Daily Digest: Top news of weekend of Oct.19-20

Judge set over $400,000 bail for Oleh Hladkovsky, president of Bohdan Motors and former high-level defense official. He is arrested for two months charged with abuse of power and falsifying his asset and income declaration Hladkovsky’s indictment offers a rare window into the inner workings of high-level corruption in Ukraine’s defense industry Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine’s top-division soccer […]

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Judge set over $400,000 bail for Oleh Hladkovsky, president of Bohdan Motors and former high-level defense official. He is arrested for two months charged with abuse of power and falsifying his asset and income declaration

Hladkovsky’s indictment offers a rare window into the inner workings of high-level corruption in Ukraine’s defense industry

Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine’s top-division soccer club, is under investigation for tax evasion. Prosecutors allege that the club paid its star players and managers off-the-books

The front page of the Kyiv Post’s latest issue went viral on Twitter and got featured on CNN 

Kyiv Oblast governor handed in his resignation letter after 100 days in office

Antonov celebrates the anniversary of its legendary aircraft An-24 and An-26 (PHOTOS)

Samopomich party elected Oksana Syroid as the new leader replacing its founder and long-time leader, Lviv Mayor Lviv Sadovyi

Ukraine’s economy minister visited Washington D.C. Timofiy Mylovanov met with U.S. officials, World Bank representatives, and business community

Canadians are heading to polls on Oct. 21. How can a potential change in leadership alter Ukraine’s relations with its top overseas ally?

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