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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 09KYIV38 |
GAS CRISIS: ORANGE RIVALS APPEAR UNITED [...] (C) Thus far at least, Orange rivals PM Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko have shown a unified front in the face of the gas crisis with Russia. They signed off on a joint statement January 1 and sent a unified team, with a pre-agreed upon position, to Brussels January 8 for talks with Gazpr [...] |
2009-01-08 16:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD RS UP |
| 09KYIV39 |
UKRAINE'S MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE EMPHASIZES [...] (SBU) The head of external relations for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) emphasized its apolitical stance in a meeting with Emboff. He acknowledged that the church's pro-Yanukovych position in the 2004 presidential elections was a mistake and emphasized its indep [...] |
2009-01-09 16:19:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL UP |
| 09KYIV395 |
STAFFDEL SOCHA HEARS CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIA [...] (C) Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffdel Socha visited Kyiv February 19 and 20 to explore questions of regional security, Euro-Atlantic integration, and the effects of the financial crisis. Ukrainian officials emphasized concerns about Russia's more assertive foreign policy and the thr [...] |
2009-02-27 17:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PARM UP RS |
| 09KYIV399 |
UKRAINE IPR: 2009 SPECIAL 301 -- POST INPUT [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy recommends that Ukraine remain on the Special 301 Watch List. Ukraine has continued to make progress on IPR enforcement and therefore does not warrant a return to the Priority Watch List, but the GOU still has work to do before we should consider remo [...] |
2009-03-02 11:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON UP |
| 09KYIV40 |
NO GAS YET, GOU SAYS IT GETS SHORT END OF MONITORING DEAL [...] (SBU) Early on January 11 the GOU signed the three-party agreement with the EU and Russia that should lead to a resumption of Russian gas deliveries to the EU. The thin document specifies that experts from the three sides will monitor the transit gas pipeline in both Russia and Ukraine. As of [...] |
2009-01-11 16:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP |
| 09KYIV404 |
UKRAINE'S DYSFUNCTIONAL CONSTITUTION: REFORM [...] (C) There is at least one thing, despite their many differences, that most Ukrainian politicians can agree on: the current Ukrainian constitution is in need of reform. There is also general agreement that the unclear delineation of powers between the presidency and prime minister/parliament is [...] |
2009-03-02 15:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UP |
| 09KYIV406 |
RADA OUSTS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On March 3, PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction delivered the decisive votes to oust Foreign Minister Ohryzko, a President Yushchenko ally. Opposition Party of Regions and the Communists initiated the measure. BYuT's coalition partners Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) and Speaker Lytv [...] |
2009-03-03 15:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 09KYIV419 |
UKRAINE: RAID ON NAFTOHAZ LATEST TWIST IN [...] (C) Summary. On March 4, forces from the Ukrainian National Security Service (SBU), which falls under the authority of President Victor Yushchenko, raided Naftohaz headquarters to seize documents related to the transfer of 11 billion cubic meters (bcm) of stored RosUkrEnergo (RUE) gas to Naft [...] |
2009-03-05 16:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP RS |
| 09KYIV421 |
UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS GAZPROM AND AVOIDS A NEW CONFLICT, [...] (SBU) On March 5 Naftohaz paid Gazprom in full for gas delivered in February. The payment of $360 million averted a possible repeat of the recent gas crisis after Russia had threatened to cut off deliveries if Naftohaz failed to pay by the March 7 deadline. Naftohaz paid despite its worsening [...] |
2009-03-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS UP |
| 09KYIV425 |
UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Taylor has delivered a demarche protesting Ukraine's plans for a 13 percent surcharge on import duties to a range of high-level government officials, including the President. The GOU claims it opposed the law and appears to be looking for a way to remedy the situatio [...] |
2009-03-06 13:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV UP |
| 09KYIV427 |
UKRAINE: FIRTASH RETURNS TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian oligarch and RosUkrEnergo (RUE) co-owner Dmytro Firtash asked again to see the Ambassador on March 3 to discuss the conclusion of the recent gas crisis, the state of RUE following the crisis, and his views on the political landscape ahead of the January 2010 presidential [...] |
