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Ukraine’s recession’s main lesson: Beware of crowd-pleasing politicians, says Viktor Pynzenyk Ukraine is now deeper into the recession than 18 months ago. Problems have multiplied, with the budget deficit at a critical point and soaring state debt growing three times from UAH88.7 billion to UAH301.4 bln, says ex-foreign minister Viktor Pynzenyk in his exclusive interview with ZIK.

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• 19March 2010

• • 21:31
  • Kremlin wants concessions from Ukraine in gas talks
• • 19:18
  • Russia to cut gas prices for Ukraine or to risk losing profits in Europe, Bohdan Sokolovsky says

• 18March 2010

• • 11:05
  • Too many conductors in Azarov’s orchestra, Viktor Pynzenyk says
• • 09:58
  • Ukraine’s recession’s main lesson: Beware of crowd-pleasing politicians, says Viktor Pynzenyk

• 17March 2010

• • 22:19
  • Communists lash out at Tihipko, accusing him of ill-conceived reforms
• • 21:55
  • Ukraine doesn’t want cheaper Russian gas, ex-finance minister claims

• 16March 2010

• • 19:36
  • Cabinet to draw up proposals to EU on modernizing Ukraine gas pipelines, Azarov says
• • 15:02
  • Premier Azarov tells Tihipko to draw up structural reforms and stabilize balance of payments

• 15March 2010

• • 13:26
  • Tymoshenko concealed catastrophic state of country’s budget, finance minister says

• 13March 2010

• • 17:16
  • New cabinet doomed to implement unpopular reforms and raise price for utility gas, Pashaver says

• 22January 2010

• • 22:11
  • “I do not rule out my premiership,” says Tihipko

• 01January 2010

• • 18:09
  • Russia goes public on new gas-supply contract with Ukraine

• 30December 2009

• • 18:37
  • Ukraine needs tax amnesty after election, says presidential candidate Serhy Tihipko

• 28December 2009

• • 20:02
  • Ukraine, Russia: Oil war instead of gas war in early 2010

• 22December 2009

• • 20:06
  • Ukraine, Russia: oil & gas tidings

• 16December 2009

• • 21:11
  • Lviv oblast: offshore investments giving way to DFI

• 15December 2009

• • 21:47
  • Rada gives Ukraine entrepreneurs lavish Xmas present - Korolevska

• 10December 2009

• • 20:27
  • Ukraine lands plum contract to supply tanks to Iraq

• 30November 2009

• • 19:52
  • Cabinet to pay bonuses only to true Heroes of Ukraine

• 24November 2009

• • 22:34
  • BYT accuses Regions of gas payments sabotage

• 23November 2009

• • 20:15
  • Naftohaz to get written consent from Gazprom not to fine Ukraine for gas purchases shortfalls

• 16November 2009

• • 20:42
  • Russia may join in modernization of Ukraine’s gas pipelines in December

• 29October 2009

• • 21:34
  • Yushchenko acts like Yanukovych proxy – Tomenko

• 21October 2009

• • 20:04
  • To raise salaries, Tymoshenko must bring Stelmakh to heel
• • 19:14
  • Party of Regions to forgo their own law to up wages and pensions – Paskhaver

• 12October 2009

• • 20:36
  • BYT and Regions to by-pass Yushchenko’s veto on funding Euro-2012, says Chechetov
• • 19:55
  • IMF has good reasons not to disburse its final tranche to Ukraine, expert says

• 01October 2009

• • 19:59
  • Officials must be jailed for attempt to sell Odesa Port Plant for a song - Hrytsenko

• 28September 2009

• • 20:56
  • Police minister on track to prosecute Central bank’s managers

• 22September 2009

• • 21:58
  • Danylyshyn unveils agenda for Tymoshenko November rendezvous with Putin

• 21September 2009

• • 21:38
  • No need to revise gas supply contracts with Russia as Ukraine will transit gas at market prices as of Jan. 1, 2010 - Oleksa Hudyma

• 14September 2009

• • 19:05
  • Can Russia benefit from Ukraine’s gas talks with Turkmenistan?

• 09September 2009

• • 19:35
  • Ukraine on track to recovery, economy minister says

• 07September 2009

• • 20:39
  • Ukraine to hike gas transit tariffs for Russia

• 04September 2009

• • 22:02
  • Threat to sack Stelmakh is Yushchenko’s shenanigan
• • 20:06
  • President threatens to sack central bank governor

• 02September 2009

• • 22:04
  • Ukraine eager to manufacture aircraft with Libya

• 20August 2009

• • 08:29
  • Police seize Rodovid bank documents as $385 mln go missing

• 19August 2009

• • 18:37
  • Wary of politicizing 2010 budget drafting, Premier Tymoshenko turns for help to IMF

• 17August 2009

• • 19:31
  • Tymoshenko to politicians: “Don’t throw spanners in the works”

• 05August 2009

• • 20:57
  • Ex-mayor of Lviv Bunyak decries appointment of chance person to responsible position

• 17July 2009

• • 21:50
  • Ukraine economy thrown back to 2003 level, says former Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk

• 17June 2009

• • 21:26
  • Ukrhazbank to become candidate No. 1 for bail-out by cabinet

• 16June 2009

• • 21:17
  • Naftohaz has 15 days to alter contracts with Gazprom, expert says

• 09June 2009

• • 21:29
  • By-passing tenders, Hajduk and Taruta-affiliated companies walk away with contracts to build stadiums in Lviv and Kyiv, Inna Bohoslovska says

• 29May 2009

• • 21:16
  • Due to cabinet’s sloppy gas policy, Ukraine losing international financial support
• • 20:25
  • Security Service nets 6 banks involved in money laundering

• 28May 2009

• • 22:24
  • Gazprom: Ukraine can skip yet another gas crisis

• 22May 2009

• • 20:36
  • 50% of businesses operate in grey economy and won’t pay taxes despite 2-year ban on checks, says president of Lviv oblast employers association

• 14May 2009

• • 19:54
  • Tymoshenko will spurn Yushchenko’s decree to reverse Odesa-Brody, Olexandr Hudyma says

• 13May 2009

• • 18:55
  • Yushchenko to sign decree on reversing Odesa-Brody oil pipeline

• 07May 2009

• • 20:28
  • Pres Yushchenko urges US companies to invest in modernization of Ukraine’s pipelines

• 06May 2009

• • 20:51
  • Presidential adviser lambastes fuel minister for short-sighted statements

• 27April 2009

• • 21:57
  • Yushchenko is lobbying for Kolomojsky who is eager to grab Odesa-Brody oil pipeline, says Oleksa Hudyma

• 21April 2009

• • 22:03
  • Economy ministry to table bill to reopen 2 free economic zones in Lviv Oblast

• 17April 2009

• • 20:00
  • Tymoshenko pledges support for foreign investors
• • 19:33
  • Tymoshenko details cabinet’s bailout program for commercial banks

• 13April 2009

• • 22:12
  • Premier Tymoshenko to come to Lviv to sort out wage arrears problem, sign agreement with Lviv oblast

• 09April 2009

• • 20:52
  • Tymoshenko pledges to repay devalued FSU savings of Ukrainians when she becomes president

• 07April 2009

• • 00:05
  • Ukraine economy to turn the corner in 2010?