Ukraine’s first president led the country away from communism, let the economy slip into the shadows. The first in a six-part series examining corruption in Ukraine under each post-Soviet president.
A standoff between Ukraine’s new president and its richest man could set the stage for serious structural reforms – or guarantee Ukraine remains trapped in its decades-old malaise.
At the elite annual schmoozefest, Putin emphasized that Russia can survive under Western pressure, and that his priority is not to lift sanctions, but to adapt to them.
Nearly a year and a half after war in eastern Ukraine with Russia and Russian-backed separatists forced over a million people to flee their homes, the Ukrainian government is still relying on hundreds of volunteers to provide help.