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A Little Giant of Car Building

Author: Volodymyr PISKOVYI
#12 (691) 29 March 2008

In an interview with a local newspaper, Stepan Kravchun, the former General Manager of Zaporizhzhia Car Factory, cited interesting statistics. Recalling the launch, in October 1960, of ZAZ-965, derisively tagged by Nikita Khrushchev as “the tin”, he said every Soviet consumer could afford it...

VAGUE FUTURE OF KYIV SUBURBS

Author: Ihor MASKALEVICH
#41 (620) 28 October 2006

Housing in the capital is always expensive and in short supply. This rule is applicable all over the world. The problem, however, is solved differently – either the number of housing complexes within the city limits is increased or construction projects in the suburbs are being developed...

SCM: The Discovery of the Company That Claims to be a Patriot

Author: Ihor MASKALEVICH
#17 (544) 7 May 2005

The news of Rinat Akhmetov’s departure from Ukraine spread like wildfire all over the country. Though some alleged that he had flown from Moscow to Spain, he remained in Moscow. The city has lately become a refuge for many favorites of the Kuchma regime, who feel the ground in Ukraine slipping away...

Forest Mismanagement

Author: Switlana ISACHENKO
#45 (520) 6 November 2004

Chernivtsi Oblast is one of the few regions in Ukraine that can boast of commercial timber production, vast natural resources of marketable timber and well-developed enterprises. In addition, it is close to the border, with direct access to European motorways, this fact making export of timber and timber-related products especially profitable for the state budget...

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