[Ohio UZO News] Ukraine: FT (3); VOA

[Deychak, Orest]

Financial Times

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e3037ec-e7f8-11de-8a02-00144feab49a.html

Ukraine ‘confident’ of gas flow to EU 

By Harvey Morris in New York 

Published: December 13 2009 

Ukraine is confident Europe will not see another winter of gas supply disruptions, but there will be a “higher risk” if the International Monetary Fund does not resume lending to its distressed economy, according to Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian foreign minister….

Full article:  http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e3037ec-e7f8-11de-8a02-00144feab49a.html

Financial Times

Ukraine appeals to IMF for $2bn loan

By Stefan Wagstyl and Roman Olearchyk in Kiev 

Published: December 11 2009 

Ukraine has made an urgent appeal to the International Monetary Fund for about $2bn in emergency loans to ease “an extremely difficult situation” in meeting its external obligations and avoid the danger of a “spill-over effect” on other economically vulnerable states.

“The next three months are crucial,” Hryhoriy Nemyria, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, told the Financial Times one day after returning from a mission to the IMF’s headquarters in Washington. 

“Wait and see is not an option. The cost of inaction is greater than the cost of action and may aggravate the situation in the wider region.”….

Full article:  http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5391502c-e650-11de-bcbe-00144feab49a.html

Financial Times 

Supper with the FT: Victor Pinchuk

By Chrystia Freeland

Published: December 11 2009 

Victor Pinchuk had to have lunch with the prime minister of Ukraine, so we end up eating supper together instead. At least getting a reservation isn’t a problem: Pinchuk has booked an entire hotel restaurant. That’s the sort of thing you can do if you’re one of the richest men in Ukraine (with a net worth of $2.6bn according to Forbes), own a home in London that cost a reported £80m, and avidly collect contemporary art.….

Full article:  http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/01d6f19c-e515-11de-9a25-00144feab49a.html

VOA Ukrainian Service 60th Anniversary event (at VOA, December 11, 2009)

 

Link to English-language report and retrospective video:

 

http://www.voanews.com/ukrainian/60_eng.cfm

 

Ukraine on the Eve of Presidential Elections panel discussion at VOA (December 11, 2009)

 

Link to panel 1 video on The Economic and Political Situation in Ukraine  -- Adrian Karatnycky, Morgan Williams, Nadia Diuk, Orest Deychakiwsky (Adrian Karmazyn, moderator):

 

http://www.voanews.com/ukrainian/60-years-panel1.cfm

 

Link to panel 2 video on Ukraine's Foreign Relations -- Steven Pifer, David Kramer, James Greene (Myroslava Gongadze, moderator):

 

http://www.voanews.com/ukrainian/60-years-panel2.cfm

 

Link to Ukrainian-language report and retrospective video:

 

http://www.voanews.com/ukrainian/2009-12-11-voa4.cfm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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