2009-03-06 15:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV EPET PINR PREL RS UP |
| 09KYIV428 |
POLITICAL INFLUENCE IN UKRAINE'S MURKY JUDICIAL [...] (C) Ukrainians continue to view their judicial system as corrupt and open to political influence. The courts remain chronically underfunded, while judicial immunity and lifetime appointments for judges insulate their decisions. PM Tymoshenko is widely seen as controlling the Supreme Court, whi [...] |
2009-03-06 16:27:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UP |
| 09KYIV429 |
NEW NATO/EU COORDINATION BUREAU FINDING ITS ROLE [...] (C) Vadym Triukhan, Director of the newly formed Coordination Bureau for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration within the Cabinet of Ministers, recently outlined for Embassy his vision of the group's role in the existing network of often overlapping NATO/EU-focused inter-governmental coordin [...] |
2009-03-06 16:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL UP |
| 09KYIV430 |
IMF UKRAINE PROGRAM IN JEOPARDY [...] (C) Summary. In the presence of G7 ambassadors and the World Bank, the Kyiv-based IMF resident representative told PM Yulia Tymoshenko on March 5 that there would be "little benefit" in the mission team returning to Ukraine without greater progress on the Fund's conditionalities. Despite a [...] |
2009-03-06 18:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV437 |
YATSENYUK EYES THE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting, Former Rada Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk expressed confidence in his chances in the upcoming presidential election, which he predicted would "get ugly." He claimed his nascent political project, "Front for Change," had attracted significant support and would serve as the [...] |
2009-03-10 15:47:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR UP |
| 09KYIV465 |
UKRAINIAN-GERMAN RELATIONS ON THE ROCKS [...] (C) Contacts within the Presidential Secretariat, MFA and Cabinet of Ministers continue to view Germany as an obstacle in their drive towards EU and NATO membership, while underlining the importance of maintaining a constructive bilateral relationship with Berlin. The Secretariat claims Berli [...] |
2009-03-16 12:43:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GM UP |
| 09KYIV466 |
A View from the Window: Consular Elements of the Economic [...] (SBU) Summary: During the past several months, the Consular Section at Embassy Kyiv has seen changes that reflect the severe downturn in Ukraine's economy. As "economic crisis" became a ubiquitous refrain, the volume of nonimmigrant visa applications dropped noticeably. Fraudulent cases incre [...] |
2009-03-16 14:34:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS EFIN ECON ETRD KFRD XH PL UP |
| 09KYIV471 |
UKRAINE: POLITICAL LEADERSHIP MAKES RENEWED EFFORT [...] (SBU) On March 11 President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko and NBU Governor Stelmakh met and announced concrete steps aimed at securing the overdue $1.8 billion second tranche of the IMF loan program. Most importantly, they pledged to reduce the planned budget deficit to 3 percent of GDP, a level [...] |
2009-03-16 15:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV483 |
UKRAINE: STELMAKH RETURNS, LASHES TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Stelmakh has returned to the political scene, and appears to have again taken clear control of the central bank. A reputable newspaper has claimed that President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko have agreed to keep Stelmakh at the NBU until the presiden [...] |
2009-03-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV484 |
UKRAINE'S DRAFT CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE SUBMITTED TO [...] Summary: On March 10, 2009, Ukraine's National Commission for Strengthening Democracy and the Rule of Law (NCSDRL) submitted to the President of Ukraine a revised draft of the proposed new Criminal Procedure Code (CPC). The President must now introduce the draft into Parliament, but if the C [...] |
2009-03-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM UP |
| 09KYIV497 |
UKRAINE: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES DECREE TO ELIMINATE [...] (SBU) Senior GOU officials announced to the press on March 18 that the Cabinet of Ministers eliminated the 13 percent import tariff surcharge recently introduced by Law No. 923-VI (ref C), except for imported refrigerators and cars. (Note: We assume the exceptions are HS codes 8418 and 8702-8 [...] |
2009-03-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV UP |
| 09KYIV498 |
UKRAINE TO PARTICIPATE IN GICNT IN SEOUL DESPITE [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered Ref B and Ref C points jointly with Anatoliy Sirotyuk of the Russian Embassy to Oleh Klynchenko at Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on March 18. Klynchenko, who heads the MFA's Political Planning Division, said that Ukraine hoped to send up to two represent [...] |
