Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met today with Alexander Soros, the Chair of the Open Society Foundations, according to Ukrinform. Shmyhal posted on Facebook: “We had a meaningful meeting with Alexander Soros, the chair of the Open Society Foundations, and his team. The charitable fund has been operating in Ukraine since 1990 and continues to support Ukrainians in times of a full-scale war.”
According to Shmyhal, the Open Society Foundations currently plans to launch new projects, so both parties discussed priority needs, including economic recovery, reconstruction, and social issues. The government plans to increase support programs for small and medium-sized businesses, including veteran businesses. Such areas of cooperation as demining, energy, and logistics are also promising. “We focused separately on establishing justice. We must hold Russia accountable and make it pay, particularly through the confiscation of its frozen assets in the West,” he said.
Of note, since “demining, energy and logistics” were described by Shmyhal as alongside of the core “veteran businesses,” it raises the question as to whether the Open Society will be investing in the most obvious and promoted of Ukraine’s “small and medium-sized” businesses, the production of drones.
