09:09
15.5.2014
From our news desk:
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Moscow will resume energy talks with Ukraine if Kyiv repays part of its natural-gas debt.
Medvedev said on May 14 that Russia could also consider revising the high price increase it put on gas sold to Ukraine, saying "it is possible."
Russian gas giant Gazprom says Ukraine owes $3.51 billion for gas.
Gazprom nearly doubled the price of gas for Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted in February, raising it from $268.5 to $485 per 1,000 cubic meters.
Ukrainian officials say $268.5 is fair and have threatened to take Russia to an international court over the steep price increase.
Ukraine is dependent on Russia for more than half of its gas needs and is the gateway for most of the Russian gas that Western Europe uses. (Reuters and ITAR-TASS)
Medvedev said on May 14 that Russia could also consider revising the high price increase it put on gas sold to Ukraine, saying "it is possible."
Russian gas giant Gazprom says Ukraine owes $3.51 billion for gas.
Gazprom nearly doubled the price of gas for Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted in February, raising it from $268.5 to $485 per 1,000 cubic meters.
Ukrainian officials say $268.5 is fair and have threatened to take Russia to an international court over the steep price increase.
Ukraine is dependent on Russia for more than half of its gas needs and is the gateway for most of the Russian gas that Western Europe uses. (Reuters and ITAR-TASS)
09:42
15.5.2014
After pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk asked Moscow to allow their self-declared "republic" to join the Russian Federation, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service asked Donetsk residents if they thought their region should stay in Ukraine or join Russia.
09:57
15.5.2014
"The Russian Education Ministry has announced that teachers of Ukrainian language and literature in Crimean schools will be retrained as teachers of Russian. Not only is the main language of tuition changing at the Ukrainian Lyceum in Simferopol, but a Russian flag has now been raised over it."
Read more here: Ukrainian language pushed out of Crimean schools
Read more here: Ukrainian language pushed out of Crimean schools
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Speaking in parliament in Kyiv about the ongoing offensive against pro-Russian rebels in the country's east, acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov said:
"A hidden military base for terrorists near Kramatorsk was completely destroyed last night as part of the antiterrorist operation."
"A fortified area was attacked and destroyed overnight in Slovyansk and a 5-kilometer zone around the TV tower, which transmits Ukrainian television signals for the cities of Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, and other areas of the Donetsk region, was completely cleared of terrorists."
"A fortified area was attacked and destroyed overnight in Slovyansk and a 5-kilometer zone around the TV tower, which transmits Ukrainian television signals for the cities of Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, and other areas of the Donetsk region, was completely cleared of terrorists."
10:35
15.5.2014
Separatists in Slovyansk deliver an ultimatum to Ukraine's armed forces: withdraw or else.
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But what happens if he wins?