KIEV, Oct. 28 – The Ukrainian opposition is planning to demand that Parliament hear a report by Prime Minister Mykola Azarov concerning the talks with Russia on gas agreements between Kiev and Moscow.

KIEV, Oct. 28 – Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has taken the top position in "100 most influential women of Ukraine" rating by Focus magazine.

KIEV, Oct. 28 – The government and the National Bank of Ukraine have fulfilled virtually all the goals of the memorandum with the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said during a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Tefft in Kiev on Friday.

KIEV, Oct. 31 – Ukraine and Russia guarantee execution of the current gas contracts on supplies and transit until new contracts are concluded, according to a statement by Gazprom.

KIEV, Oct. 31 – Ukraine’s second-largest opposition party on Monday vowed to boycott the next parliamentary election in October 2012 if pro-government lawmakers ignore its amendments to an election bill that must be debated this week.

KIEV, Oct. 31 - Opposition candidate Arsen Avakov may be defeating a candidate backed by the authorities to become the mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, data from two exit polls indicated.

KIEV, Oct. 31 - A more polarized Ukraine has emerged from local elections on Sunday with an ultra-nationalist party winning three western regions and pro-government party crushing rivals in eastern regions, exit polls suggest.

MOSCOW, Oct. 29 – The Ukrainian government has to pay debts to the Russian Defense Ministry for the breaking of an agreement in 1996 on supplies of construction materials worth $450 million, Georgy Oleynik the former head of military budget and funding of Russia’s Defense Ministry, told reporters.

KIEV, Oct. 31 - The Ukrainian government approved new standards of gasoline and diesel fuel quality, meeting requirements of Euro-3 and Euro-4 standards, the energy and fuel ministry reported Wednesday.

KIEV, Cot. 31 - Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday rejected an almost 50% hike in gas prices recently suggested by Russia and gave the energy minister 10 days to negotiate an acceptable price.