KIEV, Sept. 5 – Former Naftogaz Ukrayiny First Deputy Chairman Ihor Didenko has been released from custody according to a court verdict.

Didenko got into a jeep and left the building of Kiev's Pechersky District Court on Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 5 – Ukraine is ready to render any assistance it can to Japan as that country tackles the consequences of the Fukushima disaster, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

KIEV, Sept. 7 – Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, imprisoned while facing charges stemming from her 2009 natural gas pact with Russia, could be sentenced to from seven to 10 years as soon as Friday, BYT-Batkivschyna faction MP Serhiy Vlasenko said on Channel 5.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 7 – Against a backdrop of increasing concern over the imprisonment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, the European Parliament will consider recommendations from the European Commission and the European Commission in the Association Agreement with Ukraine on September 12.

KIEV, Sept. 7 - Ukraine plans to sign natural gas and shale gas contracts with ExxonMobil, Eni, Halliburton and Chevron “within months” to boost domestic energy extraction, Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko said Wednesday.

KIEV, Sept. 7 – Ukraine will continue to be Europe’s key natural gas shipper for years to come even after the launch of Russia’s Nord Stream pipeline connecting Russia and Germany, Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko said Wednesday.

MOSCOW, Sept. 7 – The Ukrainian leadership hopes to hold two meetings with the Russian president before the end of the year.

KIEV, Sept. 7 – President Viktor Yanukovych’s coalition on Tuesday approved legislation that effectively allows him to appoint the head of the Kiev city government. It also disbands city district councils, canceling elections in these constituencies.

KIEV, Sept. 6 – The opposition Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko intends to ask the International Monetary Fund to send a special working group to investigate the situation around the RosUkrEnergo Company and Ukraine's obligation to transfer state money to this company.

KIEV, Sept. 7 - Ukraine will suspend extra purchases of natural gas after the government has determined there is enough gas in underground storage facilities to meet demand in the winter, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said Monday.