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Hryvnia/$: 28.3
Interfax: MPs propose to issue govt domestic loan bonds for UAH 19.6 bln to pay debt for electricity
Interfax: Mobile application to improve development of drone market being developed in Ukraine
Asian Metal: Ukraine imposes anti-dumping duties on China’s steel fasteners

Opinions

Anders Aslund: This is no way to run a railway
Robert A. McConnell: Is the United States conceding Ukraine to China?
George Barros: Russia, Belarus prepare for October exercises
Natalya Lunde, Alexander Morozov: The time to act is now
Steven Pifer: Spinning good news on arms control
Anna Nemtsova: WWIII propaganda meltdown shows Putin is cornered
Andreas Kluth: If we can’t ban nukes, let’s stigmatize them

Leonid Kuchma’s secret trip to Moscow; Black Sea Fleet disputes

Leonid Kuchma criticized for a secret visit to Moscow, after Kremlin imposes 20% VAT on Ukrainian imports, amid disputes over the Black Sea Fleet. Gradobank collapses. Zhuliany airport seeks investors. Businesses exploit the elderly for their apartments. Igor Greenwald, under the Joe Klein pseudonym, with a classic column about prostitution.