MOSCOW, Nov. 1 - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he saw no reason for Moscow to cut gas supplies to Ukraine over an unpaid bill for now, playing down talk of an imminent "gas war" that might disrupt gas flows to Europe.

KIEV, Nov. 2 – Deputy Prime Minister and Social Policy Minister Serhiy Tyhypko and Finance Minister Fedir Yaroshenko left for Washington on Wednesday to hold talks with the International Monetary Fund, said Vitaliy Lukyanenko, spokesman for the prime minister.

KIEV, Nov. 3 - Opposition lawmakers demanded the government explain recent reports that the country will switch to Russian rubles, away from U.S. dollars, in paying for Russian natural gas imports.

KIEV, Nov. 3 - Chernobyl clean-up workers and human rights activists, protesting against planned social benefit cuts, on Thursday rallied in front of the government’s building, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

KIEV, Nov. 1 – Talks on setting up a joint venture in the gas sector between Ukrainian and Russian gas monopolies are proceeding without haste, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.

KIEV, Nov. 3 – The price of natural gas for Ukraine for the first quarter of 2011 would be defined under the existing formula, Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov in an interview with the RT TV channel.

KIEV, Nov. 3 - President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday nominated one of his closest allies, Viktor Pshonka, to the post of the Prosecutor General after dismissing Oleksandr Medvedko, according to presidential decrees.

KIEV, Nov. 3 - Opposition leaders on Wednesday pledged to contest results of controversial Kharkiv mayoral election in court following allegations of massive vote rigging in favor of an incumbent.

KIEV, Nov. 3 - Ukraine faces a penalty of about $7 billion from Russian gas giant Gazprom for importing less-than-expected amounts of natural gas this year, Bohdan Sokolovskiy, President Viktor Yushchenko’s top energy envoy, said Tuesday.

KIEV, Nov. 3 – Parliament on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to approve amendments to the 2009 budget that unlock one billion hryvnias in funds for measures to contain the swine flu outbreak in Ukraine.