KIEV, April 20 – Ukraine and Russia began formal discussions to explore the possibility of changing a formula that sets natural gas prices between the two countries, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Wednesday.

KIEV, April 20 - Viktor Lozynskiy, a former lawmaker from the group led by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, on Wednesday was sentenced to 15 years in prison for shooting an innocent person to death in 2009.

KIEV, April 20 – The Kyiv Post’s owner on Wednesday agreed to sell the newspaper to editorial staff for $1 if they arrange financing by Sept. 1 to cover the newspaper’s costs, TeleKrytyka reported citing a source.

KIEV, April 19 – Slovakia is ready to participate in a project to modernize the Ukrainian gas transport system, Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak said at a meeting with Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

KIEV, April 20 - Prime Minister Mykola Azarov arrived in Moscow on Tuesday for an emergency meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to finalize amendments to a 10-year natural gas agreement, the government reported on its Website.

KIEV, April 20 – The leader of a team investigating the poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko resigned due to pressure from senior prosecutors, a newspaper reported Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the situation.

KIEV, April 20 – Ukraine will seek to secure a new $12 billion lending program from the International Monetary Fund that will last for the next 2.5 years, Deputy Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said Tuesday.

KIEV, April 16 – The cabinet and the National Bank of Ukraine have drawn up a list of banks that are to receive budget funds to increase their capital: ImexBank, Bank Kiev, Finance&Credit Bank, Ukrprombank, Nadra Bank, Rodovid Bank and Ukrgasbank, the acting finance minister of Ukraine, Ihor Umansky, told the press on Thursday.

KIEV, April 16 – The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers is destroying the country's joint stance on gas transportation system modernization, Presidential Envoy on International Energy Security Bohdan Sokolovsky said.

KIEV, April 17 – The hryvnia exchange rate could strengthen on the introduction of administrative measures to limit demand for foreign currency by the National Bank of Ukraine, according to Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the NBU governor.