KIEV, Dec. 15 – Ukraine's Antimonopoly Committee official says she Ahiya Zahrebelska sees signs of violation of economic competition protection legislation in actions of four largest tobacco companies with foreign capital in the form of setting the conditions for sale of cigarettes that resulted in removal of competition on the market.

KIEV, Dec. 15 - Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia on restructuring of Ukraine's $3 billion eurobonds bought by the National Welfare Fund of Russia will be protracted and contentious, Moody's Investors Service said.

KIEV, Dec. 14 - Restructuring of Ukrzaliznytsia's eurobonds will be completed in late February or early March, Fitch Ratings predicted.

Fitch said that it considers the debt restructuring terms agreed by the State Railway Administration of Ukraine's (Ukrzaliznytsia) and a creditor committee would meet its distressed debt exchange criteria.

SIMFEROPOL, Dec. 14 – The Chernomorneftegaz oil and gas company headquartered in Simferopol, has announced that two extracting platforms were moved from the Odessa gasfield to the coast of Crimea at the end of November due to an increased threat of terrorism.

KIEV, Dec. 15 - U.S. energy major Chevron warned Ukraine it may withdraw from a $10 billion shale gas extraction project, a senior Ukrainian presidential administration official said Monday.

KIEV, Dec. 15 - Ukraine urged the European Union on Monday to unlock a major interconnector in Slovakia to provide natural gas to countries in Central and Southern Europe after cancellation of Russia’s South Stream pipeline project.

KIEV, Dec. 12 – All consumers in Ukraine in the future will be compelled to pay a fair price for natural gas, which will be from three to five times higher than the current one for households, Naftogaz Ukrainy CEO Andriy Kobolev said.

KIEV, Dec. 12 – Ukraine's government from December 13, 2013, has raised from 6.5% to 9.5% the rate on a syndicated loan worth $750 million that was announced by a syndicate organizer, Sberbank CIB in mid-September.

KIEV, Dec. 13 - Ukraine's two manganese ore miners and processors, Marhanets ore-mining and dressing mill and Ordzhonikidze ore-mining and dressing mill reduced combined production of manganese concentrate by 1.5% year-on-year to 948,800 tonnes in the first eleven months of 2013.

KIEV, Dec. 13 – Foreigners entering Ukraine need to bring at least $558.50 with them when entering the country, according to a recently passed government regulation.