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Tymoshenko says state firm stole Russian gas

Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Jan. 12 accused state energy monopoly Naftogaz Ukrainy of concealing the full amount of its gas debt to …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Quiet start to trading in year 2000

Ukraine's stock market entered the year 2000 with relatively subdued trading, but expectations are high, and dealers predict a general revival of …
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Letters to the Editor

Rodina Mat will not collapse My father, Anatoly Victorovych Maslovsky, was the general construction manager for the Rodina Mat complex ('Architect …
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Yushchenko effect ups bond prices

New Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko is making a difference already – at least as far as prices for Ukrainian Eurobonds go. The price of Ukrianian …
Vitaly Sych

1999: year of the average advertisment

As 1999 drew to a close, the Post asked creative directors at ad agencies in Kyiv to sum up the past year. Many said that their art had imitated life …
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Y2K software firm sued

While Ukraine is proudly boasting of effectively subduing the millennium bug, U.S. investigators are trying to find out if Y2K software purchased with …
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The frustration of fundraising in Ukraine

Though I do not profess to be a journalist, I felt I needed to communicate in some fashion my disenchantment in foreign corporations doing business in …
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Former Lazarenko aide out on bail in US

Petro Kyrychenko, former aide to ex-premier Pavlo Lazarenko, was released from prison Jan. 9 to a particularly plushy ‘house arrest’ in his San …
Stefan Korshak

Mykolayiv Alumina gets new boss

Ukraine’s most scandalous industrial saga took another twist on New Year’s Eve as the country’s metallurgical jewel Mykolaiv Alumina Plant (MAP) again …
Vitaliy Sych

Ukraine hits 2000 without a hitch

Computer experts insist the Y2K computer glitch was more than just a product of someone’s imagination. It will be hard to convince Ukrainians of …
Peter Byrne

High court rules death penalty out

The Constitutional Court ruled Dec. 30 that the death penalty was illegal and ordered Ukraine's parliament to pass a law abolishing capital …
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Analysts praise new government

For the first time in its post-Soviet history, Ukraine looks to be getting a truly reform-minded government, but it remains to be seen if the new …
Katya Gorchinskaya

Retail sector reports little cheer at New Year

Ukraine saw in the New Year with disappointing retail sales – the mood in the nation's shops matching the muted holiday celebrations and the …
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UMC Spin doctor always on call

Do you think anyone can talk on two phones simultaneously for half a day without getting even slightly confused? Andriy Hunder can, and he does it …
Vitaly Sych

High court rules death penalty out

The Constitutional Court ruled Dec. 30 that the death penalty was illegal and ordered Ukraine's parliament to pass a law abolishing capital …
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How to cure a hangover

It’s a mystery why most Kyiv nightclubs and restaurants plan to serve a nasty concoction of vodka and champagne on New Year’s Eve. This has got to be …
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Kyiv holiday forecast calls for (Father) Frost

In the West, kids believe in Santa Claus. In the former Soviet Union, however, they believe a similarly jolly, white-bearded fellow named Ded Moroz …
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Ukrtelekom one step closer to sale

The government has completed restructuring of the state phone monopoly Ukrtelekom, turning the company into a commercial entity – one of the major …
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