Ukrainian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade published addendum to the decree on additional restrictions of imports from the aggressor country, which will come into force in ten days after publication and will be valid till August 5, 2016 or ...
Read More »Russian ruble hit record low since 1998
On January 20, on the Moscow Stock Exchange Russian currency hit new low – 90 rubles per dollar and 82 rubles per euro. The euro was more expensive only in mid-December 2014, and the dollar – only before the denomination ...
Read More »Ukrainian hryvnia strengthened by 55 kopiykas on the interbank currency market
On January 20, quotations of Ukrainian hryvnia against the US dollar on the interbank currency market at the closing of trading session strengthened by 65 kopiykas to UAH 24.45/24.60 per dollar, as the source in a commercial bank said to ...
Read More »Russian Gazprom demands $2.5 bln from Ukraine for unused gas
On Tuesday, 19 January, Ukraine’s Naftogaz received a bill from Gazprom for $2.5 bln for gas, which Naftogaz refused to buy in the third quarter of 2015, on the condition of “take or pay” under the contract as of 2009, ...
Read More »Lead developer quits bitcoin saying it “has failed”
Bitcoin slid by 10 per cent on Friday after one of its lead developers, Mike Hearn, said in a blogpost that he was ending his involvement with the cryptocurrency and selling all of his remaining holdings because it had “failed”, ...
Read More »Russian ruble dropped to December 2014 low as oil prices decline
The Russian ruble exchange rate against US dollar on the Moscow Stock Exchange during Monday’s session lost 1.58 rubles compared to the previous closing. Thus, dollar amounted to 79.18 rubles per dollar, surpassing the mark of 79 rubles for the ...
Read More »Brent futures fell below $29, further decline expected
On Thursday, U.S. and Brent crude futures slumped to new 12-year lows, taking this year’s losses to more than 20 percent, the worst two-week decline since the 2008 financial crisis, Reuters reports. Brent futures for March delivery fell $1.94 to ...
Read More »The first experimental container train has departed from Ilyichivsk sea port to China establishing a new route of the Silk Road
“Today from the Ilyichivsk sea port the first experimental container train leaves by the route Ukraine-Georgia-Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan-China. It will become the new direction of the Silk Road and alternative route for delivery of freights from Ukraine to these markets bypassing the ...
Read More »Moscow will not prolong contract on the power supply from Russia to Ukraine
According to the information from Russian Ministry of Energy, Moscow will not prolong the contract on the supply of electricity from the Russian Federation to Ukraine after the rejection of purchases of Ukrainian electricity for Crimea, TASS reports referring to ...
Read More »Oil prices fell 3 percent to almost $30 on Tuesday
January 12, crude oil fell 3 percent to near $30 per barrel and levels not seen in over a decade, with analysts scrambling to cut their price forecasts and traders betting on further declines, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to Reuters. ...
Read More »Ukrainian embargo on Russian imports is coming into force today
On January 10, 2016, Ukrainian embargo on Russian imports is coming into force. On December 29, 2016, the president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed the law on the embargo on Russian imports, introduced as a response of Russia’s embargo on ...
Read More »Oil fell below $33 a barrel for the first time since April 2004
January 7, oil prices continued sliding, falling below $33 a barrel for the first time since April 2004 Oil fell below $33 a barrel for the first time since April 2004 because of investors’ concerns of record production and massive ...
Read More »Ukrainian businessman has filed a complaint against Russia in The Hague
Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky filed a complaint against Russia in The Hague in 2014, when he served as governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to Liga.net. Kolomoisky complaint that he was deprived his rights to ...
Read More »Ukrainian importers to the EU received 1,000 EUR.1 certificates of preferential origin status
Since 1 January 2016 the State Customs Service of Ukraine has given 1,000 EUR.1 certificates of preferential origin status to Ukrainian importers to the EU countries, Joinfo.ua reports. The EUR.1 certificate enables Ukrainian companies to import goods on the duty-free ...
Read More »Ukraine to join Trans-Caspian International Transport Route
On January 15, 2016 the first container train will depart from Ilyichivsk sea port through Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan to China, making a new direction of the Silk Road, Joinfo.ua reports. “This route will become a new direction of the ...
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