Ukrainian parliament adopts first reading of new Criminal Procedure Code 
(2 Mb)
ISSUE #5
02/13/2012
On 9 February 2012, the Ukrainian parliament adopted in the first reading a
presidential draft of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC).
The Ukrainian news and analysis website Lb.ua reported that the presidential draft
of the CPC was registered in parliament on 13 January 2012. A group of lawmakers
headed by presidential advisor Andriy Portnov has been working on it for a year
and a half. READ MORE
- Gorshenin Weekly |
Published on EGF: 21.02.2012
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Despite statements by the Ukrainian president, the Party of Regions is refusing to decriminalize articles under which the former premier was jailed (2 Mb)
ISSUE #4
02/06/2012
Ukraine's ruling Party of Regions has refused to decriminalize the articles of
the Ukrainian Criminal Procedures Code under which former Prime Minister
Yuliya Tymoshenko was convicted.
On 31 January 2012, the Party of Regions parliamentary faction's head, Oleksandr
Yefremov, said that his party had no intention to consider the decriminalization of
Article 364 entitled “Abuse of power or position” and Article 365 which deals with
exceeding one's power or authority. These are the articles under which Yuliya
Tymoshenko was sentenced to seven years behind bars. “The faction did not take
other decisions,” the politician explained. READ MORE
- Gorshenin Weekly |
Published on EGF: 14.02.2012
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Ukrainian parliament adopts first reading of new Criminal Procedure Code (2 Mb)
ISSUE #5
02/13/2012
On 9 February 2012, the Ukrainian parliament adopted in the first reading a
presidential draft of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC).
The Ukrainian news and analysis website Lb.ua reported that the presidential draft
of the CPC was registered in parliament on 13 January 2012. A group of lawmakers
headed by presidential advisor Andriy Portnov has been working on it for a year
and a half. READ MORE
- Gorshenin Weekly |
Published on EGF: 14.02.2012
| External Relations
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Ukrainian court to soon receive case against ex-premier over alleged violations by United Energy Systems of Ukraine's corporation (2 Mb)
ISSUE #3
01/30/2012
A new criminal case which was launched against former Ukrainian Prime
Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko will be submitted to a court in the near future.
The Ukrainian news and analysis website Lb.ua cited Ukrainian President Viktor
Yanukovych as saying in Davos on 27 January 2011 that the criminal cases over the
corporation United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU), which had been opened
against former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko would be submitted for a
court's consideration in the near future. READ MORE
- Gorshenin Weekly |
Published on EGF: 06.02.2012
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Next round of gas negotiations to be held on 17 January 2012 (2 Mb)
ISSUE #1
01/16/2011
The next round of the gas talks between Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry
Minister Yuriy Boyko and Gazprom's CEO Aleksey Miller will be held in
Moscow on 17 January. The Ukrainian news and analysis website Lb.ua quoted
Miller as telling Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on 10 January 2012 that in
the process of the negotiations, the Ukrainian party was linking a gas price discount
to the setting up of a gas transportation consortium between the two countries.
According to Miller, if Ukraine purchases 40bn cu.m. of gas, the discount will be 9bn
dollars annually. At the same time, the Gazprom CEO said that the Ukrainian gas
transportation system is worth 20bn dollars. READ MORE
- Gorshenin Weekly |
Published on EGF: 06.02.2012
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IMF suspends talks with Ukraine until latter closes gas deal with Russia (2 Mb)
ISSUE #38
11/07/2011
The visit by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has yielded no significant
result.
On November 4, 2011, Max Alier, the IMF Resident Representative in Ukraine,
announced that the fund has decided to take a pause in negotiations with Ukraine
“to enable some additional technical work to be carried out.” “Policy discussions are
expected to resume in the near future,” he noted. READ MORE
- Gorshenin Weekly |
Published on EGF: 23.11.2011
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Parliament adopts law on election of MPs (2 Mb)
ISSUE #40
11/21/2011
On 17 November 2011, the Supreme Council of Ukraine adopted a new draft
law on electing MPs.
As many as 366 lawmakers voted in favour of the bill, with 226 votes being the
required minimum for its adoption. Both representatives of the majority and the
opposition participated in the vote. READ MORE
- Gorshenin Weekly |
Published on EGF: 23.11.2011
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Ukrainian MPs continue working on new electoral draft law (1 Mb)
ISSUE #39
11/14/2011
On 14 November 2011, a temporary special commission for drawing up a new
electoral law continued its work.
The commission was set up on 3 November 2011. It is noteworthy that it has not
achieved any results in its first week of work. The main reason can be attributed to
the disagreements regarding the key provisions of the electoral draft law which
arise among the MPs representing both the majority and the opposition. READ MORE
- Gorshenin Weekly |
Published on EGF: 23.11.2011
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