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What did 8 January 2020 mean for Ukraine's economy?
Summary
A look back at a day that brought a pipeline inauguration in the region and a fatal crash involving a Ukrainian airline.
What happened on 8 January 2020 that mattered to Ukraine and its neighbours? Two events stood out, one in energy and one in aviation.
The heads of state of Turkey, Russia, Serbia and Bulgaria formally inaugurated the TurkStream gas pipelines on that day. The ceremony put four countries of the wider region at the centre of a gas infrastructure project.
The same day brought grim news from Iran. A passenger aircraft of the Ukrainian airline MAU (Ukraine International Airlines) crashed near Tehran, and 176 people were killed.
The two events were unrelated, but both were reported on 8 January 2020 and both bore on Ukraine's wider economic and transport landscape: one through the region's gas routes, the other through the loss suffered by a Ukrainian carrier.
