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Cabinet approves energy security strategy
Ukraine debt edges up to critical level
Canada-Ukraine trade fell by 9% last year – ambassador

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From the archives: Deadly Greed?

Three explosions killing 39 coal miners put the spotlight on whether owners, such as billionaire oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, are putting profits over safety. Poll shows Ukrainians see politicians as a cover for a corrupt, criminal system. Oleh Dubyna, former head of Naftogaz, says ex-President Viktor Yushchenko lobbied the interests of RosUkrEnergo, co-owned by Russia’s Gazprom and Dmytro Firtash/Ivan Fursin, rather than state-owned Naftogaz. Motorcyclists hostile to Kyiv bicyclists. World in Ukraine: Switzerland.

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