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James Brooke, an American journalist, is one of the best-known and
authoritative expat figures in Kyiv. He is editor-in-chief of Ukraine Business News, a free English-language news site based in Kyiv (www.ubn.news). He is a former Russia/former Soviet Union bureau chief for Voice of America, based in Moscow, and a former Moscow bureau chief for Bloomberg. Before that, Mr. Brooke reported for 24 years for The New York Times, largely overseas in countries such as Japan, South Korea, Ivory Coast and Brazil. He was interviewed by Bohdan Nahaylo for The Ukrainian Weekly on October 4 in Kyiv.
What were your impressions on the Think Invest forum?
It was great! We started with this brand-new highway linking Zaporizhzhia airport to Mariupol. You can now drive it in two and a half hours. It was built by Turkish and Ukrainian contractors. That made it a lot easier to get there. Also, Zaporizhzhia is ready to inaugurate their $30 million new airport terminal next month.

The 116th U.S. Congress formally convened on January 3. November’s mid-term elections produced clear winners and clear losers. The Democratic Party is definitely in the “W” column with a resounding majority of 235-199 (the 9th Congressional District in North Carolina is still disputed). Control over the House of Representatives passed upon the convening of the new Congress. The Republicans can take some solace in having held on to the Senate and slightly increased their majority to 53-47. 

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