KIEV, Feb. 3 – The issue of returning bid deposits to bidders in a tender for the privatization of the Odessa Port-Side Plant will be immediately considered if Regions Party leader Viktor Yanukovych is elected president, MP Iryna Akimova from the Regions Party said.

KIEV, Feb. 4 – The Russian leadership has said it is ready cooperate with whoever wins the presidential election in Ukraine, but it would be slightly better for Russia if presidential candidate and current Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko wins the presidential election, Russian political scientist Stanislav Belkovski has said.

KIEV, Feb. 4 – The deficit of Ukraine's balance of payments in 2010 is projected at $3.2 billion, President Viktor Yushchenko said at a meeting with bankers on Thursday.

KIEV, Feb. 4 – Ukraine will need four to seven years to fully recover from its economic crisis following major contraction last year, Volodymyr Stelmakh, the governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, said Thursday.

KIEV, Feb. 4 – President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday signed a controversial presidential election bill, arguing the action was needed to prevent a scenario in which the Sunday vote could get cancelled.

KIEV, Feb. 4 – The downturn in Ukraine could bottom out in the middle of Q4, although only if the anti-crisis measures put in place are revised, according to Valeriy Lytvytsky, head of the group of advisors to the National Bank's governor.

KIEV, Feb. 4 – Ukraine, which just settled its 16-year territorial dispute with Romania through the UN’s highest court, may do the same to settle a similar dispute with Russia, a Ukrainian diplomat said Wednesday.

KIEV, Feb. 4 – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will face mounting pressure in Parliament on Thursday to resign amid concerns her government has been failing to act to prevent Ukraine’s worst recession in decades.

KIEV, Feb. 4 – The International Monetary Fund on Thursday sent a senior official to Ukraine amid mounting concerns the government has been failing to do enough to address the country’s worst economic crisis.

KIEV, Feb. 1 – Just over $264 million has been sent to accounts of 1.39 million depositors for the reimbursement of defaulted Soviet-era deposits, State Savings Bank of Ukraine (Oschadbank) reported.