EXCLUSIVE: Scandalous millionaire set to return to Ukraine, face charges
Oleksandr Onyshchenko, the former lawmaker who has spent the last three years living a conspicuously luxurious lifestyle in Spain, told the Kyiv Post he plans to return to Kyiv in December to face charges of fraud and money laundering.
Prosecutor General fires prosecutor who backed Biden conspiracy
Prosecutor General Ruslan Riaboshapka fired Kostyantyn Kulyk, a controversial top prosecutor accused of corruption and fabricating political cases, including the theory that the Bidens were implicated in corruption in Ukraine.
National Bank accuses Kolomoisky of staging protests
Ukraine’s central bank blamed the oligarch and former PrivatBank owner of staging protests outside of its headquarters, a new tactic in his ongoing campaign against the bank’s 2016 nationalization.
Former Poroshenko staffer to chair pro-Russian party in Kharkiv
Ihor Rainin, once the head of former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s administration, was elected chairman of the Kharkiv Oblast chamber of the Opposition Platform — For Life.
VIDEO: Ukraine’s land reform explained
Struggling to wrap your head around the Nov. 13 land market reforms? Watch our explainer from staff writer Vyacheslav Hnatyuk where we dissect the bill and why it is crucial for Ukraine.
Valeria Gontareva says intimidation is a ‘fact of life’ for Ukrainian reformers
The former governor of the National Bank of Ukraine who helped nationalize PrivatBank and who, as a result, has seen her home burned, her son’s car set on fire and been severely injured in a hit and run spoke at the London School of Economics on Nov. 27.
Poroshenko calls on Canadians to stand with Ukraine
During a speech in Edmonton, the former Ukrainian president stressed the “very special partnership” between the two countries before an audience of elected officials and academics at the University of Alberta.
Noteworthy:
Financial Times: Ukraine’s prosecutor on mission to root out corruption
The Moscow Times: Russia urged to open Azov Sea to Ukraine in 4-way joint statement
Reuters: Ukrainian president says central bank head ‘is protected’
Interfax-Ukraine: Putin, Zelensky could have bilateral meeting in Paris
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