News Austrian firm buys Ukraine telecoms giant

Ukraine's State Property fund says it has sold state telecommunications company Ukrtelecom for $1.3 billion to an Austrian investment firm.

• March 12, 2011

News PACE will send observers to Kazakh presidential elections

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will send observers to the presidential elections in Kazakhstan to be held in April.

• March 12, 2011

News US sanction on Russian firms illegal

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has told US Vice President Joe Biden that unilateral sanctions against Russia's companies cooperating with the Islamic Republic are "unacceptable."

• March 11, 2011

News Increase in oil revenue amid unrest in Arab world gives Russia some breathing room

With the price of oil climbing to more than $100 a barrel, Russia has a little more weight to throw around on the world stage, and it is doing just that.

• March 11, 2011

News US urges democratic reform in Central Asia

The United States is using the recent uprisings in the Middle East to make the case to authoritarian Central Asian states to undertake democratic reform.

• March 11, 2011

Publications Ukrainian parliament delays final vote on anti-corruption law    (2 Mb)

ISSUE #07
03/07/2011

The Ukrainian parliament has debated and voted in favor of 33 clauses of a draft law on preventing and fighting corruption in Ukraine, which was proposed by President Viktor Yanukovych. The lawmakers sent part of Article 12 of the draft law, which talks about declaring the revenue and expenditure of state officials, for revision. READ MORE

• March 11, 2011

Publications Fighting corruption in Ukraine: ukrainian style – Round table    (110 Kb)

Parliament members attempt softening provisions of anti-corruption law as much as possible to satisfy personal needs – Experts

The Gorshenin Institute held a round table discussion Fighting Corruption: Ukrainian Style, where experts discussed the problem of corruption in the country and the ways to combat it.
The participants in the round-table discussion said that the corruption-fighting shall be managed by authorities independent from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and working on different principles than the Ministry. READ MORE

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• March 11, 2011

News US vice president in talks with Russia's Putin

US Vice President Joe Biden was due Thursday to meet Russia's strongman Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and deliver a key-note address highlighting the accomplishments of the two sides' "reset" in ties.

• March 10, 2011