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The war in Ukraine has curbed the power of the country's oligarchs, draining much of their wealth and political influence and giving the authorities a chance to forever loosen their stranglehold on the country, the New York Times reported. In the first year after Russia's full-scale
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to meet JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon in Davos this week as the country seeks financial commitments to help fight Russia and rebuild its infrastructure, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. The two will meet at the World Economic Forum as key representatives from
(Kingspan details its €280 million investment in Ukraine, for the first time, in a URN Exclusive out today. In this Behind the Scenes sidebar report, Kingspan alerts URN subscribers to the many opportunities the investment could open up, and offers a look at the challenges behind the move.) Although Kingspan&
Ukrainian state gas extractor Ukrnafta has received offers from 25 foreign and domestic companies to form partnerships to help develop 21 oil and gas fields in Ukraine and will extend a deadline to March 1 so they can finish examining the sites. Bidders include several international consortia, with firms from
Investors from three nations will sign deals in Ukraine with Rothschild & Co in Ukraine worth more than $400 million combined in the coming quarter, a senior Rothschild banker told Ukraine Rebuild Newswire.
Chicago Atlantic has hired the Ukrainian government's highest-profile private investment promoter, Sergiy Tsivkach, to strengthen its "Trident" Ukraine investment strategy, the $2 billion private market investment management group told Ukraine Rebuild Newswire.
German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall plans to manufacture armored vehicles in Ukraine in a partnership with the Ukrainian government, the country's prime minister said. "This is a flagship project to unite the forces of Ukraine and European arms manufacturers to achieve a just peace and ensure our common
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has agreed in principle to work with Ukrainian renewable energy provider DTEK to develop the second phase of Ukraine's largest wind power project. The phase is meant to add 384 MW of capacity to the Tyligulska Wind Power Plant, in the southern Ukrainian
Rothschild & Co is in talks with investors looking at the reconstruction of Ukraine and "hopes" to announce two deals worth more than $200 million each in the first quarter of 2024, a senior Rothschild official said.
Major South Korean state-run railway firms signed an agreement to help Ukrainian state-owned rail operator Ukrainian Railways build an express railway to neighboring Poland, Korean news agency Yonhap reported. The companies, state-run railway operator Korea Railroad Corp (Korail) and the Korea National Railway (KNR), also agreed to help boost the
The CEOs of Japanese companies including Kubota, JFE Engineering, IHI, Nippon Koei and others are accompanying senior Japanese political figures on a trip to Ukraine this week to assess opportunities in the reconstruction. The delegation, led by Senior Vice Foreign Minister Kiyoto Tsuji and Senior Vice Economy Minister Kazuchika Iwata,
Ukrainian state-owned gas producer Naftogaz announced the discovery of a "promising" gas deposit in a gas field in the Carpathian mountains that had been considered depleted. Testing of the deposit showed a gas flow rate of more than 200,000 cubic meters per day, the highest UGV in
The Rebuilding Ukraine Agency, a member-owned organization of mostly US-based businesses focused on the reconstruction of Ukraine, is coordinating $195 million in war-time financing for state nuclear power company Energoatom to build new generation capacity and expand centralized storage for spent nuclear fuel. The agency, part of the US-based financing
Madoqua Renewables Holding plans to invest as much as €900 million to build a plant in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil to produce methanol from sugar production waste and wastewater. The Dutch-Portuguese company plans to invest up to €40 million on project development, followed by capital investments of up
Insurer Marsh McLennan has reached an agreement with the Ukrainian government and other partners to offer insurance for the export of grain and other supplies from Ukraine despite the risks posed by its ongoing war with Russia. Under the agreement, a public-private partnership will provide up to $50 million in
Mike Pompeo, who served as the head of the CIA and then secretary of state under former US President Donald Trump, has been named a director of Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile telecoms operator. Pompeo, who led the CIA in 2017 and 2018 before becoming secretary of state until
