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 )
Ukraine Risks Losing $6B from EU in 2025 Over Reform Delays Europe

Ukraine Risks Losing $6B from EU in 2025 Over Reform Delays

By Olena Hrazhdan
Nov. 5, 2025
Yuriy Katsion Appointed as New CEO of Oschadbank Business

Yuriy Katsion Appointed as New CEO of Oschadbank

By Olena Hrazhdan
Nov. 5, 2025
EU Approves 5th Ukraine Facility Payment of €1.8 Billion to Kyiv Europe

EU Approves 5th Ukraine Facility Payment of €1.8 Billion to Kyiv

By Olena Hrazhdan
Nov. 4, 2025
Ukrainians Stop Following Euro-Buying Trend Despite US Uncertainty Europe

Ukrainians Stop Following Euro-Buying Trend Despite US Uncertainty

By Olena Hrazhdan
Nov. 4, 2025
NBU Sees Lack of Unified Inflation Expectations Among Ukrainians Economy

NBU Sees Lack of Unified Inflation Expectations Among Ukrainians

By Olena Hrazhdan
Nov. 2, 2025
Dragon Capital Lowers Ukraine’s 2025–2026 Growth Forecast as Russia Ends Energy Truce Ukraine

Dragon Capital Lowers Ukraine’s 2025–2026 Growth Forecast as Russia Ends Energy Truce

By Olena Hrazhdan
Oct. 30, 2025
Ukraine’s $1.14 Billion EU Export Loss Cut to $253 Million After Reorientation, Economists Estimate in-depth Europe

ANALYSIS: Ukraine’s $1.14 Billion EU Export Loss Cut to $253 Million After Reorientation, Economists Estimate

By Olena Hrazhdan
Oct. 29, 2025
Ukraine Gets Project-Based Investments Under EU’s Financing for Recovery Energy

Ukraine Gets Project-Based Investments Under EU’s Financing for Recovery

By Olena Hrazhdan
Oct. 27, 2025
Russian Attack Destroyed Production of Idealist, Ukraine’s Drip Coffee Manufacturing Pioneer Ukraine

Russian Attack Destroyed Production of Idealist, Ukraine’s Drip Coffee Manufacturing Pioneer

By Kateryna Mykhailova
Updated: Oct. 27, 2025
EU Leaders Stall Reparation Loan Talks as Belgium Insists on Legal Guarantees Ukraine

EU Leaders Stall Reparation Loan Talks as Belgium Insists on Legal Guarantees

By Olena Hrazhdan
Oct. 24, 2025
Ukraine’s Central Bank Says It Won’t Rush Currency Devaluation Despite IMF Pressure Ukraine

Ukraine’s Central Bank Says It Won’t Rush Currency Devaluation Despite IMF Pressure

By Olena Hrazhdan
Updated: Oct. 24, 2025
Ukraine’s Parliament Approves 2026 State Budget Draft in First Reading Ukraine

Ukraine’s Parliament Approves 2026 State Budget Draft in First Reading

By Olena Hrazhdan
Oct. 22, 2025
IMF: Ukraine Growth Forecast ‘Dented’ By Ongoing War, Strikes on Energy Infrastructure IMF

IMF: Ukraine Growth Forecast ‘Dented’ By Ongoing War, Strikes on Energy Infrastructure

By Olena Hrazhdan
Oct. 17, 2025
IMF: Use of Russian Assets Needs ‘Legal Underpinning’ and Caution Ukraine

IMF: Use of Russian Assets Needs ‘Legal Underpinning’ and Caution

By Olena Hrazhdan
Oct. 17, 2025
IMF World Economic Outlook 2025: Economic Resilience Towards Tariffs Fades and AI Bubble Approaches IMF

IMF World Economic Outlook 2025: Economic Resilience Towards Tariffs Fades and AI Bubble Approaches

By Olena Hrazhdan
Oct. 14, 2025
EBRD Preparing Another $578M for Naftogaz to Cover Urgent Gas Imports, Says EBRD VP EXCLUSIVE War in Ukraine

EBRD Preparing Another $578M for Naftogaz to Cover Urgent Gas Imports, Says EBRD VP

By Olena Hrazhdan
Oct. 14, 2025
Fox Entertainment Announces Equity Stake Investment in Ukraine-Born Startup Holywater Ukraine

Fox Entertainment Announces Equity Stake Investment in Ukraine-Born Startup Holywater

By Kateryna Mykhailova
Oct. 14, 2025
EU’s Reparations Loan Plan ‘Takes Nothing From Euroclear or Russia,’ Lawyer Says EXCLUSIVE EU

EU’s Reparations Loan Plan ‘Takes Nothing From Euroclear or Russia,’ Lawyer Says

By Olena Hrazhdan
Oct. 13, 2025
Economist Elina Ribakova Dismisses Saudi Warnings Over Russian Assets as ‘Market Nonsense’ EXCLUSIVE Europe

Economist Elina Ribakova Dismisses Saudi Warnings Over Russian Assets as ‘Market Nonsense’

By Olena Hrazhdan
Oct. 11, 2025
Inflation in Ukraine Update: September Inflation Slashed by 1.3% Economy

Inflation in Ukraine Update: September Inflation Slashed by 1.3%

By Olena Hrazhdan
Oct. 10, 2025