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- Today at 3 p.m. Kyiv time (Wednesday, July 1), I will be moderating a webinar on “Crimea: COVID-19 and new challenges to human rights.” It is organized by the Oslo, Norway-based Human Rights House Foundation. For more information and registration, go to the organization’s Facebook page.
- A reminder to register for the American Independence Day raffle, 11 a.m. on July 3, with the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine.
Coronavirus news
- EU keeps its borders closed to Ukraine
- UNIAN: Health minister names cause behind ban on Ukrainians’ entry to EU
- Ukrinform: Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany) lays off half of its staff
- UNIAN: Health minister predicts new COVID-19 outbreak after weekend in Odesa
Top news
- Zelensky’s office hiding how it spends oligarchs’ donations to fight COVID-19
- Washington Post: For months, Trump allies hunted for tapes of Biden in Ukraine
- Washington Post: Top aides to Zelensky outline plans to make tape leaks illegal
- Ukrinform: 8 Crimean providers completely block 30 Ukrainian news sites
- UNIAN: Poll says Zelensky’s approval rating in Ukraine slides to 38%
- US: Muskie program adapts for online interns
Photos: Students protest acting Minister of Education Serhiy Shkarlet
On June 30, nearly 200 students came to the President’s Office to protest against the appointment of acting Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Serhiy Shkarlet, a supporter of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, brought down by the EuroMaidan Revolution in 2014. Shkarlet also was once accused of plagiarism of his doctoral thesis Since 2010, he was rector of Chernihiv National University of Technology.
Business Update
Interfax-Ukraine: Demand at government bond auctions falls by 69%
Interfax-Ukraine: Zelensky supports the replacement of profit tax by exit capital tax, Saakashvili says
Interfax-Ukraine: National Reforms Council supports revolutionary customs reform, Saakashvili says
Interfax-Ukraine: IKEA starts audit of wood suppliers in Ukraine
Opinions
Timothy Ash: Russia, which helped Trump win in 2016, could cost him reelection
Richard Arnold: Northern Ukraine’s vulnerable Sumy Oblast
Liliane Bivings: Avakov under fire over police reform failures
Dmitry Durnev: In Donbas, coronavirus is pushing people ever further apart
Andrew Wood: Can Putin retain control?
Judy Dempsey: Poland’s retreat from Europe
Halya Coynash: Russia persecutes 90-year-old Jehovah’s Witness
Halya Coynash: Crimean Tatar leader on trial for a museum exhibit
Kyiv Post 25th Anniversary Series — From the Archives
Kyiv Post’s deep dive into Ukraine’s epic banking disaster
This is what independent journalism is all about: Covering the important stories that authorities want to be swept under the rug. Ukraine’s $20 billion+ banking scandal — robbery from the nation’s taxpayers — is as relevant today as it was on July 1, 2016, when the Kyiv Post devoted its regular edition to “Ukraine’s Epic Banking Scandal” and its Legal Quarterly to what was then “Ukraine’s $11.4 billion bank robbery.”
