Top 30 Under 30
Name: Anastasia Topolskaia Age: 29 Education: Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade Profession: DJ Did you know? The Closer art club in Kyiv’s Podil district holds the Strichka Festival t
Dec. 1, 2016
Top 30 Under 30
Name: Anna Rizatdinova Age: 23 Education: Deriugina School of Gymnastics Profession: Gymnast Did you know? Her first trainers didn’t think she would become a successful gymnast. Anna Rizatdinova, at
Dec. 1, 2016
Top 30 Under 30
Name: Yulia Marushevska Age: 27 Education: historian, linguist; Taras Shevchenko National University, Stanford University Profession: Ex-head of Odesa Customs Service Did you know? Her motto is “Never
Dec. 1, 2016
Top 30 Under 30
Name: Yulia Sanina Age: 26 Education: Taras Shevchenko National University, specialist in folklore Profession: lead singer in The Hardkiss Did you know? The Hardkiss began as a musical duo called “Val
Dec. 1, 2016
Top 30 Under 30
Name: Daria Kaleniuk Age: 29 Education: Law, The Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University in Kharkiv Profession: Executive director of the Anti-Corruption Action Center Did you know? Her dream is that
Dec. 1, 2016
Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction lawmakers Mustafa Nayyem, Svitlana Zalishchuk, and Sergii Leshchenko have been excluded from the list of the new Democratic Alliance political party’s upper leadership. I
Nov. 20, 2016
The early snowfalls this year have set many minds to thinking already of the festive season, and options for the upcoming winter holidays. The ski resorts in Ukraine’s Carpathian mountains will be on
Nov. 10, 2016
Nigel Farange hailed Donald Trump’s shock election victory as ‘bigger than Brexit’ this morning as he caught the first flight to America to congratulate his Republican ally. The UK Independece Party l
Nov. 9, 2016
Mikheil Saakashvili, the governor of Odesa Oblast and ex-president of Georgia, submitted his resignation on Nov. 7. Saakashvili, who became governor in May 2015, attributed his resignation to what he
Nov. 7, 2016
As the deadline for Ukrainian officials to file online asset declarations nears, around 50,000 top public officials, including civil servants, politicians and judges, have already submitted informatio
Oct. 30, 2016
As the war in Ukraine’s east raged in June 2014, a senior adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin was briefed on ways to counter a Ukrainian government economic blockade of the newly created “sepa
Oct. 28, 2016
Whether out of honesty or arrogance, Ihor Kolomoisky has revealed the corrupt ways of Ukraine’s oligarchy, in which a tiny elite thrive at the nation’s expense. “His entire business…is based on a conf
Oct. 28, 2016
The internet in the least-populous member of the European Union, Estonia, has one of the highest penetration rates in the world. Moreover, Estonians make much broader use of it than in other countries
Oct. 28, 2016
Daniel Bilak, Managing Partner of CMS Cameron McKenna in Kyiv, appointed as Chief Investment Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine and Director of Ukraine Investment Promotion Office by the Cabinet
Oct. 27, 2016
“Are you tired of loans? Does it feel like your life is over? Come to us,” touts one of the countless advertisements for surrogate mothers posted on social networks and job search websites in Ukraine.
Oct. 22, 2016
Ukraine’s richest man has lost more than half of his net worth since the EuroMaidan Revolution nearly three years ago, but he’s been able to straddle extreme political divides: keeping his influence i
Oct. 20, 2016
The murder of Arseniy Pavlov known as Motorola, the commander of a Donetsk-based unit of Russian-backed mercenaries, made international headlines on Oct. 16. Pavlov was only one of many separatist lea
Oct. 17, 2016
Russian mercenary Arseniy Pavlov, better known as Motorola, was killed in an explosion in Donetsk on Oct. 16. Separatist authorities confirmed Pavlov’s death. Denis Pushilin, the speaker of the separa
Oct. 16, 2016
Billionaire Victor Pinchuk is Ukraine’s most renowned philanthropist, spending $125 million on many worthy causes. But no matter how much he tries to improve his reputation, few can forget how he made
Oct. 14, 2016
See also: Pinchuk – Friend Or Foe of Ukraine? See also: For this oligarch, owning 3 TV stations is way to help friends, warn enemies Billionaire Victor Pinchuk says that he left politics, in part by n
Oct. 14, 2016