Volodymyr Zelensky’s political experience had been limited to playing the president in a TV show but that may soon change
A partial vote count from Ukraine’s elections shows pro-Western parties are taking the lead, with pro-Russian parties falling far behind in support.
Ukraine’s jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s problems mounted after a prosecutor said he was planning to charge her for a 1996 murder.
Moscow warned on Monday that the EU’s energy security might suffer if Russia was not consulted on a Ukrainian gas ”master plan”.
Armed men burst into the headquarters of Ukraine’s energy firm Naftogaz on Wednesday in what the security service said was part of a criminal inquiry.
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/ 20 January 2009
An abrupt rise in Russian gas prices will undermine Ukraine’s economic and energy security and leave some enterprises on the brink of insolvency.
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/ 13 January 2009
Russian gas delivered into Ukraine’s pipelines to end an embargo on Europe cannot be transported onwards, officials said on Tuesday.
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/ 19 September 2008
Ukraine’s chances of joining Nato have been ”considerably weakened” by the country’s political crisis, says Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
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/ 17 September 2008
Ukraine was on Tuesday night facing the prospect of further political instability after the pro-Western coalition formally collapsed.
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom accused the Ukraine on Wednesday of planning to siphon off gas that Russia transits through Ukrainian territory to the European Union, as a payment dispute escalated. Ukraine is the main transit route for Russian supplies to the European Union and a previous such dispute in 2006 led to knock-on disruption in EU countries.
Russia and Ukraine slid towards a new gas war on Tuesday as Moscow slashed supplies to the ex-Soviet republic by 50% and Ukraine’s state gas company said it may cut deliveries to Europe. Russian gas monopoly Gazprom was to cut supplies to 50% of their normal level on Tuesday at 5pm GMT, doubling a 25% cut already in force since Monday.
Russia threatened on Tuesday to cut gas supplies to Ukraine again in a move that appears to reflect its displeasure at the prospect of a new orange government in Kiev. Gazprom, the state-controlled monopoly, said it would reduce supplies to Ukraine next month unless it settled a bill of more than ,3-billion.
Orange Revolution supporters claimed victory over allies of Ukraine’s prime minister in a snap parliamentary election, but the two camps face tough talks on Monday to forge a viable coalition. President Viktor Yushchenko dissolved Parliament in April, accusing his rival, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, of a grab for power.