• Naftogaz warns about a possible rise in price of gas transit by $4 billion per year

    Gazprom’s price for the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine may grow by 4 billion dollars a year should Ukraine succeed in the Stockholm arbitration, and be granted the amendment to the contract with Gazprom to adhere to European norms, as was posted on Facebook by the Commercial Director of Naftogaz of Ukraine, Yuriy Vitrenko, on November 19th.

    Reiterating Ukraine’s position prior to the hearings in Stockholm which were scheduled for November 21st, Vitrenko also indicated that Gazprom will …

  • Several localities in the Donbas are without water

    Several localities in the Donbas including Avdiivka and a part of Donetsk are without water due to ongoing fighting. As reported by Ukrayinska Pravda, the Donetsk filter station came under shelling.

    According to information from Ukrainian servicemen, separatists fired in the direction of the station. Supporters of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic report that localities are without water due to fire from government troops.

    In the last day, three Ukrainian servicemen have been …

  • Separatist Commander: Salaries in the republic are not being paid due to diminishing help from Russia

    The field commander from the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Alexander Khodakovsky, explained that the pensions and the salaries to the government workers in the Republic are not being paid because Russia has cut down the funding of the “people’s republic” and the self-declared republic’s own budget does not have enough funds.

    “There are certain difficulties with the help coming from Russia. So you could see that there are delays with the salaries of the government workers. This …

  • Ukrainian Media: Residents of the LPR are no longer paid salaries and pensions

    In October and November, residents of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) stopped receiving salaries and pensions, as reported by Apostrophe news portal, citing sources in LPR.

    Both private and state-owned companies are affected by the delays with the salary payments. The delays range from several months to a few weeks. Even the security services of the self-proclaimed republic are experiencing these problems.

    There are also delays with pension payments.

    The rumors have started …

  • Ukraine's Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office: Investigation into Manafort has not made progress

    The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has no grounds for declaring suspicion on any of the persons named in the incident regarding illegal cash payments from the Party of Regions’ shadow fund to an American political consultant Paul Manafort, said the head prosecutor Nazar Holodnitsky in an interview with ZN.ua political weekly.

    According to him, the investigation on the episode of Manafort’s illegal receipt of funds from the Party of Regions has not made any headway in the last …