Ukraine took over its largest bank on Monday in a move backed by Kiev’s international donors to protect the country’s financial system and accompanied by an appeal for calm and assurances to depositors from President Petro Poroshenko. In one of the biggest shake-ups of the war-torn country’s banking system since Ukraine plunged into economic and … Read more
A 23-year-old law graduate has been given the task of leading Ukraine’s anti-corruption drive, the second major appointment of a young woman in weeks. Anna Kalynchuk’s promotion has provoked consternation among some Ukrainians who say she is unqualified and too young. She will direct Ukraine’s department of “lustration”, which aims to purge officials tainted by … Read more
A brawl broke out between two Ukrainian MPs on Monday during a meeting of parliament faction leaders in Kiev, as one party leader accused another of working with the Kremlin and calling for him to be jailed. Oleh Lyashko, the leader of Radical Party, was on the receiving end of several punches thrown by Opposition … Read more