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Inside Eric Schmidt's investment in wartime Ukrainian real estate
By Iryna Fedets, URN Correspondent On a Saturday evening, Piramida shopping mall in Kyiv's Pozniaky district is modestly busy. Cars continue pulling into the crowded parking lot as shoppers make their way inside, greeted by chilled air and the tinny soundtrack of pop music. But signs of war
Shopping between air raid alerts: A day at Piramida mall
By Iryna Fedets and Kateryna Malofieieva Piramida was never meant to be a destination. Unlike Kyiv's giant shopping malls, it serves the surrounding neighborhood. Residents stop in for groceries, collect prescriptions, eat with their families and browse familiar shops a short walk from home. That is precisely what
As the war grinds on, Ukraine's legal sector is among the first to see reconstruction
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine's corporate law sector expected years of decline. Deals collapsed overnight. Clients shifted into survival mode. Investors fled. Many lawyers volunteered for the Armed Forces or left the country. More than four years later, something unexpected has happened. Even
Ukraine's wartime banking rules create 'many surprises' for foreign investors, Schneider Group says
Ukraine's foreign exchange regulations are changing "rapidly and dramatically" and are providing "quite many surprises" to foreign companies operating in the country, representatives from Schneider Group warned at a webinar this week. The warning came during a one-hour presentation on foreign exchange controls