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STATS
Source: World Bank
Currency: Ukrainian hryvniaGDP: 130.8 billion USD (2018)
GDP per capita: 3,095.17 USD (2018)
GDP growth rate: 3.3% annual change (2018)
GNI per capita: 9,020 PPP dollars (2018)
Gross national income: 381.8 billion PPP dollars (2018)
Internet users: 53% of the population (2016)
Ukraine hires Washington lobbyists to help block NS2 pipeline
Ukraine’s state-owned oil and natural gas company Naftogaz has hired a a firm of political consultants in…
Tusk expects Russian sanctions to be extended – but for how long?
Russian sanctions: The odds are stacked in favour of Brussels extending its programme of sanctions against Russia…
Turkey’s renewable energy sector leads the way as green investment in Eastern Europe set to hit $665bn by 2030 – IFC
Renewable Energy: Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and Serbia are on track to attract $665bn in ‘climate-smart’ investment…
Naftogaz sues Russia for $2.6bn
Naftogaz, Ukraine’s state-run oil and gas enterprise, has filed a lawsuit against Russia in the international courts…
Poland and Hungary sign up to Trans Caspian International Transport Route
Trans Caspian International Transport Route: The dream of a new “joined up” 4766km intermodal transport running from China…
Ukraine proposes Baltic-Black Sea transport corridor with Azerbaijan
Baltic-Black Sea transport corridor: Ukraine has presented Azerbaijan with a draft agreement for the development of an…
EU extends Russian sanctions for another year as Moscow retaliates
EU extends Russian sanctions: EU yesterday confirmed that it was rolling over the sanctions that it…
Jump in prices prompts Naftogaz to turn back to Russia for gas supplies
Ukraine’s state oil and gas company Naftogaz has asked Russian energy giant Gazprom to start supplying…
Russia sues Ukraine over $3bn debt
Russia sues Ukraine: Russia has filed a lawsuit against Ukraine at London’s High Court after the two…
Ukrainian refugess to be offered jobs in Far East resettlement programme
A proposal put forward by MPs in Russia’s Duma to repopulate the country’s Far East region with…
Now Russia bans Ukrainian trucks
Moscow has banned Ukrainian trucks from entering Russia in retaliation for the blocking of Russian trucks in Ukraine,…
Russian gas exports to Ukraine set to continue for at least three more yeats
Russian gas exports to Ukraine: Despite Kiev’s decision last November to stop buying gas from Russia, it…
Kazakhstan makes top ten of Bloomberg Misery Index
[visualizer id=”24510″]Misery Index: Kazakhstan has one of the world’s most miserable economies, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg’s ranking…
Ukraine files formal complaint with EU over ‘political’ Nord Stream 2
Ukraine has filed a formal complaint with the European Commission in an attempt to block the construction…
Ukraine fines Gazprom $3.4bn for ‘abuse of dominant position’
Ukraine fines Gazprom: The anti-monopoly committee of Ukraine has fined Russia’s Gazprom $3.4 billion for alleged…
First container train leaves Odessa on Silk Road intermodal route to China
A container train was loaded onto a ferry at the Black Sea port of Odessa last week in a…
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) tariff protocol signed
TITR tariffs: At a meeting in Baku yesterday, representatives from the the state-run railway operators from…
Ukraine to test Trans-Caspian International Transport Route to China
Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR): Next Friday, a container train is due to be loaded on…
Kiev to consult with EU over response to Russian transit sanctions
Russian transit sanctions: Kiev is to hold consultations with the EU to consider the possibility of introducing countermeasures…
EC Commissioner Malmstrom pledges to suspend tripartite FTA talks
EC Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström has written to Kiev assuring the government there that she will…
Russia to take Ukraine through UK courts over eurobond default
Eurobond default: Russia is going to file a lawsuit against Ukraine after Kiev failed to repay its $3bn Eurobond…
Russia to go ahead with Ukraine food embargo after tripartite talks fail
Ukraine food embargo: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev yesterday gave the go-ahead for an embargo on Ukrainian…
EU hosts tripartite talks to tackle Russia’s suspension of Ukraine FTA
Ukraine FTA: Russia, the European Union and Ukraine are scheduled to hold talks in Brussels today which…