Peter Byrne

Vyacheslav Bohuslayev, long-serving CEO of the Zaporizhia-based company had planned to sell the company to Skyrizon, also known as Beijing Tianjiao Aviation Industry Investment Company. However, Ukraine’s SBU security service has stepped in and stopped the sale. Last week, Beijing’s Global Times reports Ukraine’s Antimonopoly Committee was to rule on the sale on Monday. After Zaporizhia turned against Boguslayev, Rada member since 2006, the Committee may decide that local opinion is against the sale.

U.S. President Donald Trump on April 26, 2019 said during a telephone interview that the U.S. Justice Department will investigate allegations of collusion between Ukrainian law-enforcement agencies and Hillary Clinton’s campaign during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The Wall Street Journal's editorial board has said the new political elite in Ukraine will have to move quickly to improve the rule of law, privatize more state-owned enterprises, and liberalize property law. Corruption retards growth more than the war does.