MOSCOW, Jan. 12 – Russia decided not to extend a contract for power supply to Ukraine following the decision to stop buying Ukrainian electricity for Crimea, the newspaper Kommersant wrote on Tuesday.

LVIV, Jan. 12 - Hundreds of activists in several Ukrainian cities on Tuesday blockaded the cigarette distribution centers owned by a Russian tycoon with alleged links to ousted pro-Moscow president Viktor Yanukovych, AFP reported.

KIEV, Jan. 12 - Ukraine started imports of European natural gas thanks to a $300 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the national energy company, reported Tuesday.

KIEV, Jan. 12 – The Roshen confectionery corporation says that four attacks on its Kiev-based outlets, during the nights of January 3 through January 12, were planned acts of provocation.

Roshen's outlet at 136-zh Peremohy Avenue in Kiev was attacked on January 11, Roshen stated in a press release.

KIEV, Jan. 12 – Dmytro Firtash's Ostchem holding has finished negotiations with Russia's Gazprombank on settling a disputed debt worth $842.5 million.

KIEV, Jan. 12 – Industrial prices in Ukraine, after a jump of 4.2% in November 2014, remained unchanged in December, the State Statistics Service reported.

KIEV, Jan. 12 - Ukraine resumed imports of natural gas from Hungary at 11.00 Kiev time on Saturday, Ukrtransgaz reported.

According to the company, gas imports in this area are soon to be conducted in the amount of 2.7 million cubic meters per day.

KIEV, Jan. 13 – Inflation in Ukraine in 2015 could slow to 20.5% from 24.9% in 2014, representatives of business circles polled by the National Bank of Ukraine at the end of last year have said.

KIEV, Jan. 10 – The Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has ordered National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz Ukrayiny to reach preliminarily agreements with it on all payments of UAH 8 million and more.

KIEV, Jan. 10 – The Cabinet of Ministers has increased the total estimated cost of the construction of the first stage of Dnistrovska hydroelectric pumped storage power plant by 29.2%, to UAH 10.926 billion.