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- This week: The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, is expected to consider President Volodymyr Zelensky’s proposals to dismiss the 15-member Constitutional Court and nullify its rulings attacking the nation’s anti-corruption infrastructure, including the removal of criminal liability for illegal enrichment, elimination of an asset registry by public officials and a reduction in powers for the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption. Earlier, the court ruled as unconstitutional key parts of the 2015 legislation forming the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and declared the appointment of its head, Artem Sytnyk, as illegal.
- Nov. 4 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 am. European Business Association/Kyiv Post Energy Talk. Livestream on Kyiv Post website, Facebook page, and YouTube. Guests include: Kyrylo Kryvolap, adviser to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal; Erik Svedahl, ambassador of Norway in Ukraine; Oleksandr Kharchenko, managing director, Energy Industry Research Center; Alexander McWhorter, CEO, Citibank.
- Nov. 5 at 8 a.m. Washington/3 p.m. Kyiv time. Atlantic Council Global Energy Center. Energy Source Innovation Stream Register here.
- Nov; 5 at 11:30 a.m. Washington/6:30 p.m. Kyiv time. Atlantic Council: Why is reform so hard in Ukraine? Register here
- Responding to GRECO, Venice Commission heads, anti-graft agency slams Constitutional Court
- Presidents of Venice Commission, GRECO speak against Zelensky’s bill to dismiss Constitutional Court
- Ukrainian boxer Usyk defeats British heavyweight Chisora
- Chinese firm to build $1 billion wind farm in Ukraine
- UkrInform: IMF reacts to the Constitutional Court’s decision
Coronavirus
From Ukraine With Love podcast: Democracy Dies Here?
Two corrupt courts working in tandem — the Constitutional Court and Kyiv City Administrative Court ruled by Judge Pavlo Vovk — have delivered serious blows to Ukraine’s anti-corruption drive.
Joined by Oleksiy Sorokin, hosted by Elina Kent.
Business Update
Hryvnia – $: 28.4
UkrInform: Ukrainian exports showed sufficient resilience to crisis in 2020
UkrInform: Chernihiv region plans to spend over Hr 23 million on tourism development
UNIAN: Senior tax official detained on major bribe
Opinions
Volodymyr Zelensky: Ukraine courts cannot be allowed to throw out anti-corruption gains
Alexei Bayer: American stagnation comes to an end
Srishti Gummaraju: Internalized capitalism is the plague of the 21st century
Wall Street Journal: The Bidens and Tony Bobulinski
EuroMaidan Press: Do not forget murdered council deputy Volodymyr Rybak
