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Lots of cities have Chinatowns — areas where expat Chinese people live and do business in close proximity. And with good reason. Chinese account for nearly 20 percent of the world’s population. But th
May. 11, 2017
Sales of cigarettes by PJSC Imperial Tobacco Production Ukraine (Kyiv), one of the largest tobacco companies in Ukraine, in 2016 decreased by 15 percent, to 14.406 billion units in comparison with 201
Apr. 25, 2017
In 1996, Austrian aristocratic scion Julius Meinl V was ready to move back east. The Soviet Union had collapsed and Meinl — the fifth in a line of Julius Meinls extending back to the man who founded
Apr. 21, 2017
Volodymyr Lavrenchuk is chairman of the board of Raiffeisen Bank Aval in Ukraine, the nation’s 5th largest bank with an estimated $1.9 billion in assets and largest foreign lender. Its parent company
Apr. 21, 2017
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — Oleksandr Senkevych impressed many in November 2015, when he defeated a candidate from the old local elite for mayor of Mykolaiv, a southern provincial capital with a strong pro-Ru
Apr. 13, 2017
Name: Emil Kurbedinov Position: Private lawyer Key Point: Helping Crimean Tatars fight persecution Crimean Tatar Emil Kurbedinov, a 35-year-old lawyer, has defended several prominent Crimean Tatar act
Apr. 3, 2017
For a country at war, Ukraine exports a lot of weapons. However, the country sells fewer than it did before Russia launched its war on Ukraine in 2014, seizing Crimea and instigating violence in the e
Mar. 16, 2017
Russia is not cutting as much oil production as it could be under the agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC countries to cut oil output, Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said in an intervie
Mar. 9, 2017
Ukrainian fashion designers like Vita Kin and Natasha Zinko have been popular abroad for years, but smaller Ukrainian clothing businesses are now breaking into foreign markets as well. Ukrainian fur l
Dec. 15, 2016
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Name: Valeriy Chybineyev Age: 28 Education: Odessa Institute of Ground Forces Profession: Captain of a sniper company of the 79th Brigade Did you know? Chybineev became famous after a Facebook post th
Dec. 1, 2016
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Name: Yana Zinkevych Age: 21 Education: Rivne Educational Complex Collegium Profession: Medical volunteer, founder of the Hospitaliery medical volunteer battalion Did you know? Zinkevych has been give
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Name: Lesia Vasylenko Age: 29 Education: Masters in international law from the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; LLM at University College London, U
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Name: Oleksandr Usyk Age: 29 Education: Lviv State University of Physical Culture Profession: Boxer Did you know? Usyk lost his very first amateur fight Oleksandr Usyk won the World Boxing Organizat
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Name: Anastasia Topolskaia Age: 29 Education: Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade Profession: DJ Did you know? The Closer art club in Kyiv’s Podil district holds the Strichka Festival t
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Name: Anna Rizatdinova Age: 23 Education: Deriugina School of Gymnastics Profession: Gymnast Did you know? Her first trainers didn’t think she would become a successful gymnast. Anna Rizatdinova, at
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Name: Sevgil Musaieva-Borovyk Age: 29 Education: Journalism School of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Profession: Chief Editor of Ukrainska Pravda Did you know? She was a commentator on S
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As Ukraine prepares for another winter under Russian attack, it is shoring up its energy capacity by making a “strategic shift” toward distributed energy resources.
Nov. 17