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What we’re watching
- Sept. 15-16: Zelensky to visit Austria
- Sept. 23 at 10 a.m./5 p.m. Kyiv time. The Atlantic Council is hosting “Bankova breakdown? Ukraine’s summer of economic shock.” Register here.
- Hryvnia: 27.9
- Why authorities are trying to kill key Rotterdam+ investigation
- Vovk tapes reveal corruption as lifeblood of Ukrainian law enforcement
- Activists protest Zelensky’s policy on Donbas, claim he gives in to Russia (PHOTOS)
- Kolomoisky’s company wins bid for UMH media holding
- IMF says further lending depends on anti-graft bodies’ independence
- Entertainment Guide Sept. 11-20
- Ukraine on the Brink: Episode 1 and Episode 2
- Washington Post: Republican-led probe of Biden, Ukraine nears a close
- In Belarus, Lukashenko returns to violence, Soviet-style deportations to crush opposition
- RFE/RL: ‘Lukashenko knows state apparatus is against him’
- Financial Times: Maria Kolesnikova, the opposition leader who would not budge
Kyiv Post Podcast: From Ukraine, With Love
The weekly news in a matter of minutes with Elina Kent & Alex Query.
Business Update
UNIAN: Prospects for Ukrainian currency by end of turbulent year
Reuters: Ukraine says US company refuses cooperate over LNG supply deal
Interfax: Ukraine’s energy minister expects first ‘green’ auctions in 2021
Interfax: Naftogaz transfers Hr 92.5 billion ($3.3 billion) to the state budget in eight months
Interfax: Ukrzaliznytsia pays Hr 16.4 billion ($570 million) taxes and fees in eight months of 2020
Interfax: Shmyhal initiates extending area of irrigated land in Ukraine
Interfax: NSDC signs cooperation memo with International Foundation for Electoral Systems
Interfax: Multifunctional e-sports arena to be built in Kyiv for $40 million- Natus Vincere creator
Ukrinform: Kuleba proposes World Tourism Organization hold international forum in Ukraine
Ukraine’s film The Earth is Blue as an Orange wins Grand Prix
Politico: Why Germany can’t say no to Nord Stream
Opinions
Alexei Bayer: How America won the Cold War—and lost the peace
Illia Ponomarenko: Ukraine’s Friend & Foe of the Week
Editorial: Kremlin won’t help
Editorial: Danger in the air
George Barros: Lukashenko resists Moscow’s pressure for economic integration
Hans Midttun: Zelensky is solving the wrong war
Peter Zwack: How Russia’s election meddling could backfire on Putin
Rosa Balfour: European foreign policy after Brexit
Alexander Baunov: Where Navalny’s poisoning is taking Russia
Halya Coynash: Court orders to retract testimony in Yanukovych trial
Halya Coynash: Ukrainian hostage slashes his wrists in protest
Kyiv Post 25th Anniversary Series — From The Archives
Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko hopes to revive stalled lending program from International Monetary Fund. State to subsidize some print media. Carlos Pasqual replaces Steven Pifer as U.S. ambassador.
