Diversifying from Russia: Don’t stop now...

Although there’s been a sharp reduction in trade and commercial ties with Russia and in Ukraine’s dependence on its neighbor, some key sectors still show levels of interaction that pose a threat to national security

Will and skill, not rocket science

What’s missing for the management of state enterprises to be properly reformed?

The big manger

Why public sector is the main source of corrupt wealth

Dear Mr. Oligarch

Where the claims in favor of continuing coal trade with the occupied parts of Donbas are misleading

Progress against the punters

Why banking and lending don’t go together with populism

Volodymyr Lavrenchuk: “If property rights reform is successful, it will pave the way to lending”

In public discourse over bank reforms, what often gets left out is the voice of bankers themselves, although they are the ones who can offer the most professional assessment of the changes being carried out. One of them is Chairman of the Board of Raiffeisen Bank Aval (RBA) Volodymyr Lavrenchuk. The Ukrainian Week talked to him about what’s been done and what Ukrainian banks can expect in the future.

The ultimate beneficiary

Despite the war and partial occupation of the Donbas, Rinat Akhmetov has preserved his business empire and is increasing output

Feeding the enemy

Maintaining socio-economic ties to the occupied territories of Donbas is of dubious value to Ukraine, but makes life a lot easier for the terrorists running them

Almost different

How reforms change the banking system

Lessons learned

The benefits and flaws of PrivatBank transfer into state hands

Stalking the NBU Governor

What’s behind the discreditation of Valeria Hontareva and demands for the NBU Governor to resign

Potential at land’s edge

How are Ukraine’s ports changing the way they operate and what are their future prospects?

Social schizophrenia

Half of Ukraine’s able-bodied adults are not paying taxes or social contributions, but still demand social services and benefits. How can this change?

The daily life of cartels

On competition and state anti-monopoly policy in Ukraine

Zoya Borysenko: "It is more important to create a competitive environment than to fight against monopolists"

An author behind Ukraine’s anti-monopoly policies in the 1990s on how oligarchs have limited the Anti-Monopoly Committee’s impact, and changes that are taking place in this domain today

Locomotive in action

What are the prospects for Ukraine’s agro-industrial complex?

Rent seeking on land

How the status of land in Ukraine affects its owners and big agribusinesses

Speculations on the state budget

Some interesting details about the national budget for the upcoming year

The fifth column’s new front

Pro-Russian oligarchs have begun a serious push to persuade Ukrainians that the only way to a better life is to renew “torn” economic ties with Russia. This flies in the face of facts on the ground

Trotting towards a better life

How the life of Ukrainians changed economically compared to 25 years ago

Of vouchers and men

Privatization in Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its role in the rise of oligarchy

Odesa Port Plant: Just not yet

Why the auction to sell OPP failed

We can’t—or we won’t?

Ukraine imports many simple consumer items that could be domestically manufactured at a time when a large swath of Ukrainians is either jobless or does not have a steady source of income

The harvest of hope

After two very hard years, Ukrainians may be able to breathe more easily this coming summer

Gretta Fenner Zinkernagel: “The really critical condition in investigating financial crimes is no political interference”

Director of the International Centre for Asset Recovery at the Basel Institute on Governance about cooperation with the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine in investigating financial crimes of the Yanukovych regime, effective tools to search for stolen assets, and mechanisms of international interaction in financial intelligence

Aircraft: Survival instinct

Ukraine’s aircraft manufacturers are finding their niches on world markets