KIEV, Ukraine — When Mykola Rudkovskiy took a round-the-world trip via Tokyo-Honolulu-San Francisco-Munich, he said it was to negotiate construction of a Boryspil airport terminal and inspect bridges in California to build them in Ukraine.
Ex-Minister Mykola Rudkovskiy
Among the things Rudkovskiy, the former transportation minister, was inspecting this week were the bars of his holding cell
WASHINGTON, DC — The US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, today condemned Russia for threatening to point its nuclear missiles at Ukraine if the former Soviet republic joins NATO.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
“The unhelpful and really - I will use a different word - reprehensible rhetoric that is coming out of Moscow is unacceptable, and it’s not helpful to a relationship that
ALUSHTA, Ukraine — The Rezidor Hotel Group announces a new Radisson Resort in Alushta, Ukraine: A first unit of the property will welcome the first guests by the end of March 2008, followed by a second unit which is scheduled to be operational as from Q1 2010 on.
Alushta, Ukraine
The Radisson Resort adds 213 rooms to the Rezidor system. Alushta is a well known Black Sea Resort located on the
MOSCOW, Russia — Vladimir Putin and Viktor Yushchenko reached a last-minute agreement over Ukraine’s debts to Russia, averting the Kremlin’s threat to close off Ukraine’s gas supplies. But serious issues still divide the two neighbors.
Putin said Russia would re-aim its nuclear warheads at Ukrainian territory, if Kiev allows NATO missiles to be stationed in Ukraine.
The Russian and Ukrainian
MOSCOW, Russia — Russia has said it may target its missiles at Ukraine if its neighbour joins NATO and accepts the deployment of the US missile defence shield.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made the comments alongside Ukraine’s President, Viktor Yushchenko.
After urgent talks in Moscow, the two leaders reached a deal to avoid disrupting gas supplies to Ukraine.
Mr Putin has condemned US
MOSCOW, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin met Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko on Tuesday amid crunch talks on averting a cut in Russian gas supplies to the neighbouring state.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, right, shake hands in Moscow’s Kremlin on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Russia’s state-controlled gas supplier Gazprom gave
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko travels Tuesday to Moscow, where he is in for a less than friendly reception.
File photo of Putin (L)-Yushchenko meeting in St. Petersburg, June 10, 2007.
He faces the humiliating prospect of a natural gas cutoff if his country doesn’t settle a large debt to Gazprom, Russia’s state-controlled gas giant.
And his talks with President
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine wants as much as $7 billion for a majority stake in VAT UkrTelecom, the national telephone company, Minister for Transport and Communication Yosyp Vinskyy said.
The government plans to auction a 67.7 percent stake in UkrTelecom, Vinskyy told reporters today in Kiev.
For a decade, the state, which owns 92.8 percent, has put off plans to sell shares because of disputes
KIEV, Ukraine — Gazprom says it will reduce its gas shipments to Ukraine from 1500 GMT on Tuesday unless a deal is reached about a $1.5bn (£770m) outstanding gas bill.
Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller
Gazprom said only gas sent from Russia, which makes up around 25% of Ukraine’s total supply, would be affected.
Kiev played down the threats, claiming assurances from Moscow that Russian
KIEV, Ukraine — A senior Ukrainian energy official has accused Russia of using a natural gas dispute to exert political pressure on its smaller neighbor and again dismissed Moscow’s claims of a US$1.5 billion (euro 975 million) debt as groundless, according to a newspaper interview published Saturday.
Russian state-controlled natural gas company OAO Gazprom threatened Friday to cut off Russian