What we’re watching
- Monday, June 21. It’s a public holiday today in Ukraine — Pentecost or Trinity Day. Here’s the list of public holidays in 2021.
- Wednesday, June 23 at 5 p.m. Kyiv time: US-Ukraine Business Council – A conversation with Kristina A, Kvien, charge d’affaires, U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. Register here.
Top news
Petition to fire Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff collects enough signatures, president must respond
Court headed by graft suspect suspends ruling on Naftogaz CEO
Millionaire transforms birth village with state of the art institutions
Refurbished Mariinsky Palace opens its doors to public again
Swedish-Ukrainian Grain Alliance practices sustainable agriculture
US denies holding up $100 million in military aid for Ukraine
Channel 7 Odesa: Kyiv Post Review. Episode 85
Business
Bloomberg: Ukraine unexpectedly keeps rates stable despite inflation surge
Bloomberg: One of the most fertile nations wants to feed the world
IFC will issue 27 million euros to Kryvy Rih to buy 50 trams, reconstruct track
UkrInform: Zelensky invests almost Hr 2.8 million in domestic government bonds
Voice of America: Turning old Soviet plant into green city space in Ukraine
Opinions
Alexei Bayer: Why Russia is dabbling in terrorism
Yevhen Mahda: Corruption and NATO
Tetiana Shevchuk: Weekly anti-corruption update in Ukraine
Andriy Boytsun: Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly
Wall Street Journal: Biden’s tests for Putin, and vice versa
Aliide Naylor: The pillage of annexed Crimea
Nikolai Polozov: Russia’s vile attempts to discredit the Crimean Tatars must not be kept silent
Paul Goble: US pursues win-win strategies; Russia pursues zero-sum outcomes
Willem Buiter: Ukraine’s choice is corruption or growth
Andreas Umland: The dangers of echoing Russian disinformation on Ukraine
Paul Goble: Real work of Russian opposition will take decades
EuroMaidan Press: Occupied eastern Ukraine is heading for de facto annexation by Russia
Ben Dubow: Putin ally promises humiliated Armenia a better future
Paul Goble: A brief dictionary of Putin newspeak
Karel Hirman: How Ukraine can protect its gas transit after Nord Stream 2
Arshaluis Mghdesyan: Russia looms large over Armenian elections
DiXi Group: What Europe can learn from Ukraine’s gas woes with Russia
Emil Avdaliani: China and Russia build a Central Asian exclusion zone
Alexander Vindman: Putin is still winning
From the archives: Syria & Ukraine: United By War, Russian Atrocities
The Kyiv Post hosts the June 18, 2018, conference “Bringing Peace to Syria & Ukraine,” which highlights the similarities and differences in the Russian wars against both nations, while also offering a plan of action to curb Kremlin aggression.