2009-03-19 15:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINS PREL PTER KGIC UP |
| 09KYIV503 |
CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Embassy Reviewed the S/CT request regarding critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR). Embassy's assessment is that CI/KR in Ukraine, if destroyed, disrupted or exploited, would not likely have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States, and therefore does not meet [...] |
2009-03-20 16:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL PTER UP |
| 09KYIV515 |
PRESIDENT AND PM BURY THE HATCHET...FOR NOW [...] (C) A series of meetings between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko focused on the economic crisis and IMF requirements for a second funding tranche have raised some hope of enhanced cooperation between the President and PM. Cabinet of Ministers contacts noted the joint March 23 appearanc [...] |
2009-03-24 15:37:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 09KYIV518 |
IMF ENCOURAGED BY UKRAINE PM'S PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary. PM Tymoshenko has told the IMF that the GOU plans to put an anti-crisis package to a Rada vote on March 31, consisting of measures the IMF may consider satisfactory for the mission team's return. According to IMF resident representative Max Alier, "things have changed" betwee [...] |
2009-03-25 13:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV524 |
LVIV BANKS ON ECONOMIC DIVERSITY, POLITICAL UNITY, [...] (SBU) While Lviv Oblast has felt some negative effects from the economic crisis, its diversified economy has protected it against large-scale layoffs and related social problems. Lviv leaders say they feel the effects of the ongoing political battle in Kyiv, but that they have put aside polit [...] |
2009-03-25 14:46:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON UP |
| 09KYIV525 |
JCIC-DIP-09-003: RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AND [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Oleksander Bondarenko, Directorate for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 24, 2009. Bondarenko said that Ukraine finds the U.S. proposal acceptable, and noted that the first week of June would be part [...] |
2009-03-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | KACT PARM UP RU KZ |
| 09KYIV54 |
RADA COALITION: AS STABLE AS IT WANTS TO BE [...] (C) As the Rada winds down its session with a final plenary week that started on January 13, the coalition appears to be stable, with PM Tymoshenko in control. Rada Speaker Lytvyn may harbor presidential ambitions, but he is unlikely to scuttle the coalition in pursuit of the presidency. Pro [...] |
2009-01-13 17:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 09KYIV545 |
OPPOSITION PROTESTS FALL SHORT OF PREDICTIONS [...] (SBU) The opposition Party of Regions on March 26 kicked off a self-described wave of nationwide protests and actions against the government with a rally in the Crimean capital of Simferopol. The turnout at the Simferopol rally was well below party expectations. The "nationwide" protests are [...] |
2009-03-27 12:28:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UP |
| 09KYIV571 |
DEFENSE MINISTER SEES NATO ACCESSION AS "MARATHON, [...] (C) Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov, meeting with the Ambassador in Sevastopol March 27, declared that the GOU now regards NATO accession as a "marathon not a sprint." Recognizing that a membership invitation "will not take place in the near future," the GOU will devote itself to bringing Uk [...] |
2009-03-30 14:19:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO UP |
| 09KYIV573 |
UKRAINE-ROMANIA RELATIONS: CANCELLED SUMMITS AND [...] (C) Despite public assertions by Ukrainian leaders to the contrary, Ukraine's relations with Romania remain strained following the International Court of Justice's February 3 decision on the disputed Snake Island and surrounding territory. The bilateral relationship lacks the concrete cooper [...] |
2009-03-31 04:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RO UP |
| 09KYIV576 |
RADA/YUSHCHENKO FALTER ON LEGISLATION REQUIRED BY [...] (C) On March 31, the Rada failed to include on its agenda three anti-crisis measures deemed essential by the IMF. Although PM Tymoshenko delivered unanimous support for the bills from her bloc, President Yushchenko's allies in the Rada did not support inclusion of the measures on the agenda. [...] |
2009-03-31 15:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EREL PREL ETRD UP |
| 09KYIV577 |
INFORMING UKRAINE OF U.S. INTENTIONS TO PURSUE [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Oleksandr Bondarenko, Directorate of Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 31. Bondarenko's reaction was measured, and he noted simply that the U.S. position was predictable. TAYLOR [...] |
