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Business Update

Hryvnia – $: 28.4
Reuters: Russia’s Gazprom seeks more capacity to transport gas through Ukraine
Interfax: Ten companies actively involved in agricultural insurance in Ukraine
Interfax: Motor Sich posts Hr 930 million net profit in nine months 2020
Interfax: Ukrposhta sees Hr 60.9 million in net profit, increasing net income by 16% in Jan-Sept
Interfax: Ukrzaliznytsia to end this year with losses of Hr 12-14 billion
Trading Economics: Ukraine’s average monthly salary nears Hr 12,000 ($421) in September

Opinions

Illia Ponomarenko: Ukraine’s Friend & Foe of the Week
Editorial: Disband kangaroo court
Editorial: Play it smart, Ukraine
Vladimir Socor: Geopolitics in Moldova’s presidential election
Emil Avdaliani: Russia’s limited options around Nagorno-Karabakh
Judy Dempsey: Is the US election a make or break for America?
Olesya Khromeychuk: Unifying Ukrainian national identity
Anatoliy Oktysiuk: Is Crimean Platform set to become another ‘Minsk’
Halya Coynash: Dangerous offensive against lawyer defending Crimean Tatar political prisoners
Tim Wu: So, Russia, you want to mess with our voting machines?
Halya Coynash: Head of Constitutional Court concealed illegal purchase of land in Crimea

Kyiv Post 25th Anniversary Series — From The Archives

Is the Fix In?

Fears rise that 15,000 local elections on Oct. 31 will be rigged for the ruling Party of Regions, led by President Viktor Yanukovych. A look at two hot races for mayor of Odesa and Lviv. Op-eds, including one by Yulia Tymoshenko, and editorials condemn the erosion of democracy in Ukraine. Interview with Walid Arfush, who sucks up to Yanukovych.