MOSCOW, Dec. 19 - The substantial economic assistance that Russia should provide to Ukraine in line with the Tuesday agreements between the two countries has been dictated primarily by the fact that Ukraine has found itself in a difficult financial and political situation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
KIEV, Dec. 19 - The Ukrainian-Russian Interstate Commission, co-chaired by the two countries' presidents, Viktor Yanukovych and Vladimir Putin, has ordered the inclusion of the Russian ruble in the first group (fully convertible currencies) of the Ukrainian National Bank's foreign currency classification, according to a protocol adopted during the commission's session on December 17.
KIEV, Dec. 19 - Ukraine will continue developing its domestic gas production projects in order to avoid heavy dependence on Russia, President Viktor Yanukovych said Thursday.
KIEV, Dec. 19 - President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday defended a $15 billion loan and lower gas prices from Russia as the only way to avoid default, Reuters reported.
ASTANA, Dec. 18 – The doors of the Customs Union are open for Ukraine, and everything depends on the country's desire to adopt all of the principles and rules of the organization, Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrisov said.
KIEV, Dec. 19 – Ukraine will take into account recommendations of the European Union on improvement of its legal system and in this context the authorities are ready to cooperate and reach a compromise with the opposition, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said.
KIEV, Dec. 19 - Ukraine’s freezing winter has taken the lives of 24 more people pushing the overall death toll to 61 in December after temperatures fell below minus 23 degrees Celsius.
