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Bohdan interview

Andriy Bohdan, the head of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s administration, is unhappy about his current job. “The problem is that I want to quit but I can’t,” he says in his interview with the Kyiv Post. Oh, by the way, Bohdan has a grudge against the Kyiv Post.

Kyiv Post investigation

A number of British accounting firms allegedly helped the Ukrainian oligarchs Ihor Kolomoisky and Hennadiy Boholyubov to embezzle $1.72 billion from Ukraine’s biggest bank PrivatBank.

Politics

Olena Tanasevych, head of the High Anti-Corruption Court, faces a Herculean task: to deliver tangible results in corruption cases for the first time in Ukraine. Read our interview with Tanasevych.

President Zelensky has outlined his ambitious plans to rebuild the Donbas. At the gathering in Mariupol, he called for investments in infrastructure, tourism, industrial and technological parks and other segments of the economy.

Life in Donbas

This folk choir in front-line town gives hope to elderly singers. The choir, which meets for rehearsals every week, is even called Nadiya, which is “Hope” in Ukrainian.

E-government

Marketing agency Fedoriv and design bureau Spiilka have developed the style and a detailed strategy for the roll-out of the country’s electronic government. Read our interview with them to find out more about the future of Ukraine’s e-gov.

Prize-winning restaurant in Kyiv

The participants from the EU countries started to see Ukrainian restaurateurs as equals: Kyiv’s Italian Edition restaurant has been recognized as the second best by the Leaders Club International, a network of foodservice professionals in Europe.

Winter activities

It’s getting colder in Kyiv. But there is no need to stay home all day long if the weather gets cold or rainy — Kyiv is full of fun indoor activities for all tastes and budgets.

Top 30 under 30 Awards 

Don’t forget to nominate your candidate for the Kyiv Post Top 30 Under 30 Awards. The search is on for the people who are 29 years old or younger and made outstanding achievements in sports, politics, fashion, art, business and civil society.

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