Kyiv’s “Rook Swap”: A Technocrat-Reformer vs. the Old Guard – and Who Gets the American “Pie”

Aug. 19 By Julia O`Malley KYIV — Just six months after his appointment, President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the youngest defense minister in Ukraine’s history – 35-year-old technocrat Mykhailo Fedorov. The official pretext was a systemic conflict with the commander-in-chief and a “reset” of the cabinet. … Continue reading Kyiv’s “Rook Swap”: A Technocrat-Reformer vs. the Old Guard – and Who Gets the American “Pie”