KREMENCHUK, Oct. 14 – The cancellation of Russian certificates for Kriukov Car Building Works (KCBW, Kremenchuk, Poltava region) goods was politically motivated, Volodymyr Prykhodko, head of the supervisory board of KCBW, told reporters.

KIEV, Oct. 14 – Participants of a meeting of the subcommission for cooperation in the aviation industry of the committee of economic cooperation of the Ukrainian-Russian interstate commission have confirmed the plans of the sides to create a joint venture for the production of modernized An-124-100 150 tonne-capacity Ruslan heavy transport aircraft, the Industrial Policy Ministry reported.

KIEV, Oct. 11 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has improved its forecast for the production of sunflower oil in Ukraine in the current marketing year (MY, September 2012 through August 2013) by 1.9%, or by 67,000 tons from its September forecast, to 3.49 million tons.

KIEV, Oct. 11 - World Bank Country Director for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Qimiao Fan and of the State of Automobile Roads Agency (Ukravtodor)Chairman Volodymyr Demishkan have signed a loan agreement to finance the Second Road and Safety Improvement Project (RSIP2) in Ukraine.

KIEV, Oct. 11 – The customs services of the European Union and Ukraine are to intensify the fight against cigarette smuggling, said Heinz Zourek, director general of the European Commission's Taxation and Customs Union.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 12 – Donetsk region plans to raise investment from the European Investment Bank to modernize the infrastructure of the Siversky Donets-Donbas canal.

KIEV, Oct. 12 – The prices of the cheapest types of bread in Kiev region will not grow within the next three years, Anatoliy Prysiazhniuk, head of Kiev Regional State Administration said during the opening of a new bread-making complex in Vasylkiv region.

KIEV, Oct. 12 - Zorya-Mashproekt (Mykolaiv) has started fulfilling a contract for power equipment supplies for an electric power plant that is being constructed in Ghana, the company announced.

KIEV, Oct. 12 – Ukraine increased electricity exports by 1.9% (51.6 million kWh) in January-September year-on-year, to 2.746 billion kWh, the Fuel and Energy Ministry announced.

KIEV, Oct. 13 – The Security Service has completed its pretrial investigation into a criminal case against officials of NJSC Naftogaz Ukrayiny and the State Customs Service on the unlawful seizure of gas belonging to Swiss-based gas trader RosUkrEnergo and the illegal customs clearance of the gas in February-March 2009.