2009-04-01 03:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KACT PARM START UP US RS KZ BO |
| 09KYIV578 |
POLAND AS UKRAINE'S ADVOCATE [...] (C) Ukrainian officials regard Poland as a strong bilateral partner, Ukraine's primary advocate in the European Union, and as a key supporter of Ukraine's NATO aspirations. Poland and Ukraine maintain close contacts at all levels: Presidential, Prime Ministerial and via their Foreign Ministri [...] |
2009-04-01 09:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP PL |
| 09KYIV581 |
RADA VOTES TO MOVE UP PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) The Rada on April 1 voted overwhelmingly to set October 25, 2009 as the date for presidential elections. Previously, a late December 2009 or mid January 2010 election date had been expected. Amendments to the constitution adopted after President Yushchenko took office in January 2005 lef [...] |
2009-04-01 15:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 09KYIV590 |
TERNOPIL OBLAST ELECTION A BLOW TO TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) In a March 15 election in the western Ukrainian region of Ternopil, Oleg Tyahnybok's nationalist "Svoboda" party soundly defeated PM Tymoshenko's BYuT and a fractured Our Ukraine (OU) party. BYuT and OU had together controlled 102 of 120 council seats -- following the election they contro [...] |
2009-04-02 15:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 09KYIV591 |
IMF HINTS AT RETURN TO UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The IMF is preparing to return to Ukraine in spite of Rada failures to pass needed spending cuts on March 31, according to its resident representative in Kyiv, Max Alier. Alier told us on April 1 that the IMF mission team would likely come back to Kyiv to engage in tough negoti [...] |
2009-04-02 16:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV596 |
UKRAINE'S VIEW OF THE TRANSNISTRIA CONFLICT [...] (C) A series of calls on Ukrainian officials to discuss Ukrainian views of Transnistria issues and the "5 2" process, particularly in light of the March 18 joint statement signed by the parties of the Russia-sponsored "2 1" process (Moldova, Russia, Transnistria), revealed Ukrainian concerns [...] |
2009-04-03 12:51:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS UP MD RU EU |
| 09KYIV599 |
EC OPTIMISTIC ON UKRAINIAN GAS PIPELINE COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) On March 31 European Commission External Relations (RELEX) Energy Counselor Faouzin Bensarsa told us that President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko remain on message following the March 23 investment conference on Ukraine's gas transit system (reftel). Bensara, who was in Kyiv to discuss th [...] |
2009-04-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS UP EUN |
| 09KYIV605 |
STRAINS WITH ROMANIA "SURPRISE" UKRAINE [...] (C) Ukrainian officials express surprise at recent strains in Ukrainian-Romanian relations. They blame Romania for making "unacceptable" last-minute demands on a trans-border travel agreement that resulted in the abrupt cancellation of a visit by President Basescu in February. They also voic [...] |
2009-04-07 13:36:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RO |
| 09KYIV620 |
ABSENT BILATERAL FINANCING, UKRAINE NEEDS BROADER [...] (C) Summary. As the IMF mission team looks set to return to Kyiv on April 9, President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko have assured the IMF of their intention to see through more budget cutbacks when the Rada votes on key laws on April 14. Nonetheless, it appears that Ukraine's ensui [...] |
2009-04-08 18:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV634 |
WATCHING MOLDOVA CLOSELY; LITTLE FEAR OF SPILLOVER [...] (C) Kyiv continues to closely monitor events in Chisinau, but MFA contacts believe the Communists have weathered the storm and will now be able to consolidate power. The MFA view is that the Communists did win the election, while acknowledging media bias and manipulation of state resources [...] |
2009-04-10 16:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | MD PGOV PREL UP |
| 09KYIV676 |
UKRAINE: IMF LIKELY TO SUPPORT RISKY GOU MOVE TO [...] (C) On April 14 Prime Minster Yulia Tymoshenko moved quickly after the Rada again failed to include key IMF-related anti-crisis legislation on the agenda. Within hours of the failed vote, the CabMin passed 19 resolutions that aim to provide the fiscal discipline that the IMF expects in return [...] |
2009-04-16 09:51:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV685 |
UKRAINIAN ACQUISITION OF PERRY CLASS FRIGATE: [...] (SBU) Summary. On 23 September 2008, in a letter from First Deputy Minster of Defense V.V. Ivashenko addressed to U.S. Ambassador William Taylor (MoD Letter #220/3918) the GoU formally requested the U.S. to consider providing an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate FFG) to the Ukrainian Navy. Fo [...] |
