KIEV, Sept. 18 – Ukraine does not have current arrears to Russia, and the Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund has not yet discussed the status of the $3 billion debt of Ukraine to Russia, Director of the Communications Department at IMF Gerry Rice said at a press briefing in Washington.

KIEV, Sept. 18 - Ukraine would be willing to pay less than $230 per 1,000 cubic meters for Russian natural gas in the fourth quarter, Energy and Coal Industry Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said Friday.

BRUSSELS, Sept. 20 - With a troubled peace plan for the Ukrainian conflict nearing its deadline, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will attempt a balancing act to reassure Kiev of the West's support without antagonizing Moscow when he visits Ukraine on Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 20 - Ukraine will not hike domestic natural gas prices after October 28 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Thursday.

The price hike is the key demand from the International Monetary Fund for resumption of $15.2 billion loan to Ukraine.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 – In a stunning rebuke to Ukraine’s government, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has called for the release of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and proposed the State Department institute a visa ban against those responsible for the imprisonment of Tymoshenko and her political allies.

KIEV, Sept. 19 – Parliament has registered a draft bill on a decision to cancel daylight saving time in Ukraine, Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn said.

"There is a draft bill on a decision not to change [summer time to winter time], and I think that we'll approve it," he said during a press conference on Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 19 - President Viktor Yanukovych, at an upcoming meeting with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow, will try to reach a compromise on natural gas prices, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Tuesday.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – Thousands of angry protesters stormed a Parliament building on Tuesday clashing with riot police and forcing lawmakers to postpone a bill aimed at cutting pensions and social benefits.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – Singapore's experience in economic and social development is interesting to Ukraine, President Viktor Yanukovych said.

"I'm really interested in Singapore. I would like to learn from your experience," he said during a meeting with Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of the Republic of Singapore in Kiev on Monday.

KIEV, Sept. 20 – Ukraine's government lodged a suit on September 17 in a federal court in Portland (Oregon) against a U.S. company, Olden Group, LLC, that is alleged to be part of an international conspiracy involving the fraudulent sale of vaccines and other pharmaceuticals, according to Trout Cacheris, PLLC.