SOCHI, April 27 - The Russian government will lift restrictions on the sales of Ukrainian-made pipe on the Russian market, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

KIEV, April 27 - The foreign ministers of the Weimar Triangle countries (Germany, France and Poland) have welcomed an agreement on the Black Sea Fleet signed by the Ukrainian and Russian presidents.

KIEV, April 28 – The ratification of an agreement extending the Russian Black Sea Fleet's presence on Ukrainian soil threatens Ukraine's ability to take independent foreign political decisions, said David J. Kramer, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and a Senior Transatlantic Fellow of the German Marshall Fund.

KIEV, April 29 – His opponents want war with Russia, President Viktor Yanukovych said in an address to the people concerning the ratification of the agreement on the Russian Black Sea Fleet's stationing in Crimea.

KIEV, April 29 - Ukraine has agreed to move up to 10 million metric tons/year of crude oil coming from Venezuela to refineries in Belarus, which seeks to reduce overall dependence on Russian oil.

KIEV, April 29 – Former President Viktor Yushchenko, the leader of the opposition Our Ukraine party, on Thursday ruled out cooperation with former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in building political resistance to President Viktor Yanukovych.

MOSCOW, April 29 – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Gazprom will forgo charging Ukraine a $2 billion penalty for importing a lower-than-expected amount of natural gas in January through April.

KIEV, April 29 – Constitutional talks between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the opposition Regions Party collapsed as time ran out to implement amendments before the next presidential election, a senior lawmaker said Wednesday.

KYIV, March 28 – The Ministry of Social Policy begins the process of public consultation on the draft Demographic Development Strategy until 2040.

KYIV, March 28 – Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said that the main purpose of his first visit to India this week is to strengthen Ukrainian-Indian relations.