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What we’re watching
- Oct. 15 at 12 p.m. Washington/7 p.m. Kyiv time: Renew Democracy Initiative hosts a webinar “How Does Democracy Die?” Register here.
- Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. Washington/Oct. 16 1 a.m. Kyiv time: Webinar “Ukrainian Dialogue: Zelensky’s first year leading up to America’s presidential election.” Ambassador of Ukraine to the U.S. Volodymyr Yelchenko, member of parliament Solomiia Bobrovska, and Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner. Register here.
- Oct. 17 at 3 p.m. Kyiv time: Ukrainian World Congress First Virtual Forum “United by Ukraine.” More information here. Media contact: olha.domanska@
ukrainianworldcongress.org
Business Update
$1= Hr 28.3
Interfax: IMF improves assessment of Ukraine’s GDP fall in 2020 to 7.2%, growth to 3% in 2021
Interfax: Nova Poshta creates own epidemiological service
Interfax: BoFA analysts admit delay in reviewing SBA for Ukraine, provision of new tranche late 2020 or early 2021
Interfax: Kyiv airport reduces passenger traffic by 70.1% in nine months
Opinions
Bohdan Nahaylo: Ukraine’s pro-Russian forces plotting winter of discontent
Bate C Toms: Britain and Ukraine unveil new strategic partnership
Members of the Ukrainian parliament: Putin’s pipeline is a strategic weapon. It must be stopped
EUvsDisinfo: MH17, what happened since March?
Edward Lucas: We need politics, not more open letters
Erica Marat: The incredible resilience of Kyrgyzstan
Christine Chraibi: ‘Holocaust Disneyland’
Gwendolyn Sasse: Lukashenko’s cynical overtures to Belarus’s opposition
Mason Clark, Ezgi Yazici: Status quo in Nagorno-Karabakh
Halya Coynash: Belarus threatens to use lethal force against protesters
Halya Coynash: Zelensky’s dangerous judicial reform
Kyiv Post 25th Anniversary Series — From The Archives
The headlines 22 years ago
Prime Minister Valeriy Pustovoitenko under pressure. IMF tells Kyiv to default on treasury bills. The booming business for security guards. Ukrainians left in cold until heat is turned on in mid-October. Ukraine’s defense budget: $440 million. Jaroslav Koshiw op-ed on the unlikelihood of a Ukrainian BBC. Vox Populi: What do you think of the Clinton-Lewinsky affair.
