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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 required of public servants and a reduction in powers for the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption. Earlier, the court ruled as unconstitutional enabling 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
- As Zelensky seeks to fire the Constitutional Court, experts look for alternative solutions
- Zelensky calls on his party to fire Constitutional Court; blames Medvedchuk, Kolomoisky factions
- Constitutional Court to consider decision that threatens Ukraine’s banking system
- Oleksandr Danylyuk supports Zelensky’s drive to dissolve Constitutional Court
- Sources: Judicial conspiracy laid groundwork for Constitutional Court’s rebellion
- Bohdan Nahaylo: Courting crisis or averting a veiled attempted coup d’état?
- President’s official statement
- Interfax: Maintaining anti-corruption institutions is essential commitment under IMF-supported program
- Reuters: Zelensky warns of “bloody chaos” if anti-graft laws not restored
- Interfax: Constitutional Court’s head does not appear for questioning on Monday
- Anti-graft watchdog: Russian research center owns rich salt deposits in Donbas
- Ukrainian Dialogue speakers talk Zelensky, reforms and US election
- Ukrinform: October was warmest in Kyiv in the past 140 years
- UNIAN: Ukraine cuts consular fees for single-entry e-visa to $20
- Red & green zone countries
- American pharmaceutical company may conduct COVID-19 vaccine testing in Ukraine
- Health ministry to set up mobile hospital in Kyiv Palace of Sports
- Wall Street Journal: Europe considers new idea about who should get tested for Covid – everybody
- Interfax: Hospital bed occupancy with COVID-19 patients exceeds 67% in Ukraine
- Ukraine opens call center for combating COVID-19
Belarusians defy police in Nov. 1 march to end Lukashenko’s dictatorship
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports from Minsk that security forces in the Belarusian capital detained more than 200 people in the latest anti-government protest fueled by the disputed Aug. 9 presidential election. Thousands of demonstrators took part on Nov. 1 in marches in Minsk as part of almost daily protests demanding Alexander Lukashenko’s resignation and a new vote.
Business Update
Hryvnia – $: 28.6
Interfax: Pandemic accelerates business digitalization
Ukraine Economic Factsheet
Ukrainian Journal: Germany offers 20 million euros to reform coal sector
Ukrinform: Ukraine’s tourism agency, Google to work on digitalization
Opinions
Gennady Rudkevich: What’s next for protesters in Belarus?
Halya Coynash: Constitutional Court sabotages Ukraine’s anti-corruption reform
Anti-Corruption Action Center: Analysis of the CCU’s decision
Halya Coynash: Police attempt to arrest mother of Crimean Tatar prisoner
Tetiana Shevchuk: Nov. 2 weekly anti-corruption update
Brian Mefford: Winners and losers of Ukraine’s local elections
Olivier Dupuis, Carmelo Palma: Trial of Vitaly Markiv exemplifies what’s wrong with Italian justice
Kyiv Post 25th Anniversary Series — From The Archives
Secret State
Election observers criticize the Oct. 31 vote as undemocratic. Ukraine’s secret state is the top story as Ukrainian government officials deny citizens basic information about how their money is spent. Police harass merchants at the Troyeshchyna market. Viktor Yanukovych hires spin doctors. World in Ukraine features India. U.S. Marines have a ball.
