SEVASTOPOL, June 22 – Sevastopol City State Administration Chairman Valeriy Saratov has said that Russia's active participation in the social and economic development of Sevastopol will help solve many problems and improve the lives of citizens, including those of the families of the servicemen of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

KIEV, June 21 - Karpatnaftokhim Ltd. (Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk region) announced plans to launch chlorine and soda ash production facilities in September and PVC-S production by the end of 2010.

KIEV, June 21 – Ukraine's Finance Ministry plans to raise about UAH 800-900 million through the introduction of a 5% tax on individuals' income from bank deposits, Deputy Finance Minister Tetiana Yefimenko said.

KIEV, June 22 - The Ukrainian Scrap Metal Association (UAVtormet), jointly with the Ukrainian Industry Ministry, supports restrictions on the terms of licenses on transactions with scrap ferrous and non-ferrous to five years.

KIEV, June 19 – The National Bank of Ukraine has improved the assessment of Ukraine's gross foreign debt for January-March 2009 to $99.159 billion from $101 billion, the NBU said on its official Web site.

KIEV, June 19 – The National Energy Company of Ukraine, which manages several large thermal power plants, is to initiate their privatization, the president of the National Joint-Stock Company Energy Company of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zinevych, said in an interview with Delo newspaper.

KIEV, June 19 – Revenues to the Ukrainian budget from the sale of state stakes in four electricity-generating companies that exploits heat power plants--Dniproenergo, Donbasenergo, Zakhidenergo and Tsentrenergo--$1-1.5 billion, according to Volodymyr Zinevych, president of the National Energy Company of Ukraine.

KIEV, June 20 - Crimean Soda Plant in Krasnoperekopsk, part of OstChem Holding, which is under control of Dmytro Firtash, has completed the first stage of the plant's upgrade worth EUR3 million, by replacing two out of four filters at the plant.

KIEV, June 20 - Ukrainian communication operators increased income from services by 21.4% in January to May year-on-year, to UAH18.324 billion, the State Statistics Committee reported.

KIEV, June 20 – The Association of International Haulers of Ukraine (AsMAP) plans on July 8 to hold a strike against the decision of Kiev City state administration to restrict the entry of trucks to Kiev and the non-fulfillment of AsMAP requirements by the central executive power bodies.