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Implications of Ukraine’s Gas Imports from Europe
According to Naftohaz Ukrainy officials, all the ongoing natural gas purchases from German RWE (see accompanying article) are carried out under a framework agreement signed... MORE
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Ukraine Importing Gas from Germany via Hungary and Poland
Denting Russian Gazprom’s monopoly, Ukraine is procuring small but growing volumes of natural gas from Europe. The German Rheinisch-Westfaelisches Elektrizitaetswerk (RWE) is providing the volumes... MORE
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Ukraine Looks to Turkmenistan to Solve Its Energy Security Challenges
On February 12, Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych paid a three-day visit to gas-rich Turkmenistan to sign a memorandum of understanding on energy cooperation and reiterate... MORE
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Russia, Ukraine Reportedly Close to Agreement on Black Sea Fleet Movements
Russia and Ukraine are close to reaching an agreement on the clearance of Black Sea Fleet (BSF) vessel movements outside their bases, the Ukrainian website... MORE
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Murder and Selective Use of Justice in Ukraine (Part Two)
One month ago (February 14), Kyiv’s Pechersky District Court launched investigatory proceedings into the 1996 murder of then Ukraine’s wealthiest oligarch, Yevhen Shcherban. Yet, as... MORE
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Moldovan Politics Begin to Resemble Post-Orange Revolution Ukraine
As a series of political crises rumbled through the European Union and the United States, Moldova’s own recent political earthquake has barely registered in the... MORE
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Murder and Selective Use of Justice in Ukraine (Part One)
On February 25, President Viktor Yanukovych arrived to a frosty reception in Brussels for a European Union–Ukraine summit (Kyiv Post, February 25), less than two... MORE
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Russia Trips up Ukraine’s OSCE Chairmanship in Transnistria
Ukraine has declared the Transnistria conflict a top priority issue of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Ukrainian chairmanship in 2013 (OSCE... MORE
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Leader of Northern Tajikistan Is Arrested in Ukraine
The former prime minister of Tajikistan, Abdumalik Abdullojonov, was arrested in Ukraine last week at the request of Tajik authorities. Abdullojonov claims that his life... MORE
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Ukraine Rejects Russia’s $7 Billion Claim for Unused Gas
Ukraine has rejected Russia’s demand that it pay a fine for taking less Russian gas from pipelines last year than stipulated by contracts. Kyiv’s position... MORE