2009-04-17 11:09:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MCAP MARR PREL UP |
| 09KYIV691 |
THIRD KLYCHKO-CHERNOVETSKYI BOUT? [...] (C) World champion boxer Vitaliy Klychko, who lost two bids for mayor of Kyiv in 2006 and 2008, hit current mayor Chernovetskyi hard for alleged corruption in a recent meeting with us. Although Klychko was vague about another run for mayor, he said that his political bloc would continue to c [...] |
2009-04-21 18:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 09KYIV692 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Your April 26-28 visit to Kyiv comes in the midst of Ukraine's unfolding economic and financial crisis. The IMF has recently concluded its mission review, recommending disbursement of a second loan tranche that had been delayed for two months. The agreement with the IMF is a major acc [...] |
2009-04-22 13:22:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV ECON PREL UP |
| 09KYIV694 |
TYMOSHENKO MULLS COALITION WITH REGIONS, [...] (C) In recent meetings, PM Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that her BYuT faction is in negotiations with Party of Regions over the possible creation of a broad new Rada coalition. Such a coalition, if it were to take shape, would work to change the constitution ahead of presidential elections [...] |
2009-04-22 17:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 09KYIV737 |
GICNT: UKRAINE TO PARTICIPATE IN HAGUE PLENARY [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel points jointly with Russian and Dutch troika counterparts to Oleh Klynchenko at Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on April 23. Klynchenko, who heads the MFA's Political Planning Division, said that Ukraine would send at least two, and possibly up to fo [...] |
2009-04-29 17:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINS PREL PTER KGIC UP |
| 09KYIV739 |
JCIC-DIP-09-002: PROVISION IN ADVANCE OF DATA ON [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Oleksander Bondarenko, MFA Directorate for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation on April 27. Bondarenko thanked us for the information, however had no additional comment. TAYLOR [...] |
2009-04-30 07:40:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | KACT PARM UP |
| 09KYIV741 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UKRAINE'S VAT FOR MILITARY [...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 29. Yaroslav Brisiuk, head of the MFA's U.S.-Canada Division, told us that the MFA would review our request for VAT exemption for official purchases in support of the Sea Breeze and Rapid Trident exercises and [...] |
2009-04-30 11:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL UP US |
| 09KYIV747 |
COURT GIVES "NEUTRAL" ANSWER ON PRESIDENT'S APPEAL [...] (SBU) In a decision announced April 30, the Constitutional Court denied President Yushchenko clear legal cause to dissolve the Rada and call early parliamentary elections. Coalition supporters claimed that the court's "neutral" answer and refusal to rule on the specifics of Yushchenko's appe [...] |
2009-04-30 16:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UP |
| 09KYIV751 |
UKRAINE: RINAT AKHMETHOV BUYS U.S. COAL COMPANY [...] (SBU) Metinvest, Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov's metallurgical company, confirmed local media reports that it has purchased West Virginia based United Coal. Metinvest will announce the purchase later on April 30 in the U.S., Jock Mendoza-Wilson, investor relations chief of Akhmetov's SCM [...] |
2009-04-30 21:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL PINR PGOV PREL ECON EMIN XH UP |
| 09KYIV758 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY REAFFIRMS U.S. COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Steinberg conveyed the message that the Obama Administration strongly supports Ukraine's independence and sovereignty in meetings April 26-27 with Rada Speaker Lytvyn, former Speaker and presidential contender Arseniy Yatsenyuk, opposition Party of Regions representatives, [...] |
2009-05-06 14:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EPET UP RS |
| 09KYIV776 |
SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE: UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS [...] (U) Deputy Econ Counselor informed the GOU on April 29 that Ukraine would remain on the Watch List in this year's Special 301 Report. We delivered reftel points to Volodymyr Dmitrishin, Acting Chairman of the State Department of Intellectual Property (SDIP, Ukraine's coordinating agency for I [...] |
2009-05-08 15:43:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON UP |
| 09KYIV777 |
H1N1 INFLUENZA: UKRAINE TO REVIEW ITS BAN ON PORK [...] (U) Ukraine on April 27 introduced a ban on all imports of live swine and pork products from the United States, Mexico, Canada, and New Zealand in response to the H1N1 influenza outbreak (ref B). The ban applies to products shipped after April 21. 2. (SBU) Agricultural Attache delivered re [...] |
