KIEV, April 20 – The total amount of mutual claims by Ukraine's Naftogaz Ukrayiny and Russia's Gazprom lodged with the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce is about $50 billion, Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolev said.

KIEV, April 21 – Supplies to the shadow market by state-run enterprise Ukrspyrt cost the state UAH 10 billion annually, according to British financier Neil Smith, the co-owner of Medoff brand.

KIEV, April 20 – Ukrainian coke and semi-coke exports in physical terms fell by 92.7% year-on-year in Q1, to 37,008 tons.

KIEV, April 20 – Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has lowered its long-term counterparty credit rating on Ukraine's PrivatBank to 'CCC-' from 'CCC'.

The outlook is negative, S&P said in a statement.

The 'C' short-term counterparty credit rating was affirmed.

KIEV, April 20 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has lowered its long-term foreign and local currency issuer credit ratings on Ukraine's capital city, Kiev, to 'CC' from 'CCC-'.

KIEV, April 20 - Ukraine's integrated power grids decreased electricity output by 12.8% or by 6.578 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) year-over-year in Q1, to 44.745 billion kWh, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry reported.

KIEV, April 21 - The decline in Ukraine's industrial production in March slowed to 21.1% from 22.5% in February, and 21.3% in January, the State Statistics Committee reported on Monday.

KIEV, April 21 – State-run Ukreximbank suggests that the holders of the bank's loan participation notes (LPN, or notes) worth $750 million maturing on April 27, 2015, prolong the ultimate maturity term for seven years with the payment of 50% of principal amount on April 27, 2019, and another 50% in six equal six-month tranches on April 27, 2022.

KIEV, April 18 – Shareholders in Alfa-Bank (Kiev) on April 17, 2014 finalized a deal with Bank of Cyprus Group on the acquisition of 99.77% stake in Ukraine's Bank of Cyprus (Kiev) and the credit portfolio issued by the group to Ukrainian borrowers, the press service of Alfa-Bank has reported.

KIEV, April 18 – Japan will provide a loan of $1.5 billion to Ukraine to realize a range of projects, including $1.1 billion to modernize the Bortnychi aeration station in Kiev, the Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Economy Ministry reported.