KYIV, Jan 23 – Ukraine's Justice Ministry intends to attract an advisor to collect the fine of UAH 172 billion imposed by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine on Russia's Gazprom using foreign assets of the Russian company, Deputy Justice Minister Serhiy Shkliar said at a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.

KYIV, Jan 24 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny is now taking no part in talks with potential partners on the management of Ukraine's gas transport system, Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolev has said.

KYIV, Jan 23 – Oil price hikes in the world in 2018 could result in growth of the costs of fuel in Ukraine by 22-24% on average and the cost of natural gas by 8-11%, the ICU investment group has said.

KYIV, Jan 24 – The Justice Ministry has filed a lawsuit to the business court in Luhansk region seeking to collect UAH 705 million from private joint-stock company Linik (Lysychansk oil refinery, Luhansk region) as recourse in the lawsuit of Agrocomplex lost in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Deputy Justice Minister Serhiy Shkliar said at a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.

KYIV, Jan 24 – Purchase of 4 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas in 2018 by national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy from Russia's Gazprom is the mandatory condition for the execution of the decision of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and today it is effective from the point of commerce, Naftogaz Ukrainy CEO Andriy Kobolev said on Channel 5 TV on Tuesday evening.

KYIV, Jan 24 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny and consequently the state may lose UAH 200 million because of the extension of public service obligations (PSO) to sell natural gas to households and thermal utilities at a regulated price until April 2021.

KIEV, Jan. 23 - Naftogaz Ukrayiny starting February 1 will raise the price of gas sold to industrial customers on a prepayment basis by 22%, or UAH 1,663, to UAH 9,215 per 1,000 cubic meters (including VAT).

KIEV, Jan. 24 – Organizing the production in Ukraine of the American M-4 assault rifle, version WAC 47, will accelerate the process of completely reequipping Ukraine's Army and law-enforcement structures with NATO-standard weapons, the state-run Ukroboronservice company said.

KIEV, Jan. 24 – International audit company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said it is still communicating with the National Bank of Ukraine about the controversial appraisal of assets used as collateral at PrivatBank (Dnipro), but the company does not comment on the situation.

KIEV, Jan. 24 – The executive directors of the Individuals Deposit Guarantee Fund have approved a document for forming the liquidation assets of bank Mykhailivsky (Kiev), and according to independent appraisers the real cost of the bank's assets was less than their balance sheet cost by 97.2%, the fund has reported on its website.