KIEV, April 21 – President Viktor Yanukovych’s administration on Wednesday restricted access to most Ukrainian reporters of his press conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, forcing them to watch the event on a video.

KHARKIV, April 21 - Russia will reduce natural gas prices for Ukraine by an average of 30% as part of a complicated political deal that extends stationing of its navy in a Ukrainian port Sevastopol.

The agreements were reached at a meeting between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych in Kharkiv.

KIEV, April 21 – A speeding vehicle from the cortege of President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday crashed into a taxi cab in Kiev, killing one person and severely injuring two others.

KIEV, April 21 – President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday agreed to extend stationing of Russia’s naval Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol for at least 25 years to qualify for a 30% discount in natural gas prices.

KIEV, April 21 – Russia's Gazprom did not demand that Naftogaz Ukrayiny pay fines for not pumping contacted volumes of gas in Q1, Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan said.

KIEV, April 21 – The government has instructed the fuel and energy ministry and Naftogaz Ukrayiny by late 2009 to approve a feasibility study and estimate expenses for the realization of investment projects for the upgrade of the Ukrainian gas transportation system.

KIEV, April 21 – President Viktor Yushchenko has demanded that the government take urgent measures to protect the country's domestic market from low-quality products and create favorable conditions for the development of entrepreneurship and competition.

KIEV, April 21 – Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is the most popular politician in Ukraine ahead of this year’s presidential election, with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former Parliamentary Speaker Arseniy Yatseniuk trailing behind, an opinion poll showed Tuesday.

ODESSA, April 18 – President Viktor Yushchenko says he is satisfied on the whole with the course of preparations for the Euro 2012 European football championship finals.

KIEV, April 21 – The Ukrainian government has obliged companies which operate under joint venture agreements to sell oil and gas condensate every month at auctions, the Economy Ministry reported.