New digest on the progress in cooperation with the IMF and World Bank covers updates between 07 August – 13 August 2023. There were not significant decisions in the Parliament or CMU regarding the fulfillment of the Memorandum. The single update of Str…
Last week wasn’t very successful regarding the obligations under the Memorandum with the IMF. Only few steps were taken to get closer to fulfilling a couple of promises, but not structural benchmarks. But there was a progress under the World Bank coope…
Oftentimes, when I’m compelled to explain the Russian policy of deportations to international journalists, I stumble upon some sort of resentment. “I’ve seen the numbers but I can’t quite get who those deported people are”, “We can’t mix deportations a…
On July 26, the Cabinet of Ministers published the long-awaited report of the external independent assessment of the effectiveness of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention. Let’s find out what should be done next.
Transparency International Ukra…
Last week Ukraine in fact managed to fulfill another two of structural benchmarks of the Memorandum with the IMF. However, the government will miss deadlines of at least two others structural benchmarks. In addition, Ukraine fulfils the first recommend…
WASHINGTON, DC – World leaders are all too familiar with the global community’s challenges – loss of progress in our fight against poverty, an existential climate crisis, a fledgling pandemic recovery, and a crippling war on the borders of Europe. But …
BERLIN – Around this time a year ago, very few people put much stock in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s political future. Persistent hyperinflation was wrecking the Turkish economy, and the country was playing host to millions of Syrian refuge…
ATLANTA – Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin may have played his assigned role by reportedly meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on June 29. But notwithstanding the contrived show of unity, it will not have been lo…
Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine has been going on for more than 500 days. According to the World Bank, on the controlled territory of Ukraine alone, the losses caused by the aggressor amount to more than EUR 400 bln, and after the liberation of…
I left London and the Ukraine Recovery Conference with a strong feeling of optimism: Ukraine cannot fail, the recovery is on track, its potential is enormous and the international support stronger than ever. I have never heard so many European leaders …