Olena Hrazhdan

Olena Hrazhdan

Business correspondent

Olena Hrazhdan is the Business Reporter at Kyiv Post, covering Ukraine’s markets, business, and economic policy. While she reports broadly on economic issues, her core focus is banking, finance, monetary and fiscal policy. Olena previously wrote for leading Ukrainian business media and became a Fellow of the International Monetary Fund’s Journalism Fellowship in 2024.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR ( 547 )
McDonald’s Reopens in Mykolaiv After Water Supply Issues Resolved Business

McDonald’s Reopens in Mykolaiv After Water Supply Issues Resolved

By Olena Hrazhdan
March 27, 2026
Ukraine-US Reconstruction Fund Approves First Investment in Drone-Tech Firm Business

Ukraine-US Reconstruction Fund Approves First Investment in Drone-Tech Firm

By Olena Hrazhdan
March 26, 2026
Aurora Multimarket, Horizon Capital Launch $20M Fund to Back Ukraine’s Next Retail Stars Business

Aurora Multimarket, Horizon Capital Launch $20M Fund to Back Ukraine’s Next Retail Stars

By Olena Hrazhdan
March 25, 2026
Axon Takes Strategic Stake in Ukrainian Drone Maker Buntar Aerospace Drones

Axon Takes Strategic Stake in Ukrainian Drone Maker Buntar Aerospace

By Olena Hrazhdan
March 23, 2026
Ukraine’s Central Bank Holds Rate Steady, Warning About Middle East Risk to Inflation Economy

Ukraine’s Central Bank Holds Rate Steady, Warning About Middle East Risk to Inflation

By Olena Hrazhdan
March 19, 2026
Swarmer’s Drone AI Developer Price per Share Zooms to 8x Increase on Nasdaq Debut Drones

Swarmer’s Drone AI Developer Price per Share Zooms to 8x Increase on Nasdaq Debut

By Olena Hrazhdan
Updated: March 18, 2026
IMF Warns Ukraine Risks Aid Delays as Parliament Stalls Tax Bills IMF

IMF Warns Ukraine Risks Aid Delays as Parliament Stalls Tax Bills

By Olena Hrazhdan
March 17, 2026
Russian Strikes Create ‘Extreme Uncertainty’ for Ukraine’s Grain Exporters, Doubling Logistics Costs Black Sea Grain Deal

Russian Strikes Create ‘Extreme Uncertainty’ for Ukraine’s Grain Exporters, Doubling Logistics Costs

By Olena Hrazhdan
March 17, 2026
French Crédit Agricole Buys Ukrainian Bank Lviv Ukraine

French Crédit Agricole Buys Ukrainian Bank Lviv

By Mariia Boltryk
March 13, 2026
Hungary Returns ‘Damaged’ Armored Trucks After Seizing Ukrainian Bank Convoy Hungary

Hungary Returns ‘Damaged’ Armored Trucks After Seizing Ukrainian Bank Convoy

By Olena Hrazhdan
March 12, 2026
Hungary Returns Seized Oschadbank Armored Vehicles, Cash Still in Custody EXCLUSIVE Europe

Hungary Returns Seized Oschadbank Armored Vehicles, Cash Still in Custody

By Olena Hrazhdan
March 12, 2026
EU Commission Says It Is Reviewing NBU Letter on Oschadbank Detention Hungary

EU Commission Says It Is Reviewing NBU Letter on Oschadbank Detention

By Olena Hrazhdan
March 12, 2026
February Inflation Rate Increases for First Time in 9 Months in-depth Ukraine

February Inflation Rate Increases for First Time in 9 Months

By Olena Hrazhdan
Updated: March 12, 2026
Private Equity Has Much Work Ahead in Ukraine, Diligent Capital Partners COO Says EXCLUSIVE Economy

Private Equity Has Much Work Ahead in Ukraine, Diligent Capital Partners COO Says

By Olena Hrazhdan
Updated: March 9, 2026
AI Bubble Unlikely to Spark 2008-Scale Financial Crisis, NBU’s First Deputy Governor Says Economy

AI Bubble Unlikely to Spark 2008-Scale Financial Crisis, NBU’s First Deputy Governor Says

By Olena Hrazhdan
March 8, 2026
Hungary Seizes Oschadbank Cash Vehicles, Questions Bank Employees Without Charges, Lawyer Says EXCLUSIVE Ukraine

Hungary Seizes Oschadbank Cash Vehicles, Questions Bank Employees Without Charges, Lawyer Says

By Olena Hrazhdan
March 7, 2026
Oschadbank Locates Detained Staff in Hungary, Sybiha Says They’re Already in Ukraine Ukraine

Oschadbank Locates Detained Staff in Hungary, Sybiha Says They’re Already in Ukraine

By Olena Hrazhdan
Updated: March 6, 2026
France’s Credit Agricole Eyes Expansion in Ukraine, Considers Small Bank Lviv Acquisition France

France’s Credit Agricole Eyes Expansion in Ukraine, Considers Small Bank Lviv Acquisition

By Olena Hrazhdan
March 6, 2026
NBU: Ukrainian Banks Can Compete With European Lenders After EU Accession Business

NBU: Ukrainian Banks Can Compete With European Lenders After EU Accession

By Olena Hrazhdan
March 5, 2026
Bank of Russia Challenges EU Sovereign Asset Freeze in EU Court Economy

Bank of Russia Challenges EU Sovereign Asset Freeze in EU Court

By Olena Hrazhdan
March 4, 2026