Ukrainian Weekly Highlights April 04–10, 2016

Ukrainian Weekly Highlights April 04–10, 2016 from Digests & Analytics Ukraine

Panama Papers scandal is gaining momentum – Prime Minister Yatsenyuk resigned – National Bank buys up dollars – Khreshchatyk bank collapsed – "Big" privatization and Odessa Port Plant – Who owns the Ukrainian media? – Polish "Open Skies" – Imitation of the Minsk peace process – Will Russia release political prisoners to Ukraine? – Ukraine is on the side of Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict – Dutch referendum on the EU–Ukraine Association

02/08/2016 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - The Parliamentary coalition is on the edge of collapse

The Parliamentary coalition is on the edge of collapse

02.08.2016 Daily Highlights by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine

Topics from Media and Social Networks

• The Parliamentary coalition is on the edge of collapse.
• Russia conducts large-scale military exercises on the border with Ukraine.
• The charges of embezzlement of public funds against former deputy of the Party of Regions Ivanyushchenko were dropped.

10/24/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Poroshenko Bloc said that elections in Mariupol were thwarted

Poroshenko Bloc said that elections in Mariupol were thwarted

10.24.2015 Daily Highlights by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine Agency

Topics from Media and Social Networks

• Poroshenko Bloc said that elections in Mariupol were thwarted.
• The silence period before the local elections massively violated across the country.
• Ukraine changes clock to the winter time.

09/18/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Political talk show “Savik Shuster Live” taken off the air on 1+1 channel

Political talk show “Savik Shuster Live” taken off the air on 1+1 channel

09.18.2015 Daily Highlights by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine Agency

Topics from Media and Social Networks

• Political talk show “Savik Shuster Live” taken off the air on 1 +1 channel.
• The court arrested the MP Mosiychuk until November, 15.
• Radical Party goes to the local elections and excluded the deputy from the faction in parliament.
• Tymoshenko lost a case against oligarch Firtash in a court in New York.

05/14/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Deputy Minister of Economy Borovik was dismissed because of the conflict with the Prime Minister Yatsenyuk

First Deputy Minister of Economy Borovik was dismissed

05.14.2015 Daily Highlights  by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine News Agency

Topics from the Media and Social Networks

• The Verkhovna Rada failed the adoption of the government law on privatization.
• US Senator McCain refused to join the Ukrainian Council of  Reforms.
• First Deputy Minister of Economy Borovik was dismissed because of the conflict with the Prime Minister Yatsenyuk.
• Zuckerberg is willing to consider the possibility of Ukrainian self-moderation in the national segment of the Facebook.
• MPs are ready to consider the Interior Minister Avakov’s resignation

05/12/2015 Ukraine: Daily Highlights - Secretary of State Kerry held negotiations about Ukraine with Russian President Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov in Sochi

Russian President Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov

05.12.2015 Daily Highlights  by the Digests & Analytics Ukraine News Agency

Topics from the Media and Social Networks

• The amendments to the martial law and the law on fight against terrorism were adopted
• Secretary of State Kerry held negotiations about Ukraine with Russian President Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov in Sochi.
• The government approved a list of state-owned enterprises for privatization.
• Utilities debts of Ukrainians are growing sharply.