KIEV, April 14 – Assets from bank Kyivska Rus were removed before the introduction of interim administration using schemes of crediting companies, acquisition of junk bonds and using them as collateral for credits and through transactions with Austria's Meinl Bank Aktiengesellschaft, the Individuals Deposit Guarantee Fund reported on its website.

MOSCOW, April 14 - Russia plans to restrict exports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Ukraine as of May, and it will only be possible to organize shipments through three Ukrainian traders, national daily Kommersant reported on Friday.

MOSCOW, April 14 – Tatneft announced it filed actions in the Moscow Arbitration Court and the High Court of Justice in London on April 13 to enforce an arbitration ruling of July 29, 2014 ordering Ukraine to pay the Russian oil company $144 million.

KIEV, April 14 – The Stockholm Arbitration Institute's Chamber of Commerce in November will hear an arbitration proceeding on termination of the joint activity agreement signed in 2002 by Ukrgazvydobuvannia and Karpatygaz LLC, Misen Enterprises AB (Sweden, the shareholder in Karpatygaz).

KIEV, April 14 – Ukraine's Antimonopoly Committee has recommended that DTEK Dniproenergo, DTEK Skhidenergo LLC and public joint-stock company DTEK Zakhidenergo purchase fuel and steam coal for generating electricity on a competitive basis, in the amount of at least 10% of consumption (burning) of steam coal for electricity production for the same period of 2016," the committee said on Thursday.

KIEV, April 14 – Ukraine's higher administrative court on April 13 upheld a ruling declaring illegal the decision of the National Bank of Ukraine to declare bank Financial Initiative insolvent and introduce interim administration to the bank, former owner of the bank Oleh Bakhmatiuk told Interfax-Ukraine.

KIEV, April 14 – The export duty on scrap iron in the amount of EUR30 per ton could be extended for another two years, according to Viktor Halasiuk the head of the parliamentary committee on industrial policy and entrepreneurship.

MOSCOW, April 17 - Gazprom Export has hired an external auditor, FBK, to verify its commitments to supply minimal annual volumes of gas under contracts with European buyers who receive gas via Ukraine for the period 2012-2017.

KIEV, April 18 – Some 24.7 million Ukrainian tourists travelled abroad in 2016, which is 6.5% more than in 2015, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry said, citing data from the State Border Guard Service.

KIEV, April 18 – Kiev's business court declared invalid 10 trademarks of the Ukrainian subsidiary of Sberbank of Russia and banned the bank from using the Sberbank trademark, Oschadbank said in a Tuesday press release.