Ukraine sold its largest construction company. Then the questions started.
Auction screened out one problematic bidder, but the runner-up raises unanswered questions.
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As Russia clamps down, Ukraine sells assets in wartime reform gamble
Record $216 million in transparent auctions sends crucial signal to Western allies.
Scandal-hit Odesa chemical giant goes up for sale
Privatization aims to restore facility crucial for feeding Ukraine and the world.
Ukraine clears path to sell Sense Bank, Ukrgasbank in first wartime privatizations
Ukraine has finally decided to sell off some state banks, showing reform is advancing even as war grinds on.
Ukraine nationalized its way out of crisis—now it can’t stop making money
The emergency worked too well. And that's actually a dangerous thing.
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court flexes muscles, arrests sitting minister
This case against the incumbent Minister of Agriculture is emerging as a landmark in the operation of Ukraine's new anti-corruption institutions, which have previously convicted high-ranking officials, including MPs, judges, and managers of state agencies.
Investment firm founder detained in unlawful land privatization probe
Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigations detains Concorde Capital founder, Ihor Mazepa, in connection with alleged unlawful land privatization involving the site of the Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant.
Big privatization reform in Ukraine gains momentum with first auction
A thorny way to privatization Privatization is associated with an exceptionally abusive period for Ukrainians; many carry painful…
Ukraine eyes a second Big Privatization of state enterprises. The oligarchs are eyeing it, too
When President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to power in 2019, he instigated a major policy of privatization of State…
Ukrainian government sets ambitious goals for privatization of state enterprises
Whether it be due to bad memories from the 1990s or fear for the future, there is no…
EBRD: Privatisation in Ukraine has failed, but there is room for optimism
What were the main mistakes of the privatisation process in Ukraine? There are a lot of things that…