Casting a cloud over Kyiv, Ukraine’s business and governmental capital,

Casting a cloud over Kyiv, Ukraine’s business and governmental capital, Ukraine’s new cabinet is stripping Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko of his powers at the head of the city administration. Traditionally, the capital’s elected mayor has held both posts. With local elections not expected until 2020, the divorce of the two jobs may further degrade public administration. After five years as Mayor, Klitschko is increasingly criticized for failing to tackle traffic jams, cars parked on sidewalks, graffiti on buildings, and dangerously icy sidewalks in the winter.