Drought threatens Ukraine, its relations with Russia, and regional cooperation plans
Water levels in Ukraine’s rivers and reservoirs are the lowest they have ever been since records began to…
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The risk of water shortage and implications for Ukraine’s security
An abnormally dry fall, lack of meteorological winter and an early spring drought have nearly turned some regions…
Ukraine qualifies for new IMF loan, but at the expense of the oligarchs
It has again taken Ukraine many months to break down the domestic opposition of vested interests in order…
Ukraine’s COVID-hit budget will collapse without IMF loan
Some projections of economic decline and pending crisis taken into account in the budget The initial projection at…
Moratorium on land sales no more: how Ukraine’s land market will operate with the new law
The effect of the land reform regulations for the Ukrainian market After the land market law was adopted…
Ukraine’s new government: more oligarchic, more pro-Russian
Even more presidential control over parliament From his first days in office, Ukrainian president Zelenskyy showed his disregard…
How much Ukrainian top officials earn and why their salaries vex Ukrainians
Are salaries in Ukrainian government too high? The scandal started just after the information about salaries in the…
Ukraine achieves Staff Level Agreement with the IMF, but some more guarantees are reportedly required by the fund
Kolomoyskyi and Privatbank: how the government is heading toward solution that will finally put an end to this…
Ukraine’s 2020 state budget promises continuation of predecessors’ reforms
General remarks: planned GDP growth, state debt, and the country’s strategy It is worthwhile highlighting some of Prime…
If Zelenskyy wants to save his ratings, Bohdan must go
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Rising credit ratings and economic growth: is Ukraine turning into an Eastern European Economic Tiger?
What lies behind world ratings improvement for Ukraine? On 9 August, the Japanese Rating and Investment Information raised…
Ukraine’s economic losses due to Russian occupation of Donbas
Losses of industrial capacities In 2014, the banking sector sustained 53 billion UAH losses ($1.4 billion). Simultaneously, depositors…
Despite common poverty, rural Ukraine and rural Belarus now two different worlds, Lavnikevych says
Many people make the mistake of judging countries on the basis of life in the capital cities, but…
Sociological portrait of Ukraine after 27 years of independence extremely complex, Nikitina says
Since 1992, the Institute of Sociology of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences has conducted an enormous number of…
Why do Ukrainians remain poor? Six hypotheses
Ukraine is one of the largest countries in Europe by territory and educated urban population. It is No.…
Ukrainian economy continues its recovery path
This recovery process is accompanied by a general stabilisation trend. The exchange rate has been stable for a…
Donbas “republics” seize Ukrainian assets blaming blockade
On February 27, Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky, terrorist leaders of the uncontrolled territories in the Donbas, delivered…
Oligarch Akmetov’s plants in occupied Donbas stop production amid trade blockade
Activists have been blocking several railway lines connecting the Donbas with its occupied parts since January. The blockade…
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…