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Tomas Fiala, CEO and founder of Dragon Capital, at the company's office in Kyiv, Ukraine on June 15, 2026.
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What 30 years in Ukraine taught one of its biggest investors

by Liliane Bivings

As the Ukrainian business community prepares for its biggest annual event — the Ukraine Recovery Conference, this year taking place in Gdansk — foreign investment in the country is once again set to be a central topic. Russia’s full-scale invasion has brought unprecedented attention to Ukraine, not only because of the war, but also as the West, particularly Europe, has come to better understand the country and the role it can play in its economy. That attention, however, has not translated int

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'My first impression was it's hell' — Belarusian prison memoir brings attention back to Lukashenko's repressions

In a Belarusian prison, it's a simple note — "We are with you" — hidden inside a chocolate bar from a volunteer aid package that can move political prisoners to tears. In their tightly monitored environment, where isolation itself is a form of punishment, such gestures take on an almost sacred significance. Hanna Komar's memoir "When I'm Out Of Here: Staying Human in a Dictator's Jail" details how these fleeting acts of solidarity become a means of holding on when living in an authoritarian reg

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On June 2, Russia carried out its largest ballistic and hypersonic missile attack of the year. On June 15, it nearly surpassed that record. The attacks point to a disturbing change in tactics: The Kremlin may be refining a new model of strikes on Ukrainian cities, relying on concentrated salvos of ballistic and hypersonic missiles to inflict maximum damage as Ukraine faces a growing shortage of Patriot interceptors. The two mass strikes in June followed a similar pattern. Russia launched more

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