Honored to join the #StategEast Advisory Board. Look forward to helping to strengthen market-oriented democracies in the former Soviet Union states. Very consistent with work of #ITIC since 1993.

🇺🇦 UkraineAlert – Want investors to take Ukraine seriously? The lack of a system that protects intellectual property directly affects trade relations and limits foreign investment, Anatoly Motkin writes. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainea…

My last piece for Financial Times on the importance of IPR protection in post-Soviet countries. It will help these states to reduce their reliance on resources and to start generating added value in their territories. ft.com/content/ff9ab5… via @financialtimes

My new piece for Atlantic Council on how the digitalization tackles corruption in Ukraine atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainea…

Today we’ve discussed with Torbjörn Becker (Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics), Margot Ellis (USAID) and Artur Radziwill (EBRD) - what future the economies of Eurasia await in the wake of the pandemic. youtu.be/8W4mhKDunSE

My last take for Forbes Georgia on StrategEast contribution to IT industry development in Georgia forbes.ge/news/10591/Whe…

Watch a recap of the StrategEast State and IT Eurasian Forum session co-hosted by experts from World Bank & UN Development on how Eurasia can take advantage of a data-driven transformation: wrld.bg/Gafw50GLEjv

Ukraine needs a digital transformation strategy atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainea…

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В Минске впервые за последние 2 недели выглянуло солнце. Приезжайте в гости!

За последние 2 недели из городского стал деревенским.

В школе нас учили, что 5 км/ч - скорость пешехода. В Киеве выяснилось, что это скорость автомобиля.

А теперь он живет напротив своего дома: http://tr.im/HkmF