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Here’s the latest from the Kyiv Post:
- Constitutional Court judges voted to fire chairman Stanislav Shevchuk, having accused him of taking illegal actions. Shevchuk claimed that President Petro Poroshenkp was behind his dismissal. Shevchuk’s replacement, Natalia Shaptala, had once been investigated for helping former president Viktor Yanukovych amass power.
- Speaking at a London event, Ukrainian writer and commentator Vitaly Portnikov likened Ukraine’s politics to a train without a driver, following the victory of the enigmatic president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
- Ukraine imposed new economic sanctions against Russian goods, including cement, plywood, mineral fertilizers, certain industrial products, vehicles and other goods. The Cabinet of Ministers said the move is a response to Russia’s ongoing trade war against Ukraine, as well as its infringement on Ukraine’s territorial integrity.
Business & Technology
- Ukraine’s tech startups attracted $323 million last year — a record volume of investment that is 22 percent higher compared to 2017. About 90 percent of the money came from foreign investors, mostly in the United States.
- The National Bank of Ukraine said that it would move to nationalize PrivatBank a second time if it loses its ongoing court battle to prevent the 2016 nationalization from being declared illegal.
- Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil and gas company SOCAR completed the drilling of an exploration well in the Caspian Sea and signed a new half-billion dollar deal with BP Exploration.
