Russia’s Natural Resource and Environment Ministry and the U.N. have approved the first document that will bring the country’s classification of oil and gas resources closer to the U.N. classification, the ministry said in a statement. This document has become the first document that has tied the U.N. framework classification with a national system. The…
Ukraine is waiting for the fourth tranche of the U.S. government-secured $1 billion. “Along with the proposal on technical assistance we hope to continue cooperation in getting the new U.S. government-secured $1 billion. The credit guarantees are used to settle urgent needs of the budget and they are provided at very low rates after the…
The government is making all necessary steps to ensure that over the next 4-5 years Ukraine could become a country with a strong national economy, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman announced during the opening ceremony of electrical equipment and automotive parts plant of the Fujikura company in the Lviv region. The Prime Minister stressed…
On October 3, Ukraine and Korea held a sitting of the joint governmental commission for trade and economic cooperation. First Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister Yulia Kovaliv posted this on her Facebook page. “I’ve opened the Ukrainian-Korean business forum. Main messages for the Korean business: the Ukrainian government is open for investors and business,…
On September 30, the minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Kutovyi signed the Annex #1 to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and market participants – grain exporters for 2016/2017 MY. The document settles voluntary coordination of the possible volumes of grain exports from Ukraine in 2016/2017 MY,…
Russia’s Finance Ministry has suggested the government cut spending on a state agriculture program by 9.4% to 214.791 billion rubles in 2016, according to the ministry’s draft amendments to the 2016 budget published on the government’s web site for disclosure of legal information. The ministry also offered a 9.8% cut of financing of the state…
Russia’s Transport Ministry will prepare proposals to sale national flag carrier Aeroflot’s 75% minus one share stake in Rossiya Airlines by October 10, minister Maxim Sokolov announced. “I think that the deadline for that is set for October 10, in accordance with the government ruling”, Sokolov said. (Prime/Business World Magazine)