National Days & Anniversaries
Ivana Kupala 2017
Midsummer, and a note on why the oldest layer of the calendar has proved the most durable.
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Politics & Governance
Raiding, and the registry reforms that reduced it
For years a Ukrainian company could be taken over by someone changing a line in a register. Understanding exactly how that worked explains exactly how it…
National Days & Anniversaries
Constitution Day 2017
A short greeting, kept short on purpose, in the month Ukrainians gained the right to travel to Europe without a visa.
EU & Euro-Atlantic Integration
Visa-free travel: the economics of a queue that disappeared
From 11 June, Ukrainian biometric passport holders enter the Schengen area without a visa. The tourism story is the obvious one. The trade-in-services story is bigger…
Politics & Governance
The reform programme at its midpoint: sorting what worked from what was announced
Three years into a reform programme is the point at which the difference between adoption and implementation becomes measurable. Sorting the record at that stage is…
National Days & Anniversaries
Vyshyvanka Day, 18 May 2017
A greeting for the day, and a note on the shirts that come out of wardrobes rather than shops.
Economy & Macro
The VAT refund register: a small change with a large effect
For years a VAT refund in Ukraine arrived when it arrived, and companies budgeted for the uncertainty. An automated public register replaced discretion with a queue…
Politics & Governance
Supervision that finally supervised
Ukraine closed roughly half its banks in a few years. It was brutal, it was necessary, and it is the reason the system survived what came…
National Days & Anniversaries
Easter, 16 April 2017
An Easter greeting, and a note on the greeting itself, which is not a phrase but an exchange.
Quarterly & Annual Reports
Ukraine Market Report — Q1 2017
A trade halt with the non-controlled eastern territories, formalised in March, severed the coal and metallurgical supply chains that had survived the previous three years.
Trade & Investment
Agent, distributor, branch or subsidiary
Four ways to sell into a market, with different costs, different control and very different legal consequences. Choosing wrongly is expensive and common.
National Days & Anniversaries
International Women's Day 2017
A greeting, and a note on the women who actually make a foreign company function in a market it does not fully understand.
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Quarterly & Annual Reports
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A continuous record of the Ukrainian market, quarter by quarter and year by year: output, currency, trade, sectors and what each period settled.
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Economy & Macro
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Growth, inflation, the hryvnia, budgets and the macro-financial programmes that keep Ukraine's economy running.
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Trade & Investment
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Foreign trade flows, free trade agreements, customs practice and the practical mechanics of entering the Ukrainian market.
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Politics & Governance
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Elections, governments, parliamentary arithmetic and the institutional reforms that shape the business environment.
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Energy & Infrastructure
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Gas, electricity, transit, nuclear generation, ports and the transport corridors that connect Ukraine to its markets.
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Reconstruction & Recovery
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Damage assessment, recovery financing, construction capacity and the institutions being built to spend it well.
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EU & Euro-Atlantic Integration
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The Association Agreement, DCFTA, candidate status, accession negotiations and the regulatory convergence behind them.
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Agriculture & Food
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Grain, oilseeds, the land market, export logistics and Ukraine's role in global food supply.
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Society & Regions
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Demography, labour, migration, regional economies and the human context behind the numbers.
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Folklore & Esoterica
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The ritual year, the symbols embroidered into cloth and painted onto eggs, the Carpathian practitioners and the philosophers — the older layer beneath modern Ukraine.
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National Days & Anniversaries
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Independence Day and the other dates in Ukraine's calendar, each read against the state of the country in that year.
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