EU-Ukraine free trade agreement, one year after: trade grows by 10%
Overall, Ukraine is making good progress in the implementation of the treaty and work is mostly on track.…
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World Bank forecasts slight increase in Ukraine’s GDP growth rate in 2018
In the latest economic data released by the World Bank (WB), a marked improvement has been projected for…
How well off is the average Russian, anyway?
In response to a recent article on prospects for the Russian economy (Russia: All Scenarios Are Bad in…
Ukraine signs deal on integrating into European energy grid
Ukraine’s energy system has a chance to dump its dependency on Russia and synchronize its work with the…
Ukraine’s Growing Caviar Market Is Just Starting to Thrive
Black caviar is not cheap. A 100-g can of caviar can cost up to 100 dollars. It is…
Russia and its authoritarian friends lag increasingly behind its free enemies, Illarionov says
Not only are the countries Russians identify as friendly more likely to be authoritarian and poor than those…
First oyster farm in mainland Ukraine plans to ramp up production
Skifian Oyster, the first oyster farm in mainland Ukraine, appeared in 2014. The name refers to Scythia, the…
Alternative Energy is Rapidly Developing in Ukraine
Ukraine’s favorable geographic position contributes to the development of alternative energy. In the next few years, work will…
Economic separation of Donbas “republics” from Ukraine likely to create more economic woes
The severing of economic links between the areas controlled by separatists and the government in Ukraine’s Donetsk and…
Chornobyl Exclusion Zone to be Home to Safe Solar Power
April 26th will be the 31st anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. For that time, most of the…
US sanctions on Russia effective, don’t hurt American economy, report finds
A new independent report released on 22 March 2017 shows that US sanctions against Russia’s aggression in Ukraine have…
Three years later, Crimea abandoned by both Ukraine and Russia
Three years after the illegal annexation of Crimea, the topic about the peninsula’s status turned into a political…
Donbas anti-“bloody trade” blockade exposes Ukraine’s energy woes
The blockade participants insist that trade with the occupied territories sponsors the terrorists from the so-called republics which…
Rest assured, Marine Le Pen, sanctions against Russia work
To hear Marine Le Pen talk, sanctions against Russia don’t work, and she stands a decent chance of…
Crimea’s water troubles
The Kalinina farm collective near Pervomaisk, northern Crimea, was busy with seasonal workers loading sacks of cabbages, or…
EU silent as Russia gears up for third gas war against Ukraine
January 2006 and 2009 made headlines thanks to two gas wars between Russia and Ukraine. Now we know…
The Avdiivka coke factory is in trouble, and that’s bad news for Ukraine’s industry
After a period of relative stagnation, the situation in Donbas is experiencing the largest escalation in two years.…
10 young Ukrainian factories that may surprise you
Although complaints about production termination are heard more than the reports about the launch of new frontiers, Ukrainian…
Protectionism won’t stop rise of robots but rather accelerate it, destabilizing the world, Portnikov says
Playing to his base, US President Donald Trump is seeking to impose restrictions on immigration and imports; but…
New car sales in Ukraine up by 41% for 2016
According to UkrAvtoProm association, sales of new cars in Ukraine for 2016 increased by 40.9% to 65,562 units, as…