Lewis Pek Editor
Comment
March 2022
There’s nothing else to make a comment about right now. Ukraine is first and foremost the most dramatic, tragic and important event taking place right now. The fact that we’ve only just begun writing and covering the market again, after over a decade of gambling bans and pandemic delays, is tragic in and of itself.
The thought of returning to Kyiv has been a genuinely exciting prospect for me. The last time I was in the city was in 2008. I’d visited every year since 2000 and had even appeared on Ukrainian national television in an attempt to persuade government officials of the legitimacy of a regulated gambling market, ahead of the inevitable gambling ban in 2009.
Visiting Ukraine was always a more relaxed experience than travelling, as we did frequently during this period, to Moscow and St. Petersburg. You could never drop your guard in Russia and truly relax - it always felt as though you were one misstep away from serious trouble. In Ukraine, on the other hand, you were less alien and
THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE ARE BEING SUBJECTED TO HORRENDOUS BRUTALITY WITHOUT CAUSE OR JUSTIFICATION.
more fellow traveller. I’ve been to meals at distributor’s houses, met the heads of government at casino venues and been wined and dined in fabulous locations. You make friends easily in Ukraine. It’s an open and welcoming place. You can explore.
We’ve been writing, gather data and talking about investment in gambling since the new law was ratified. I should have visited Kyiv last year, but was prevented from travelling due to Covid. I pushed it back, thinking it’ll be a short few months before being able to return. Back to a vibrant, thrilling city with so many friends to reconnect with and establish new relationships too.
It’s utterly shocking that as the pandemic recedes, the prospect of returning to Ukraine is out of the question as the people of the country are subjected to horrendous brutality without cause or justification. How did it come to this?
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