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Volodymyr Lavrenchuk is chairman of the board of Raiffeisen Bank Aval in Ukraine, the nation’s 5th largest bank with an estimated $1.9 billion in assets and largest foreign lender. Its parent company
Apr. 21, 2017
Movies
Kyiv will roll out the red carpet for some of Ukraine’s biggest film stars this week as the glitz and glamor of Hollywood meet the grit and grace of Ukrainian film on the red carpet outside of the Fai
Apr. 19, 2017
The Pechersk Kyiv Court has arrested Rinat Akhmetov’s shares in monopoly fixed-phone operator Ukrtelecom and its subsidiary TriMob, “protecting the interests of the state and seeking to refund the los
Apr. 14, 2017
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — Oleksandr Senkevych impressed many in November 2015, when he defeated a candidate from the old local elite for mayor of Mykolaiv, a southern provincial capital with a strong pro-Ru
Apr. 13, 2017
People
Ukrainian pop singer Ivan Dorn has found himself in the middle of a scandal after making controversial comments about Russia’s war against Ukraine in an interview with a Russian video blogger. In Dorn
Apr. 13, 2017
Russia-backed separatists continue violating the ceasefire in Donbas, eastern Ukraine; one Ukrainian soldier has been killed in one of such recent attacks on Butivka coal mine, an abandoned facility,
Apr. 13, 2017
Since the beginning of this year, 69 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been killed, more than 420 injured in Donbas, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said. “Only in the course of this
Apr. 12, 2017
Ukraine’s Military Law Enforcement Service is to be reformed into a new military police service in 2017, Major-General Ihor Kryshtun, the acting head of the service, said during a briefing on April 11
Apr. 12, 2017
Obolon district court of Kyiv sentenced Ruslan Onyshchenko, the ex-commander of disbanded Tornado special task force unit, which operated within the Interior Ministry of Ukraine in Luhansk region, his
Apr. 8, 2017
A Ukrainian startup may have created the successor to the hugely popular Lego and Meccano toys. The startup has come up with an ingenious toy made of small plastic cubes with built-in magnets that all
Apr. 6, 2017
The Russia-backed separatists opened fire on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the populated area of the Butovka mine, Donetsk region, one soldier was killed in the attack, the headquar
Apr. 3, 2017
Name: Emil Kurbedinov Position: Private lawyer Key Point: Helping Crimean Tatars fight persecution Crimean Tatar Emil Kurbedinov, a 35-year-old lawyer, has defended several prominent Crimean Tatar act
Apr. 3, 2017
Ukraine’s military prosecutor’s office has issued a suspicion notice to the Russian Major General Aleksey Zavizyon, commander of the 41st military army of the Central Military District of the Russian
Mar. 27, 2017
Exiled Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov, 45, was assassinated in front of Kyiv’s Premier Palace Hotel on March 23, the police said, in a gruesome shootout on a busy street corner in the center in Kyi
Mar. 23, 2017
Ukrainians are taking to social media to post pictures of themselves holding a sheet of paper with #FreeKozlovskyy written on it – a campaign to raise awareness of the plight of an academic held in a
Mar. 20, 2017
For a country at war, Ukraine exports a lot of weapons. However, the country sells fewer than it did before Russia launched its war on Ukraine in 2014, seizing Crimea and instigating violence in the e
Mar. 16, 2017
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Ukrainian forces repelled a major Russian offensive in Kursk, destroying a battalion, 28 armored vehicles, and inflicting over 200 casualties on Russia.
Nov. 12