2009-05-08 15:51:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR WTRO UP |
| 09KYIV785 |
UKRAINE: PRIVATIZATION UNLIKELY TO HELP CLOSE BUDGET GAP [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's 2009 budget foresees $1.1 billion of budget revenues this year, but the GOU is unlikely to earn anything near that amount from privatization of state-owned enterprises. The IMF, in its most recent review of its Stand-By Agreement, now estimates that Ukraine will gene [...] |
2009-05-08 17:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECPS BEXP EINT UP |
| 09KYIV793 |
NEC'S LIPTON WARNS OF UKRAINE'S ECONOMIC HAZARDS [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs David Lipton and Treasury DAS for Europe Eric Meyer met with a wide range of high-level Ukrainian policy makers, businessmen, and bankers on April 26-28. Lipton warned of possible dangers to Ukraine's econom [...] |
2009-05-12 15:57:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV814 |
INTERIOR MINISTER TENDERS RESIGNATION OVER AIRPORT [...] (C) Minister oQInterior Yuriy Lutsenko submitted his resignation to the Rada on May 12 in response to German and Ukrainian media reports that he was detained by airport police in Frankfurt on May 4. According to the reports Lutsenko was intoxicated and assaulted four German police officers wh [...] |
2009-05-13 16:20:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 09KYIV816 |
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES OCTOBER 25 [...] (C) On May 13 the Constitutional Court (CC) declared that the October 25 presidential election date set by the Rada was unconstitutional. The court ruling did not set a specific alternative date for the election -- the Presidential Secretariat continues to argue for a January 17, 2010 contest. [...] |
2009-05-13 18:24:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 09KYIV826 |
DEMARCHE ON UKRAINIAN DEMILITARIZATION PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Embassy on May 14 delivered ref A demarche regarding the GOU's weapon demilitarization proposal to Kateryna Bila of the MFA Arms Control Directorate. Copies of the ATF-generated slides, which superimposed US requirements for complete weapons demil on the original GOU images, and of the [...] |
2009-05-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS NATO PARM PREL UP |
| 09KYIV858 |
CHERNOMYRDIN TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) The Ambassador met on May 19 with Russian Ambassador Viktor Chernomyrdin. Discussion focused on domestic Ukrainian politics, with Chernomyrdin regretting the "lost years" brought about by the conflict between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko. He expressed irritation at the EU and Y [...] |
2009-05-21 09:40:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL UP |
| 09KYIV864 |
PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT CHIEF QUITS, DENOUNCES [...] (C) Presidential Secretariat head Viktor Baloha, famous for vitriolic condemnations of PM Tymoshenko which included charges of treason, announced his resignation on May 16. On May 19 Baloha turned his attacks on President Yushchenko, saying he had betrayed the promises of the Orange Revolutio [...] |
2009-05-21 15:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 09KYIV865 |
WESTERN UKRAINE VIEWS ON ECONOMY, EUROPE, AND [...] (C) Summary. Remittances from abroad are falling and banks are still shaky, but the economy in western Ukraine has stabilized in recent weeks, the Ambassador heard in Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi on May 13-15. On his final trip outside Kyiv before departing post, the Ambassador met with g [...] |
2009-05-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV868 |
UKRAINE WELCOMES EU EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) President Yushchenko welcomed the launch of the EU's Eastern Partnership as "a victory of the European idea." He underlined that Belarus in particular had a "very important role" to play. Ukraine aspires to a leadership role in the Partnership, but officials emphasize that it in no way [...] |
2009-05-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP EU |
| 09KYIV91 |
GAS CRISIS: RADA WEIGHS IN [...] (C) On January 13 the Rada created an investigative commission to examine the causes of Ukraine's gas dispute with Russia. The commission, led by Party of Regions, is likely to investigate allegations linking President Yushchenko to corruption in the energy sphere. Rada contacts accused the [...] |
2009-01-15 17:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP RS |
| 09KYIV924 |
RADA OUTLOOK: POSITIONING FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) After a week's recess, the Rada will start its next plenary on June 2 amidst continued rumors that PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction and opposition Party of Regions (Regions) are close to forming a coalition. A BYuT-Regions coalition would have more than the 300 MPs necessary to enact constitu [...] |
