KIEV, Sept. 26 – Prices for natural gas supplied to Russia from Ukraine will rise to more than $400 per 1,000 cubic meters from January 1, 2009, Russian Former Fuel and Energy Minister Borys Nemtsov said at a press conference in Kiev on Friday.

"Don't want to upset you, but unfortunately the price will increase to more than $400 per 1,000 cubic meters," he said.

KIEV, Sept. 29 – A number of Ukrainian companies, due to the worsening of the international financial crisis, have temporarily lost access to the international capital markets through performing initial public offerings, Eurobond issues or attracting syndicated credits, according to Ihor Mazepa, the head of Concorde Capital investment company.

KIEV, Sept. 29 – Ukrainian Yuzhnoye design bureau and Yuzmash (both in Dnipropetrovsk) have signed a contract with the US Orbital Science Corp. for the development and production of the first stage of the Taurus light launch vehicle to deliver cargos to the International Space Station (ISS), Yuriy Moshnenko, the head of information communications center in Yuzhnoye design bureau, has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, Sept. 29 – Russia's Economic Development and Trade Ministry has extended a special protective investigation into imports of stainless steel pipes for another three months, according to a report of Dnipropetrovsk-based Ukrtrubprom issued on Sept. 26.

KIEV, Sept. 29 - UkrNafta, Ukraine's largest crude oil producer, plans to boost crude oil and gas condensate extraction 2.5% to 3.1 million tons in 2005, up from 3.02 million tons produced in 2004, the company's press service said Thursday.

KYIV, Aug 28 – Ukraine will temporarily suspend payments on debt obligations on loans from Cargill Financial Services International from September 3, 2024, the amount of which, according to the Ministry of Finance, was $703.7 million at the end of July and the maturity date is in 2024-2026.

KYIV, Aug 28 - Ukraine and Ukravtodor have received the necessary votes from holders of their eurobonds in the amount of about $23 billion to restructure them on the terms previously agreed with the creditors' committee, the Finance Ministry of Ukraine said on the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday.

KYIV, Aug 24 – The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has included two tobacco market leaders Philip Morris International and Japan Tobacco International in the list of international sponsors of the war due to the continuation of activities in the Russian Federation, the agency reported.

KYIV, Aug 24 – The French food and beverage manufacturer Danone has announced the launch of a new brand for the production of traditional dairy products Prosto Nashe on the market, the company's press service reported.

KYIV, Aug 25 – Centrenergo, a state-controlled power generating conglomerate in central Ukraine, plans to import coal for the autumn-winter period of 2023/2024, General Director Andrey Churkin said.