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OWNERSHIP OF UKRAINE’S TRANSIT SYSTEM — MAIN STAKE IN THE GAS DISPUTE WITH RUSSIA
The barely hidden stake has now surfaced in full view in the Russia-Ukraine confrontation over gas prices and transit. The main stake is ownership of... MORE
KREMLIN HAS UPPER HAND IN GAS NEGOTIATIONS WITH UKRAINE
President Vladimir Putin's December 8 televised argument for tripling the price of Russian gas to Ukraine, in cash only, as of 2006 (see EDM, December... MORE
DOES UKRAINE REALLY HAVE COUNTER LEVERS FOR GAS SUPPLIES?
As tensions increase on all sides of the Ukrainian gas delivery dispute, each player must review its strategic assets. Kyiv may have at least three... MORE
RUSSIA INSISTS ON TRANSFORMING THE TERMS OF GAS TRADE WITH UKRAINE
On December 8, live on Russian state television (which is widely received in Ukraine), Russian President Vladimir Putin harangued Ukraine at length to triple the... MORE
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RUSSIA AND UKRAINE AGREE TO DISAGREE ON GAS SUPPLIES
Despite top-level discussions and official pledges, Russia and Ukraine remain deeply divided over natural gas supply terms for 2006. Russia is satisfied with Ukraine's readiness... MORE
SECURITY GUARD MELNYCHENKO RETURNS TO UKRAINE
Mykola Melnychenko, the presidential guard who was involved in bugging President Leonid Kuchma's office between 1998 and 2000, returned to Ukraine on November 29. Exactly... MORE
UKRAINE’S CENTRIST CAMP IN DISARRAY AHEAD OF 2006 ELECTIONS
Although the main story in Ukrainian politics this fall has been the rift in the Orange Revolutionary camp, the centrists that once gathered around former... MORE
YUSHCHENKO RE-AFFIRMS UKRAINE’S EURO-ATLANTIC GOALS
Last week President Viktor Yushchenko took steps to re-affirm Ukraine's desire for Euro-Atlantic integration. "Ukraine is a European country. I will never accept the idea... MORE
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BAM’S EFFECTIVENESS HINGES ON UKRAINE’S INTEGRITY
The success or failure of the European Union's first-ever Border Assistance Mission, now being launched on the Ukrainian-Moldovan border (see EDM, October 13) will depend... MORE
WILL U.S. DEPORT FORMER SUMY GOVERNOR TO UKRAINE?
U.S. authorities have detained a prominent representative of Ukraine's old regime, former Sumy Region governor Volodymyr Shcherban, in Florida. Like disgraced former prime minister Pavlo... MORE