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September 16, 18:56
How the country lived on September 16, 2020
● Zelensky played the president… The current president Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to support only 29% of Ukrainians, among those who have made their choice. These are the results of a poll conducted by the social group Rating, which was not funny for a former comedian. (September 3-6, 2 thousand respondents, the error is not more than 2.2%).
The rating of the head of state is steadily decreasing (according to various surveys) since the winter-spring of this year, when it reached 40-45%. But now (and this is the first time) Fewer people would vote for Zelenskiy than in the first round of the presidential election that was victorious for him. (then he got 30.24%).
However, the head of state is still ahead of all competitors: according to current rating data, 15.5% of respondents would vote for HLS co-chair Yuri Boyko, for the leader of European Solidarity. (EU) Petro Poroshenko – 14%, for Yulia Tymoshenko – 9.3%.
And the fifth president?
● Poroshenko lost Kiev to Klitschko… European Solidarity Party (EU) Petro Poroshenko will support the current mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko. This decision was announced at the congress of the EU capital team. “European solidarity initiates the unification of all democratic forces. They ask us: which of the candidates for the post of mayor of Kiev? We support the current mayor, who was implementing the political course of the fifth president of Ukraine, “said the head of the party’s Kiev cell, Volodymyr Prokopov.
● Klitschko was proud… The mayor of Kiev reacted to the EU decision as follows: “Today I learned about the support for my candidacy for the post of mayor of Kiev from other political forces. I understand that many parties today want Klitschko to be their mayor. “Vitali Klitschko thanked the support and recalled that the UDAR party goes only to the elections.” We are not haggling! Any unification is possible only around the interests of the people. from Kiev. We work with the people of Kiev and for the people of Kiev, “he added.
But Poroshenko will continue to call out to metropolitan voters:
● Poroshenko goes to Kiev… Marina Poroshenko, wife of the former president and leader of the EU, topped the party’s list in the elections to the Kiev City Council. She said it at the party congress: “I want to say right away that I don’t feel political. First of all, I am a citizen of my country, which I love very much. And I care what happens to Ukraine. And what will happen in the capital, Kiev ”.
In addition to Poroshenko, the party’s top five included EU Kiev cell head Vladimir Prokopov, lawyer and former MP Leonid Yemets, EU youth cell leader Dinara Khabibullaeva and veteran and volunteer Alexander Pogrebysky.
It is worth remembering that in the capital, Vitali Klitschko’s BLOW party has the highest rating: 23.6% among those who have made a decision and intend to go to the polls. Second – CH (13.6%), third – EU (13.1%). Next – Voice (8.2%), HLE (7.4%) and Batkivshchyna (7.3%) …
Nefyodov will compete with Poroshenko:
● Max, Voice, Kiev… Maxim Nefyodov, former head of State Customs (in the government of Alexey Honcharuk), topped the list of Voices in the elections to the Kiev City Council. “I feel very comfortable at the end of not being an official, but just seeing the country lose once again the opportunity to take a leap forward, there are no forces,” he wrote on FB.
Nefyodov explained that he returned to business, but considers it necessary to dedicate part of his life to social activities. “The window of opportunity in government has now closed: instead of reforms in most spheres, not even time is marked, but erosion and regression. Therefore, it is logical to try to change something in the city where I was born and live ”, he said.
Nefyodov added that he decided to go to the polls with Golos, since this party is the closest to his points of view: economic and ethical …
But in the Odessa region, the head of the Ministry of Health will participate in the elections:
● Newsletter Minister… Maxim Stepanov, Minister of Health, confirmed that he will run for the Odessa Regional Council of the CH party.
He agreed to head the regional list of the presidential party, because he sees this as an opportunity «implement the reforms promised by President Volodymyr Zelensky on the ground ”.
«Along with the entire country, the Odessa region deserves the real changes initiated by the president. But they can only be done if there is your team in the local government. This is a unique opportunity for change, which we cannot miss ”, he wrote on FB.
