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What we’re watching
- 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/$: 28.2
- Kravchuk: Without local elections in Donbas, Russia will block peace talks
- Finance Minister Marchenko: It’s ‘normal’ to spend COVID-19 fund on road repairs
- European officials warn Ukraine risks losing visa-free regime, 1.5 billion euros
- Yermak: Elections in Donbas can only be held after full deoccupation
- Olympics will go on — with or without COVID-19
- The Atlantic: The inside story of why Mueller failed
Business Update
Kenyan News: Global banks launder money from corrupt and terrorists: investigation
BuzzFeed News: We got our hands on thousands of secret documents
Irish Times: The billion dollar a month money trail
BBC: Sanctioned Putin associate ‘laundered millions’ through Barclays
ICIJ: Unchecked by global banks, dirty cash destroys dreams and lives
Opinions
Olga Magaletska: What Ukrainian business needs today
Andreas Umland: Are the lambs not that silent, after all?
Andy Hunder: Ukraine’s 2 new angels will be missed
Alexei Bayer: Nous ne sommes plus Américains
Glen Grant: US troops to Poland need to take Suwalki gap seriously
Sergii Leshchenko: Why incumbent mayors are set to win in big cities
The Ukrainian Weekly: Foreign heroes of Ukraine
Paul Goble: More than 60% of Russians consider the country unjust
