Wow. The Kyiv Post, one of the last English-language news outlets in the FSU and a place where many young foreign correspondents — myself included — cut their teeth, is closing. Supposedly temporarily. But I'm told journalists are emptying desks and leaving the office today.
https://twitter.com/KyivPost/status/1457724389097680904
Owner Adnan Kivan wants to "change" and "expand" the company and to create editions in English, Russian, Ukrainian, and Arabic (He's Syrian), he told the Odesa TV channel he also owns. detector.media/infospace/arti…
One thing is clear, Kyiv Post has needed a facelift and a digital upgrade for a while. But I'm hearing from folks with knowledge of this shakeup that what Kivan might want is not only some "restructuring," but also what most media owners in Ukraine want: control over editorial.
More here from Euan.
https://twitter.com/Euan_MacDonald/status/1457723701592473605
Full statement from the @KyivPost newsroom: "The newsroom's attempt to save the editorial independence of the Kyiv Post elicited opposition from our owner. We consider the cessation of publication and the dismissal of the paper's staff to be an act of vengeance by Adnan Kivan." 
Another wrinkle to this story.
https://twitter.com/olgatokariuk/status/1457765572624752648
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