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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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