2016 in Ukraine
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{{see also|2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine|War in Donbas}}
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{{Year in Ukraine|2016}}
Incumbents
- President: Petro Poroshenko
- Prime Minister: Arseniy Yatsenyuk (until 14 April), Volodymyr Groysman (from 14 April)
Events
- 11 January 2016, The representative of the Russian Federation to the Tripartite Liaison Group, Boris Gryzlov, has brought to Kyiv Vladimir Putin's offer regarding the end of the war in Donbas, which, however, did not leave Kyiv satisfied{{cite news|title=Details of Gryzlov's visit to Kyiv revealed|url=http://www.unian.info/politics/1235611-details-of-gryzlovs-visit-to-kyiv-revealed.html|accessdate=9 March 2016|agency=UNIAN Information Agency|date=13 January 2016}}
- President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko stated that he has signed a contract this year, according to which he transferred his stake in Roshen Corporation to an independent "blind" trust.{{cite news|title=Poroshenko declares transfer of his stake in Roshen to independent 'blind' trust|url=http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/economic/317478.html|accessdate=9 March 2016|agency=Interfax-Ukraine. Ukraine News Agency|date=14 January 2016}}
- Ukraine's central bank more than halved its 2016 growth forecast Thursday as the cash-strapped country battles crises ranging from falling commodity prices to a new trade embargo by Russia. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) also left its main borrowing rate unchanged at 22 percent in order to keep persistent inflation expectations in check.{{cite news|title=Ukraine's central bank halves 2016 growth forecast|url=http://www.globalpost.com/article/6726011/2016/01/28/ukraines-central-bank-downgrades-2016-growth-forecast|accessdate=9 March 2016|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=29 January 2016}}
- Influenza continues to circulate in Ukraine as well as the WHO European Region, with several regions in Ukraine exceeding the epidemic threshold. In week 5, the Ministry of Health in Ukraine reported a decrease in influenza activity but it cannot be predicted if this decrease will continue. The predominant strain continues to be influenza virus A(H1N1), the virus that emerged during the 2009 pandemic, and is known to cause illness in young adults including pregnant women.{{cite news|title=Influenza update in Ukraine as of 12 Feb 2016|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/ukraine/influenza-update-ukraine-12-feb-2016|accessdate=9 March 2016|agency=World Health Organization|publisher=ReliefWeb|date=12 February 2016}}
- December 30 2016, The Russian book ban in Ukraine starts.
Deaths
- 4 June – Zoya Klyuchko, entomologist, (b. 1933).{{cite encyclopedia|last=Zerova|first=M. D.|title=Ключко Зоя Федорівна|trans-title=Klyuchko Zoya Fedorivna|url=https://esu.com.ua/search_articles.php?id=8628|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine|language=uk|date=2017|access-date=24 September 2022}}
- 5 August – Vira Naydyonova, industrialist (b. 1948).{{cite web |title=Найдьонова Віра Опанасівна |trans-title=Naidenova Vira Opanasivna |url=http://www.ukrgeroes.com.ua/NaydenovaVO.html |access-date=10 April 2022 |publisher=Heroes of Ukraine |language=uk}}
References
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