2021: Last year of the Kyiv Post newspaper

The print edition rang in 2021 with a bang, but the entire staff would be fired by year's end, giving birth to the Kyiv Independent. The Kyiv Post has never come out in print since then.

This is Kyiv Post chief editor Brian Bonner’s summary of the Jan. 15, 2021, edition, which can be read here in PDF format:

We're back in print for the start of our 26th year in Ukraine! Thank you all, and hope you had a great winter holiday break!

Banned! The top story is the U.S. crackdown on Kremlin-linked Ukrainians who peddled false stories through Rudy Giuliani in a bid to interfere in the Nov. 3 presidential election on behalf of Giuliani's client, President Donald J. Trump. Related columns on the issue by Anders Aslund & Sergii Leshchenko.

Other news:

-- Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova writes about international efforts to fight crime & corruption.

--Big Interview with Energy Minister Yuriy Vitrenko.

-- Big Interview with Strategic Industries Minister Oleh Uruskiy.

-- Big Interview with UkrOboronProm CEO Yuriy Husyev.

-- Advertising market expected to be up 16%, to $1 billion in 2021.

-- Traffic jams galore as metro, air travel down.

-- China increases its lead as Ukraine's top trading partner in 2020.

-- Investigation: Ihor Kolomoisky & Rinat Akhmetov, two most powerful oligarchs, control 40% of parliament.

-- The best Soviet architecture in Kyiv.

-- World Traveler: Mexico.

-- Where to order your restaurant takeout/delivery during the latest lockdown that ends Jan. 25.

-- Editorials: Unconstitutional court & gas prices.