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Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Foreign ministers of Lithuania, Belarus and Ukraine will meet in Kiev on November 22-23 in order to discuss cooperation within the framework of the European Union's Eastern Partnership program
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Pravda (Free subscription) | yesterday
For the first time in history Russia has found itself on the list of the countries that may face serious problems in paying their state debt. Russia has one advantage to other members of the top ten list – the rating. Ukraine holds the worst rating on the list. Its CC means that Kiev will have to declare default sooner or later
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Kiev - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave veiled but unmistakable support to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in her bid to become Ukraine's next President, and slammed her incumbent opponent, according to news reports Friday. The Russian lead...
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France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Vladimir Putin on Friday delivered one of his most searing attacks yet against the Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili, saying it may not be safe to wear ties around him. Asked at a news conference to comment on Saakashvili's current visit to Kiev, the Russian strongman premier known for his bad boy image and sharp tongue said the Georgian leader and his host, Ukraine's fiercely pro-Western president...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Kiev - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Ukraine for an official visit on Thursday, as energy officials from the two former Soviet republics signed a natural gas deal. The Russian prime minister flew to the Ukrainian Black Sea resort city Y...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The EBRD on Tuesday criticised Ukraine for failing to reform its energy sector and said it would delay a decision on a crucial loan amid fears of another gas crisis between Moscow and Kiev. "We would like to see that Ukraine is ready to proceed with some reforms" of the energy sector and of gas monopoly Naftogaz in particular, said Anton Usov, a Kiev spokesman for the European Bank for Reconstruction...
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foreign notes (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
From the 'FT's' Lex column today: "Europe is on tenterhooks over whether Russia will shut off gas to Ukraine and leave it shivering in January. If that happens, however, blame will fall on Kiev, not Moscow. Recession-ravaged Ukraine’s political squabbling and populism has hit fever pitch ahead of presidential elections on January 17. That has led the International Monetary Fund to suspend...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
KIEV, Ukraine -- In Ukraine, swine flu is causing electoral fever.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Kiev - The death toll from a flu outbreak continued to climb in Ukraine on Friday, as government officials for the first time declined to make public a daily update on infections from the virulent strain swine flu. A total of 239 Ukrainians had died ...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Kiev - The Greek national side was on Thursday attracting unprecedented attention among Ukrainian football professionals and amateurs alike, as the former Soviet republic counted down to the first of a two-game qualification play-off for the 2010 Wor...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Moscow will cut supplies if Kiev taps natural gas, the Russian prime minister said on Wednesday, pledging that gas deliveries will be uninterrupted if transiting countries honor their commitments.
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foreign notes (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Below is part of an interesting interview with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev from the current English language version of "Der Spiegel" SPIEGEL:...In accordance with your instructions, there is currently no Russian ambassador in Ukraine, and you are regularly engaged in disputes with Belarus. Why do you constantly try to solve problems with your neighbors with strong-arm tactics? Medvedev:...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Russian PM Vladimir Putin has issued a fresh warning to Ukraine over potential gas siphoning from pipelines. Last winter Moscow cut gas supplies to Europe during two weeks over a gas dispute with Kiev.
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aarkstore | 06/05/2009
THE NOVEL, WHICH IS READ ALL OVER THE WORLD Set in free-wheeling and semi-lawless Kiev in mid-1990’s, The Steel Barons is the story of thirty year old American lawyer Jack Parker, who gets stranded in Ukraine, where he is befriended by Sergei, a black marketer. With a loan from Sergei, Jack opens a law office and thansforms himself from a native American to a steel baron, with a personal army of ex-KGB...