2009-05-28 15:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
| 09KYIV925 |
CIVAIR: DELTA AIR LINES REQUEST FOR AUTHORITY [...] (SBU) Post delivered the ref A demarche on May 28 to Sergiy Korshuk, Director of the Department for Air Transportation and Licensing at the State Aviation Administration (SAA) of Ukraine. SAA Chairman Oleksander Davydov and his deputy Dmytro Babeichuk were unavailable to meet. Jeff Morgan, Di [...] |
2009-05-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EAIR PREL UP |
| 09KYIV936 |
UKRAINE CARBON SALES BOOST FINANCES, ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Needing to stave off Ukraine's budget crisis and simultaneously enhance the country's energy efficiency, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has supported selling 180 million metric tons of surplus carbon emissions rights to Japan, Switzerland, and New Zealand. Back-of-the-envelope [...] |
2009-06-02 10:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV940 |
EURO 2012: SOCCER ORGANIZER SHOWS UKRAINE THE YELLOW CARD [...] (SBU) Ukraine is in danger of losing the prestigious 2012 European soccer championships, which it is to co-host with Poland. Games were to be played in four Ukrainian cities, but the UEFA, Europe's ruling soccer body, has announced that only Kyiv is on track to be a host, and that its role coul [...] |
2009-06-02 12:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ECPS BEXP EINT UP |
| 09KYIV941 |
ODESA: CITY WITH A RUSSIAN PAST SEARCHING FOR A [...] (C) Odesa, with a population of over a million, is an important commercial and cultural center for Ukraine. The city, known for its sea port and ethnically diverse population, is still strongly influenced by historic and cultural ties to Russia. In recent meetings, interlocutors described a [...] |
2009-06-02 12:13:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UP |
| 09KYIV942 |
URGENT REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IDENTIFYING AIR [...] (U) Post has confirmed with the GoU that Ukraine posesses Mi-8 MTV helicopters, most of which are in need of substantial refurbishment, but which are comparable in general terms to the Mi-17. On June 2, contacts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense indicated that Uk [...] |
2009-06-02 13:01:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SMIG PARM UP |
| 09KYIV948 |
UKRAINE AMENABLE TO OUR WTO PROPOSAL ON EXPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: We delivered ref A demarche concerning our WTO export licensing proposal to the GOU on June 2. The Ministry of Economy, the key GOU agency on trade- related issues, supports our initiative and is now seeking interagency clearance on an official GOU position. The Ukrainians appe [...] |
2009-06-03 10:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO PGOV UP |
| 09KYIV949 |
UKRAINIAN LAB CONFIRMS FIRST "SWINE FLU" CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Deputy Health Minister Oleksander Bilovol confirmed yesterday that a local lab had positively diagnosed A/H1N1 with "99 percent certainty" in a 24 year-old Ukrainian man, who had arrived in Kyiv on May 29 from New York via Paris. His is the first known case of "swine [...] |
2009-06-03 13:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL AMED CASC PGOV XH UP |
| 09KYIV95 |
UKRAINE: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA [...] As requested by ref A, below Post provides updated information on child labor issues in Ukraine to aid in the drafting of the 2008 Trade and Development Act (TDA) report. Refs B-C contain previous Post reporting on child labor issues. 2. Post will also send this information via email to US [...] |
2009-01-16 09:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI UP |
| 09KYIV950 |
BYUT-REGIONS CLOSE TO FORMING BROAD COALITION [...] (C) While PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction and opposition Party of Regions (Regions) have yet to announce their possible broad Rada coalition, Rada contacts from both factions confirmed that negotiations are ongoing and that the two sides are close to inking a deal (Reftel). Rank and file Deputie [...] |
2009-06-03 14:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 09KYIV953 |
SEA BREEZE MILITARY EXERCISE AT RISK [...] (C) The Rada on June 3 again failed to include on its agenda legislation authorizing foreign military personnel to participate in joint training exercises on Ukrainian territory. Although the legislation is necessary for Ukraine to conduct eleven training exercises planned for 2009 with vario [...] |
2009-06-03 15:07:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 09KYIV954 |
