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Coronavirus
  • Red & green zone countries
  • UNIAN: Zelensky announces promised bailout for businesses
  • UNIAN: Full lockdown should be introduced on Christmas holidays in Ukraine
  • RFE/RL: Ukrainian doctors say situation critical after COVID-19 spike
  • Interfax: Introduction of strict quarantine is possible with threat of medical system collapse
  • UNIAN: Experts tell when pandemic could start declining in Ukraine
  • UNIAN: CEO of Ukraine’s Pivdenne space giant dies of COVID-19

Barcelona beats Dynamo Kyiv 4-0

Barcelona’s Danish forward Martin Braithwaite (L) challenges Dynamo Kyiv’s Ukrainian defender Illia Zabarnyi during the UEFA Champions League group G football match between Dynamo Kyiv and Barcelona at Olympic Stadium in Kyiv on Nov. 24, 2020. (AFP)
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Business Update

Hryvnia – $: 28.4
Interfax: BofA downgrades Ukraine’s economic decline in 2020 to 5.2%, growth in 2021 to 4.5%
Ukrinform: IMF evaluates tax policy in Ukraine
Ukrinform: Ukraine’s retail trade turnover grows 7.3% – State Statistics Service
Ukraine International Airlines to add second London route

Opinions

George Woloshyn: Biden’s choice for secretary of state
New York Times: A great election, against all odds
Halya Coynash: Model concentration camp deployed in Russia
Halya Coynash: Ukrainian political prisoner in Crimea
Vladislav Inozemtsev: Ukraine must study the economic foundations of Azerbaijan’s military success
Edward Lucas: Deus ex machina
Paul Goble: Soviet special services reinforced Politburo’s view of the world
Pavel Baev: Rediscovered moderation a poor fit for Putinist policy

Kyiv Post 25th Anniversary Series — From The Archives

Ukraine’s Entry To Civilized World Falls Short 
Oleh Yeltsov: Judicial system is far from Western standards. “Ukraine has only two branches of power — the executive and the legislative,” said Vasyl Bilousenko, chairman of the Ukrainian
Judges Council. Kyiv Post starts quarterly telephone directory. Teachers threaten strike over budget cuts. Yuriy Yekhanurov on State Property Fund goals.