership Between the United States and Ukraine.” Watch here.
- Thursday, March 11 at 4:30 p.m. Kyiv time: U.S.-Ukraine Business Council – A conversation with Anders Aslund – Register here
- Friday, March 12 at 5 p.m. Kyiv time: Atlantic Council: Does Ukraine need the IMF? Register here
Top news
- 5 Ukrainians dead, 39 injured in Poland bus accident (UPDATE)
- Biden faces pressure from Republicans to stop Nord Stream 2
- New York Post: Businessmen accused of Ukraine money laundering gave millions to New York charities
Coronavirus
- Wall Street Journal: Russian disinformation aims to undermine confidence in COVID-19 vaccines
- Reuters: US says Russian-backed outlets spread COVID-19 vaccine ‘disinformation’
- Red & green zone countries
- Sign-up for vaccinations in Ukraine
- Financial Times: Bloomberg: COVID-19 vaccine tracker
Business
Interfax: Vitrenko backs development of electronic biofuel trading platform in UkraineInterfax: Motor Sich President Bohuslayev accuses Chinese partners of refusing to invest
UNIAN: At least 2 Ukrainian MPs hold Russian passports, probe claims
Steel Guru: Metinvest acquires coking coal producer Pokrovske
Business Wire
Opinion
Lesia Dubenko, Pavlo Kravchuk: Ukraine-EU border crossings in urgent need of upgrade
Anders Aslund: Potemkin Putin
Ekaterina Sergatskova: New highways are diversion for COVID-weary Ukraine
Brzezinski, Fried, Vershbow: A rebuttal to Russia’s narrative about the West, grounded in history
Katia Glod: Traffic slowdowns and eye-catching symbols
Kseniia Alekankina, Yana Tkachenko: Vaccination and its safety
Judy Dempsey: Should the coronavirus accelerate European integration?
Washington Post: Biden must learn the right lesson from globalizationWashington Post: The WHO needs to start over in investigating the origins of the coronavirus
Alex Kuzma: Rethinking Shevchenko
Paul Goble: Imprisoning Navalny makes him politically immortal
Nicu Popescu: Why the EU should stop waiting for the Godot of Russian decline
Alexei Bayer: Biden’s two Cold Wars
From the archives: Smoke-Free At Last — Almost
Our top story is “Smoke-Free At Last – Almost” about how Ukraine’s indoor smoking ban is working pretty well nearly three months after it went into effect. Also on the front page:
* A court’s expulsion from parliament of ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s lawyer is drawing heavy criticism.
* An ex-member of parliament gets a four-year reduction in his prison sentence for murder, raising big questions about justice.
We have much more, including all the regular features and an exclusive interview with Fareed Zakara, an exclusive survey of the attitudes of expats in Ukraine, a special four-page Business Focus on agriculture and…Women’s Day then & now.
