Source: Poroshenko avoids criminal charges in 2 abuse of offices cases
The Prosecutor General refused to approve charges against Poroshenko on Feb. 28 but told the Kyiv Post his office is still reviewing the case.
Ukraine prepares for outbreak as coronavirus reaches its neighbors
Russia, Belarus and Romania have confirmed cases. Officials have tightened sanitary control at borders and are preparing hospitals.
Local elites as entrenched as ever
Corrupt mayors remain in power across Ukraine, signaling President Zelensky may have abandoned promises to root out bad actors. Read this week’s cover story here.
Civic watchdogs urge Zelensky to unblock judicial reform
The judicial reform law initiated by Zelensky to oust tainted judges has been stalled since last year.
With millions invested, mobile number portability fails to shift telecoms market
A year after the the policy’s rollout, only 50,000 mobile users have transferred to another network.
Kyiv Post 25th anniversary series photo review: the year 2004
Look back at the people, issues and events that shaped Ukraine in 2004, the year the Orange Revolution ousted Viktor Yanukovych for the first time.
The week in cartoons
See this week’s cartoons, featuring Serhiy Tigpko’s presidential summons, the “illusion” of Ukraine, recent Coronavirus hysteria and more.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
This week’s cover story highlights four of Ukraine’s mayors (Kyiv mayor Vitaliy Klitschko and Odesa mayor Gennady Turkhanov, who have received recent attention in ‘From the Archives,’ as well as mayors in Dnipro and Kharkiv). Each has abused his position and remains in power despite promises from President Volodymyr Zelensky to fight corruption.
Karkiv mayor Gennady Kernes has long been tied to scandal and corruption. including allegations that he stole as much as $984 million in public funds (charges were never filed) and charges of kidnapping and torturing two EuroMaidan activists in 2014. A court closed that case in 2018 without a verdict.
In Dnipro, Borys Filatov has held sway over the city with his business partner Ihor Kolomoisky for decades before becoming the city’s mayor in 2015. The Kyiv Post profiled Filatov in 2014, who as the then-Deputy Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast took a “merciless” approach against local separatists amid Russia’s war against Ukraine.
