Ukraine Digest: Oct. 28 - Oct. 28, 2020

Top news

Coronavirus

Red & green zone countries
Interfax: Liashko says new quarantine restrictions to be considered with 15,000 COVID-19 cases per day

Ukraine on the Brink eco-series

Kyivans protest against Poland’s new abortion policy

As protests spread across Poland against the country’s recent nearly total ban on abortion, hundreds gathered near the Embassy of Poland in Kyiv on Oct. 26 to express their support for women in Poland.

Business Update

Hryvnia – $: 28.4
Interfax: Thanks to online public services Ukrainians can save Hr 1.3 billion annually – Ministry of Digital Transformation
Reuters: Ukraine grain harvesting 84% complete

Opinions

Constanze Stelzenmuller: Germany needs to step up to Europe’s defense
George Barros: Lukashenko will likely outlast ultimatum protests
Halya Coynash: Ex-MP convicted of murder wins in local elections in Ukraine
Halya Coynash: Crimean activist sentenced for social media posts
Bohdan Nahaylo: After 80 days, the Belarusian freedom struggles intensifies
Bohdan Ben: Stability of local elites and Zelensky’s crushing defeat
Paul Goble: Another ancient church recognizes Ukrainian autocephaly
Paul Goble: MI-6 head warned Zelensky there’s a Russian mole in his office
Atlantic Council: 5 big questions as America vote

Kyiv Post 25th Anniversary Series — From The Archives

Tough Times

As Ukraine descended into another economic crisis, it faced a political crisis among its elite. Ukrainian Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk’s love affair with smoking — and the tobacco industry. Profile of nationalist leader Oleh Tyahnybok. Interview with Ukrainian human rights ombudsman Nina Karpacheva. A soft endorsement for Barack Obama’s presidency in 2008 — and it turns out the Kyiv Post overrated his ability to work with the Kremlin, let alone stop Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014.

Read the Oct. 30, 2008 edition