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      Ukraine`s energy holding DTEK, controlled by Akhmetov, to buy 600,000 tonnes of deficit coal from South Africa
      Apr14

      Ukraine`s energy holding DTEK, controlled by Akhmetov, to buy 600,000 tonnes of deficit coal from South Africa

      Ukraine`s largest private energy holding DTEK, controlled by Rinat Akhmetov, confirmed the purchase of 600,000 tonnes of deficit anthracite coal from South Africa with the option to increase it up to 1 million tonnes, according to the company`s press service. The arrival of the first vessel loaded with 75,000 tonnes of anthracite is expected in...

      Moving east, main thing not to leave own border behind – National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine about Anti-Terrorist Operation in Donbas
      Apr14

      Moving east, main thing not to leave own border behind – National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine about Anti-Terrorist Operation in Donbas

      Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov has said that the ATO (Anti-Terrorist Operation) forces did not surrender one meter of Ukrainian soil over the past year. ”We have no other alternative but to win,” Turchynov said in an interview with the BBC. ”Last year was the first when we did not...

      Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada votes to introduce competitive electricity market
      Apr14

      Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada votes to introduce competitive electricity market

      Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada has passed a bill on the electricity market, which foresees more competitive relations on the energy market, including the retail one where end consumers will be able to select a power supplier. Respective bill No. 4493 passed second reading, having scored 277 MPs` votes with the required minimum being 226 votes. The said...

      Ukrainian analyst and Poroshenko`s advisor Volodymyr Horbuli assesses probability of Russian annexation of occupied Donbas
      Apr14

      Ukrainian analyst and Poroshenko`s advisor Volodymyr Horbuli assesses probability of Russian annexation of occupied Donbas

      Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies, academician, adviser to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Horbulin believes that Russia will not go for the annexation of certain regions of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”Today, the Russian Federation hanged Donbas as a stone on Ukraine`s neck, it...

      Serhiy Kurchenko, members of Yanukovych’s criminal group, plans to monopolize liquefied petroleum gas supplies to Ukraine – Russian media
      Apr14

      Serhiy Kurchenko, members of Yanukovych’s criminal group, plans to monopolize liquefied petroleum gas supplies to Ukraine – Russian media

      Fugitive Ukrainian businessman, one of the people from Viktor Yanukovych entourage, Serhiy Kurchenko may become a monopoly supplier of Russian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Ukraine, according to the Russian newspaper Kommersant. It is expected that the export of LPG to Ukraine will be limited starting May, and the only option for Russian...

      Ukraine to launch big blockchain deal with tech firm Bitfury
      Apr14

      Ukraine to launch big blockchain deal with tech firm Bitfury

      Ukraine has partnered with global technology company the Bitfury Group to put a sweeping range of government data on a blockchain platform, the firm`s chief executive officer told Reuters, in a project he described as probably the largest of its kind anywhere. Bitfury, a blockchain company with offices in the United States and overseas, will...

      Ukraine needs up to $10 bln in FDI annually to see economic growth – head of National Investment Council
      Apr14

      Ukraine needs up to $10 bln in FDI annually to see economic growth – head of National Investment Council

      Ukraine needs to attract up to $10 billion in foreign direct investment annually to achieve substantial economic growth, according to head of Office of the National Investment Council Yulia Kovaliv. ”Today, Ukraine has reached macro-stabilization. However, in terms of GDP, we are significantly behind the neighboring Eastern European states. The...

      NATO Secretary General: Russia`s aggression in Ukraine main reason for strengthening defense in Europe
      Apr14

      NATO Secretary General: Russia`s aggression in Ukraine main reason for strengthening defense in Europe

      NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the main reason for strengthening NATO`s collective defense in Europe is the Russian aggression in Ukraine. ”We are concerned about the situation, especially in eastern Ukraine, and the fact that Russia illegally annexed a part of Ukraine – Crimea. And that is the first time since the end of...

      Cost of IMF loan: Ukraine seeks to allow farmland sale from 2018
      Apr14

      Cost of IMF loan: Ukraine seeks to allow farmland sale from 2018

      Ukrainian authorities intend before late May 2017 to adopt a law regulating farmland turnover, and starting 2018, when the moratorium expires, to launch farmland sales. The adoption of a corresponding law is one of the structural beacons of the International Monetary Fund, while Ukraine`s will to start farmland sales is set out in a letter of...

      U.S. Department of State gives no confirmation of Tillerson discussing Ukraine with Putin
      Apr14

      U.S. Department of State gives no confirmation of Tillerson discussing Ukraine with Putin

      The State Department of the United States of America could not confirm whether U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had discussed the situation in Ukraine with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, spokesperson Mark Toner told a briefing in Washington, DC. ”I can say that he did raise Ukraine in his bilateral meeting with Foreign...