Ukraine is undergoing a kind of creeping revolution—a destruction of the traditional ways of doing business. Only a month has passed since President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s inauguration, but the national establishment has already experienced several shocks. This has roused drastic rejection, not only among corrupt rent-seekers, with the Verkhovna Rada simply sabotaging all of Zelenskiy’s legislative initiatives, but also among traditional reform supporters, such as Ukraine’s middle class, which has also been scared by the new administration’s style and direction. More about recent tendencies you can read in our new report “A new broom sweeps clean”. The full report could be obtained through subscription at Global Source (www.globalsourcepartners.com). Trial access is available.
19.06.2019
Ukraine on June 14th placed €1 billion in Eurobonds: a piece of incredibly good news, amid messy domestic developments. The country seems to look more attractive from the outside than from the hills of Kyiv.