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Business Update

Open Democracy: Why miners in Ukraine’s longest city are holding an underground strike
Interfax: Metinvest places $333 million worth eurobonds at 7.95%
UkrInform: Ukraine-China trade in 2019 amounted to $12.8 billion
UNIAN: World Bank – Investing in human capital top priority for Ukraine
Interfax: Infrastructure Ministry intends to transfer Izmail port to concession
Interfax: Intertop Ukraine to continue cooperation with Kasta marketplace after quarantine
Interfax: New cargo terminal at Boryspil airport will be built within two years
Simple Flying: Ukraine International Airlines adds more international flights

Opinions

Editorial: Great Gongadze
Editorial: Hypocrisy reigns
Illia Ponomarenko: Ukraine’s Friend & Foe of the Week
Paul Goble: Moscow divided on when or even whether Lukashenka must go
Vladimir Socor: Lukashenko holds his own with Putin in Sochi