Stepanov not so long ago was governor of the Odessa region …
Then there will be news about Stepanov’s direct profile:
● Two records: good and bad… During the last day, the coronavirus in Ukraine was found in 2958 people, 76 deaths were recorded (and this is a record: before that the maximum value was 72), 1,514 recovered patients (this is also a record: before that the maximum was 1341).
In total, during the entire time of the pandemic, 162,660 people fell ill in the country, of which 72,324 recovered, deaths – 3,340 …
● From Ternopil to Kharkiv… Most new cases of Covid-19 infection were detected in Ternopil (380 infected), Odessa (284) and Kharkov (272) regions, as well as in Kiev (356).
● New quarantine rules… The Cabinet of Ministers has changed approaches to dividing regions into quarantine zones. A city or district will be included in the red zone if: 75% of the beds in medical institutions in the region are loaded for five consecutive days; exceeding the average incidence rate in the country for every 100,000 inhabitants in 14 days more than five times.
At the same time, entry to schools and kindergartens will be allowed in the red zone. They will be closed only if more than 50% of the classes are sent for self-isolation.
And the Chernivtsi city hall applied to the government with a request to compensate the city for the quarantine losses, amounting to about 140 million UAH …
Speaking of money, let’s move on to the economic news:
● Hard Nord Stream 2… To save the construction of the Russian Gazprom. (for Russian gas, bypassing Ukraine) the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline of the US sanctions, Germany offered Washington to allocate up to one billion euros for the construction of two terminals for US liquefied natural gas (LNG). This was reported by the German edition Die Zeit, citing sources.
● Only Americans can… And the head of Ukraine’s NJSC Naftogaz, Andriy Kobolev, just said that only US sanctions, which may be strengthened this fall, can finally stop the construction of Nord Stream-2. “I don’t think the Germans will abandon this project,” he said in an interview with Yanina Sokolova. – I very much doubt that without the US sanctions, whose strengthening we hope this fall, it can be said that this project is stopped, dead. I wouldn’t count on that. “
More on Americans:
● Will appear in Kiev Sheraton… The International Development Finance Corporation of the United States will provide a loan of $ 27 million for the construction and operation of the first Sheraton hotel in Ukraine.
Five-star Sheraton Kyiv Olimpiyskiy project (will be located on the NSC Olympic territory) developed in 2011 for the opening of Euro 2012. But due to the unstable market situation, it froze.
Work on the project resumed in 2018 together with the operator Marriott Hotels & Resort. As a result, the hotel’s architectural and design solutions were revised, and the number of rooms was increased by 6%, to 208 rooms.
● And in Dnipro there is a new airport… Today, preparatory work has begun on the construction of a new airfield and terminals on the Dnieper, which are carried out by the state and commercial structures of the Kharkov businessman Alexander Yaroslavsky. This was announced by Infrastructure Minister Vladislav Krykliy.
«A tender has also been announced for the selection of the general contractor for the construction of the airfield ”, he added. The expected cost of these works is 5.69 billion UAH. The auction is scheduled for December 21, 2020.
To NS Dnipro (part of Yaroslavsky’s DCH group) begins to build a new airport passenger and VIP terminal.
And the owner of the supermarket chain Novus purchase 100% of the company that owns the Billa supermarket chain in Ukraine …
● Less papers… RNUKNP equated electronic cabinet (individual tax identification number) to paper.
The government also approved a mechanism to use electronic copies of documents in the Diya app. They can be used to: provide / receive postal services; carry out banking operations; at the supermarket checkout counters to confirm age; provision of administrative services; reimbursement of funds paid for the goods; Similar.
At the moment, the electronic taxpayer number is available only in the beta version of the application …
And for the end:
● Course for 30… Analysts at investment bank JPMorgan predict a drop in Ukraine’s GDP of 4% in 2020 with an average annual inflation of 2.6% (at the end of the year – 3.5%). But in 2021, GDP growth can reach 6% with inflation of 4%.
The forecast says that the hryvnia exchange rate by the end of the year will remain at the current level (28 UAH / $). But by the end of the first quarter of 2021, the national currency will weaken to 28.5 UAH / $, at the end of the second – to 29.5 UAH / $, and then – to 30 UAH / $.
Remember what yesterday brought you, live in the present and hope for the future.
