KIEV, Jan. 14 – The Antimonopoly Committee has sent inquiries to a representative of Dmytro Firtash, the co-owner of Swiss RosUkrEnergo gas trader, and all 52 regional gas distribution companies in order to check the structure of their assets as a part of the checks of reports that RosUkrEnergo controls over 75% of gas sales in Ukraine.

KIEV, Jan. 13 – Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko has claimed the purpose of the gas conflict between Ukraine and Russia might be to convince European consumers of Russian gas of the need to develop the Nord Stream gas pipeline, and solve the problem of the ownership of the Ukrainian gas transportation system.

KIEV, Jan. 15 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will travel to Moscow Saturday for a meeting with her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in an attempt to end the natural gas standoff, the government press service reported Thursday.

KIEV, Jan. 15 - President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday called his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev urging Russia to resume natural gas supplies to the European Union at full capacity.

KIEV, Jan. 15 - President Viktor Yushchenko on Thursday stepped up contacts with European leaders seeking to secure support for Ukraine in the standoff with Russia over natural gas supplies ahead of an emergency energy summit.

KIEV, Jan. 14 - Economic cooperation with Russia will help Ukraine accelerate its effort to join the European Union, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin said.

KIEV, Jan. 15 – The Economy Ministry admitted on Tuesday that the government’s ongoing bailout of millions of depositors dating back to the collapse of the Soviet Union may boost 2008 inflation, although moderately.

KIEV, Jan. 15 – Ukraine has been working to ensure that US President George Bush visits the country in April, President Viktor Yushchenko said Tuesday at a meeting with US Senator Richard Lugar.

KIEV, Jan. 15 – Ukraine on Tuesday sought to dramatically accelerate its accession to NATO by formally asking the alliance for permission to join the Membership Action Plan, the last program preceding accession, in April.

JERUSALEM, Jan. 15 ??“ Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, whose group had overwhelmingly backed the law reducing powers of President Viktor Yushchenko, admitted Monday that some of the law??™s clauses are unconstitutional.