Russia’s Gazprom is counting on its deep natural gas ties with Italy to revive plans aimed at bypassing Ukraine as a transit state for politically sensitive gas shipments to Europe. Continue Reading
Though overshadowed by the war in Syria , fighting in eastern Ukraine has picked up sharply in recent weeks, residents along the front line, commanders and European monitors say. The Continue Reading
Moscow has banned Ukrainian trucks from driving within Russia in retaliation of the blocking of Russian trucks in Ukraine, Russia’s transport ministry said Sunday. “The measures will be in place Continue Reading
Ukraine’s political elite is hoping that plummeting oil prices will restrain neighboring Russia’s interventionist ambitions—and give Western sanctions on Russia a bit more bite. Recent diplomatic overtures have raised hopes Continue Reading
The head of Ukraine’s competition authority said on Friday that the watchdog had decided to fine Russian gas company Gazprom 85 billion hryvnias ($3.5 billion) for abusing its monopoly on Continue Reading
Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz said it filed an official complaint in Europe, arguing Russian gas pipeline expansion plans would limit competition. Russian energy company Gazprom in September signed a shareholder Continue Reading
Hackers brought down the power supply to hundreds of homes in Ukraine last week, in a cyber attack believed to be the first ever to result in a power outage. Continue Reading
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko attends a joint news conference with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (unseen) at the EU Council in Brussels, Belgium, December Continue Reading
Power supplies to Crimea from Ukraine were partially restored Tuesday, Russian and Ukrainian officials said, easing a two-week power outage that left much of the disputed peninsula without electricity. Ukrainian Continue Reading
Ukraine’s 2016 wheat crop is now sailing into uncharted waters given both the significantly missed planting target and a record percentage of crops in poor condition. Ukraine, the world’s sixth-largest Continue Reading
