Daily Digest: Top news of Friday, Sept. 14 - Sep. 14, 2018

The UK unit of Transparency International is calling on the UK government to investigate why Ukrainian oligarch Gennadiy Boholyubov, who is accused of massive fraud, was granted British citizenship.
Paul Manafort pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington D.C. under an agreement that requires him to cooperate with Robert Mueller.
On the application deadline day, competition to the High Anti-Corruption Court remained low.
A probe by independent experts and investigative journalists uncovered new evidence in the case of a tragic fire at a summer camp in Odesa last September that killed three young girls.
A new day, a new notice of suspicion. Anti-corruption detectives suspect deputy chief of Ukraine’s Security Service Pavlo Demchyna of illegal enrichment.
With China being in the global spotlight, we looked at the Chinese-Ukrainian relations. We’ve got the first interview of the ambassador Du Wei to the Kyiv Post and made a list of Chinese projects in Ukraine, including the failed ones. We asked how Ukraine views Chinese grand investment, the answer was “tempting but with caveats.” The U.S. also warns Ukraine that Chinese money is a double-edged sword. Ukraine’s neighbor Belarus, in contrast, is striving to become China’s gateway to Europe in the Belt and Road Initiative.
Yalta European Strategy meeting kicked off in Kyiv. Read some reports from the first day. President Poroshenko boasted Ukraine’s reforms and accomplishments but glossed over lack of anti-corruption progress. NATO’s Alejandro Alvargonzalez expressed confidence the alliance would put together in the face of the threat of a revaunchist Russia. General Atlantic CEO touted Ukrainian IT sector and said he considered investment.
Son of Ukrainian refugees from the Soviet Union founded “Uber for weed,” a delivery service for legal marijuana in California.