Новости за 24.02.2017

Andrey Artemenko said he wanted to be a peacemaker. But within a week of the New York Times revealing on Feb. 19 that the little-known Ukrainian parliamentarian had brought to Washington a plan to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, he faced widespread criticism in his homeland. He could even be charged with treason. That’s because […]

STARYI SAMBIR, Ukraine – Maksym Kozytskyy’s business changes with the wind. When it blows strongly, his wind farms in western Ukraine produce more energy and earn him more money. His first wind farm, in the town of Staryi Sambir in Lviv Oblast, which has four wind turbines with a total generating capacity of 13.2 megawatts, […]

For years, state-owned energy giant Naftogaz was a byword for corruption in Ukraine – its deficit topped 6 percent of the country’s gross domestic product in 2014. Its rapid transformation – which saw the company bring in 10 percent of state budget revenue in 2016 – has impressed observers from abroad. But its battle with […]

Blundering past the boundary between private business and public service that has long defined American political life, U. S. President Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael D. Cohen appears to have played a key role in Andrey Artemenko’s botched back-door attempt at a peace deal for Donbas. The New York Times reports that Cohen acted as a middleman for Artemenko, […]

Ukraine’s state-owned oil producer Ukrnafta owes Hr 12 billion ($445 million) in taxes. It has undergone years of production drops, while the company’s board of directors appears to remain beholden to billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky, one of the country’s most notorious oligarchs. But Ukrnafta’s management hasambitious plans to turn the company around, with a view towards […]

That Ukraine needs to increase its energy efficiency to become truly independent is an axiom. Achieving said efficiency is no easy feat, however, as it requires proper strategic planning and future projections, based on adequate, complete and verifiable data. The lack of such data, along with proper channels for its analysis, appear to be among […]