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Limits on cash transactions from 1st September 2013
Way back on 21st January this year, I wrote about proposals from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) to place a limit on cash transactions within the Ukrainian economy. Currently only 11% of transactio… more →
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Limits on cash transactions from 1st September 2013
wrote 1 week ago: Way back on 21st January this year, I wrote about proposals from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) … more →
A day with the "Beeb"
wrote 4 weeks ago: A very short entry today as I have spent the day filming with the BBC talking drug and human traffic … more →
Is working in Ukraine as a foreigner about to get easier?
wrote 1 month ago: As it is my umteenth anniversary today, and thus via the “ball and chain” and the goodwi … more →
EU/Ukraine Mission DCFTA Workshop - 10th April 2013
wrote 2 months ago: For those of you who happen to be in Brussels on Wednesday 10th April, the Ukrainian Mission to the … more →
Odessa International Investment Forum 12 - 13 April 2013
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wrote 3 months ago: Some things are almost guaranteed to be anticlimactic. The Odessa International Investment Forum 201 … more →
Sold - Odessa Oil Refinery (A crude and murky business)
wrote 3 months ago: Back in October 2011, I mentioned that the LukOil terminal in Odessa had just been put up for sale. … more →
Odessa - Chinese FDI
wrote 4 months ago: It has been quite some time since I last wrote about the ever increasing governmental and private in … more →
NBU preparing to put limits on cash transactions
wrote 4 months ago: Well here is something that appears logical but is very likely to be highly ineffective – unsu … more →
Securities and derivatives law changes - Ukraine
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wrote 6 months ago: Whilst all headlines will be on the action of the last RADA session passing the 2013 budget, 234 MPs … more →
Invest in Odessa - new city website
wrote 7 months ago: Well, well, well! No – not three holes in the ground filled with water, but rather a sarcastic … more →
Proving me wrong - Government intervenes in currency
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wrote 7 months ago: Yesterday I wrote this stating that it was “interesting” Ukraine was attempting to force … more →
Transparency in Extractive Industries in Ukraine?
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wrote 7 months ago: Now here is something interesting, not just because it involves transparency within the murky world … more →
Combined Heating and Power plant privitisation - Ukraine
wrote 7 months ago: This year, the combined heating and power plants (CHP’s) for Odessa, Kharkiv, Dnepropetrovsk a … more →
Hryvnia devalutation almost a certainty before the year end
wrote 7 months ago: On 2nd January 2012, I wrote this, stating that the Hryvnia needed to devalue to between UAH 10 or U … more →
Mass privatisation ahead for Ukraine?
wrote 8 months ago: For those of you who follow me on twitter and in particular followed a conversation between Alex Nic … more →
Securities as instuments of tax evasion - Ukraine
wrote 9 months ago: Well who would have thought it? Banks and financial instruments being used to avoid tax! Well yes, w … more →
Selfish? Moi? Teaching English in Ukraine
wrote 9 months ago: Well dear readers. I have been accused of being selfish! Moi? I have been approached, not for the f … more →
Tax Service statements are as unclear as the tax laws it seems
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wrote 9 months ago: The Ukrainian tax laws, whilst recently revamped and somewhat easier to follow than they once were, … more →
Out of court settlements - Big business Odessa style
wrote 9 months ago: Out of court settlements as traditionally understood in the West have never really taken off in this … more →
