Trump Claim Is a Threat to Democracy, Smith Tells Court

Special counsel Jack Smith’s office asked an appeals court on Saturday to deny Donald Trump’s argument that the former president is immune from criminal charges in his election interference case, saying that such a protection would “threaten to undermi…

Ukraine state-owned enterprises weekly — Issue 114

Editor’s Note: This is issue 114 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly, covering key events in the domain of SOEs, state-owned banks, and privatization in 2023. The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission. Ukrainian SOE Weekly is an inde…

Ukraine state-owned enterprises weekly — Issue 114

Editor’s Note: This is issue 114 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly, covering key events in the domain of SOEs, state-owned banks, and privatization in 2023. The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission. Ukrainian SOE Weekly is an inde…

Ukraine state-owned enterprises weekly — Issue 114

Editor’s Note: This is issue 114 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly, covering key events in the domain of SOEs, state-owned banks, and privatization in 2023. The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission. Ukrainian SOE Weekly is an inde…

Ukraine state-owned enterprises weekly — Issue 114

Editor’s Note: This is issue 114 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly, covering key events in the domain of SOEs, state-owned banks, and privatization in 2023. The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission. Ukrainian SOE Weekly is an inde…

Exploring Ukraine’s most important battles of 2023

Russia’s invasion of 2022 may have shocked the world with the brutality of the fighting but it was only a preview for what was coming in 2023. To start with, 2022 had variety. It kicked off with a disastrous Russian blitz into Kyiv Oblast, stalled and …