Editor’s Note: This is issue 120 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly, covering events from Feb. 17-Feb. 23, 2024. The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission. Corporate governance of SOEsThe Verkhovna Rada adopts the long-awaited law on the corporate governance of SOEs. On Feb. 22, the Verkhovna Rada passed the second reading of Draft Law No. 5593-d, aligning the SOE corporate governance framework with Organization for Economic Co-operation (OECD) and Development Guidelines The law introduces several key improvements of legal framework for SOEs, including: Establishing the exc…