HIT BY RUSSIAN EXCISE TAXES, UKRAINE SEEKS OTHER TRADING PARTNERS.
Kiev is unhappy with Russian president Boris Yeltsin's January 19 decree imposing excise duties on Ukrainian products imported by Russia. Ukrainian foreign economic relations and... MORE
UKRAINE SEEKS TO JOIN CENTRAL EUROPEAN INITIATIVE.
Ukrainian prime minister Yevhen Marchuk is holding talks this week with his Slovak counterpart Vladimir Meciar at Strbske Pleso, a Tatra mountain retreat. Their talks... MORE
…AS UKRAINE TEMPORIZES ON NATO EXPANSION.
Lukashenko's remarks and the putative Russian-Belarusian military alliance underscore the delicate position of Ukraine regarding NATO expansion. Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma repeated to the press... MORE
RUSSIA RESUMES PRESSURE ON UKRAINE.
Differences between Russia and Ukraine erupted anew yesterday following a presidential summit in Moscow (see Monitor, January 17). Ukrainian foreign minister Hennady Udovenko said publicly... MORE
UKRAINE, MOLDOVA EYE CUSTOMS UNION.
Deputy prime ministers Anatol Kinakh of Ukraine and Valentin Kunev of Moldova signed yesterday in Chisinau a protocol on establishing free bilateral trade. The protocol... MORE
THE RISE OF “INSTINCTIVE DEMAGOGUES” THREATENS UKRAINE
The Rise of "Instinctive Demagogues" Threatens Ukraine by Volodymyr Zviglyanich The results of the parliamentary elections in Russia have confirmed the data of sociological polls... MORE
VISIT BY U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY REVERBERATES IN UKRAINE.
Prominent parliamentarians have expressed disappointment with the outcome of U.S. defense secretary William Perry's visit last week to Ukraine. During his visit, Perry held nuclear... MORE
UKRAINE HAS UPPER HAND IN OIL TRANSIT DISPUTE WITH RUSSIA.
Moscow appears to have little leverage in the dispute over transit fees for Russian oil transported through Ukraine by the Druzhba pipeline system. Russia's Fuel... MORE
UKRAINE’S COMMUNISTS FIGHT KUCHMA’S DRAFT CONSTITUTION.
The Communist party of Ukraine has launched a petition drive in favor of a referendum on key provisions of the draft constitution, a party spokesman... MORE
GRACHEV PUSHES CLOSER SECURITY RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE.
Speaking to various audiences in Kiev January 4, Russian defense minister Pavel Grachev underscored Russia's desire to create a CIS multilateral security system and called... MORE