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Free journalism in Ukraine: how Kyiv Post’s entire staff was fired by the owner

Free journalism in Ukraine: how Kyiv Post’s entire staff was fired by the owner

On November 8, one of the major real estate developers in Odesa and Kyiv, Adnan Kivan, without any warning, suddenly fired the entire staff of the main English-language media outlet in Ukraine, the Kyiv Post. Kivan said that he had recruited a new editorial staff – from other journalists under the same name! That is, the reason for the dismissal […]

The independent Kyiv Post has ceased to exist, after 26 years

The independent Kyiv Post has ceased to exist, after 26 years

On the morning of Nov. 8, the independent Kyiv Post news paper’s employees came to the office only to be notified that they were all being fired, effective immediately. Three weeks ago, the Kyiv Post’s owner, Odesa construction tycoon Adnan Kivan, had other plans: To expand the Kyiv Post and launch a Ukrainian-language outlet under the paper’s brand. At the […]

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