Investors showed strong interest – demand was twice as much as the company's supply, tickets for financing were received from over 70 investors.

Though an armistice is largely holding, border disputes remain common, and a final peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia is elusive.

The company said in April it would invest $200 million in the construction of a solar power plant with a capacity of 230 megawatts.

From the very beginning, Ukraine’s post-Soviet nation-building journey has been defined by competition between rival narratives that have sought to place the country within Russia itself. Conversely, the Western world has never quite managed to make up its mind about Ukraine and has generally adopted a cautious approach.

Over the past four years, 52,000 hectares of new vineyards have been planted in the country, doubling the share of grapes in the export of fruit and vegetables.