Aleysa Ivanova wakes up each morning wondering when the knock on her door will come. Read more here. The post The Guardian: Belarus regime steps up ‘purge’ of activists and media appeared first on KyivPost.

Russia reported 22,160 new COVID-19 cases on August 9, including 2,150 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 6,469,910. Read more here.   The post Reuters: Russia reports 22,160 new COVID-19 cases, 769 deaths ...

Russian media have reported that Lyubov Sobol, a key ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, has fled Russia, reports that the lawyer and activist has not confirmed herself. Read more here. The post The Moscow Times: Top Navalny ally Lyubov Sob...

Officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have detained the former head of the production unit of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, who is suspected of embezzling almost Hr 1 million allocated for the repair of track machines. “According to the inves...

Russia plans to build 51 more pieces of military infrastructure on the Kuril islands, the state TASS news agency quoted Russia’s Defense Ministry as saying on August 9. Read more here. The post Reuters: Russia expands military construction plan...

Last week, the National Bank of Ukraine bought $76.3 million on the interbank foreign exchange market. Read more here.   The post UkrInform: NBU buys $76.3 million on interbank market last week appeared first on KyivPost.

The supervisory board of the Ukrainian Startup Fund (USF), based on the results of 28 Pitch Day, has identified 10 more startups that will receive grants totaling $250,000, the fund’s press service said last week. In total, teams of 13 projects...

Sergei Kovalyov, one of the most prominent and eloquent Soviet and Russian human rights activists, died in his sleep in Moscow on August 9, his son Ivan wrote on social media. He was 91. Read more here. The post RFE/RL: Sergei Kovalyov, heir to Sakha...

Ukraine has registered 300 new cases of COVID-19 as of 9 a.m. on Aug. 9, with the total number of cases in the country since the start of the pandemic being over 2.25 million. In the past 24 hours, 281 COVID-19 patients have recovered and five have d...

From August 7, citizens of Ukraine are allowed to cross into Hungary with no restrictions earlier imposed due to the coronavirus spread. Read more here. The post UkrInform: Hungary lifts travel restrictions for Ukrainians appeared first on KyivPost.