IMF ON UKRAINE'S BUDGET AND BANKING BENCHMARKS [...] (C) Summary. Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier told us on June 2 that Ukraine remained far from completing structural benchmarks on bank reform, necessary for the disbursement of the IMF's third loan tranche. Ukraine was still saddled with an unfinanced budget deficit, the size [...] |
2009-06-03 15:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV955 |
UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ'S FINANCIAL HOUSE OF CARDS [...] (SBU) Naftohaz's ability to pay its gas bill has become a monthly guessing game since the January 2009 gas crisis. While Ukraine has managed to pay its gas bill for the first four months of the year, it will face increasing difficulties to do so through the summer as it pumps gas into undergrou [...] |
2009-06-03 15:51:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP |
| 09KYIV96 |
2009 ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] (SBU) The following information is provided in response to REF: --------------------------------------- I. Overall Crime and Safety Situation: --------------------------------------- A. Crime Threat: Crime remains a concern in Ukraine. Ukraine's expatriate community - including A [...] |
2009-01-16 14:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC UA |
| 09KYIV964 |
IMF AND WORLD BANK: UKRAINE STALLED ON BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF and World Bank have told us that they do not foresee any net revenues or fiscal savings in the pipeline for Ukraine's strapped budget. Additionally, Ukraine has stalled on necessary reforms to qualify for a World Bank DPL loan. Ukraine's parliament increased excise ta [...] |
2009-06-04 14:53:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 09KYIV988 |
PRESIDENT AND PM CALL IN DIP CORPS; DEFENSE [...] (SBU) President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko on June 5 called in selected HOMs to argue their respective positions on a potential broad coalition between BYuT and opposition Party of Regions (Regions). Yushchenko characterized the potential BYuT-Regions marriage and their planned [...] |
2009-06-05 15:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL UP |
| 09KYIV99 |
GAS CRISIS: WHO'S IN CHARGE? [...] (C) Given the lack of clarity regarding executive authority (and the personal animus) which characterizes the relationship between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko, they have, on occasion, exhibited rare comity during the gas crisis, including signing off on two joint letters reflecting [...] |
2009-01-16 17:16:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD UP RS |
| 10KYIV103 |
IMF AGAIN DISMAYED BY UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES [...] (C) Summary. IMF resident representative Max Alier expressed frustration and dismay at the GOU's recent public statements falsely announcing the impending arrival of an IMF technical assessment team. Alier said the GOU had resorted to "pressure tactics" and that Deputy Prime Minister Nemyri [...] |
2010-01-21 13:27:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 10KYIV104 |
UKRAINE: CANDIDATES VIE FOR VOTERS AS THE RUNOFF [...] (SBU) The two candidates who will compete in the February 7 runoff for the presidency, Party of Regions (Regions) candidate Viktor Yanukovych and PM Yuliya Tymoshenko, kicked-off their campaigns as expected, appealing to the voters who supported second-tier candidates during the first round. [...] |
2010-01-21 16:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 10KYIV105 |
UKRAINE: VERKHOVNA RADA OVERIDES VETO OF LAND SALE [...] (U) Summary. Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, overturned President Yushchenko's veto of the bill extending the moratorium on the sale of agricultural land until January 1, 2012. In a widely expected move, the Rada confirmed its decision to formally put agricultural land sales on hold [...] |
2010-01-22 08:47:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR UP |
| 10KYIV107 |
POSSIBLE NEW UKRAINIAN PM TIHIPKO CASTS SELF AS [...] (C) Summary. Serhiy Tihipko may accept the position of Prime Minister of Ukraine, but only if he is guaranteed support from the new President and the Rada (parliament) to tackle economic and administrative reforms, and only after the presidential race concludes. Having just finished third i [...] |
2010-01-22 13:48:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV PINR PREL UP XH EREL |
| 10KYIV113 |
WORLD BANK PROPOSES UKRAINE REFORM PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank's Kyiv-based country director Martin Raiser plans to convene the donor community to coordinate a message to Ukraine's new President on needed economic reforms. Raiser told the Ambassador that the Bank had grouped its reform proposals into three areas (fiscal, inv [...] |
2010-01-25 10:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV PINR PREL UP XH EREL |
| 10KYIV120 |
UKRAINE'S "OTHER" SECURITY THREAT - ROMANIA [...] (C) From the perspective of Kyiv, the Ukrainian-Romanian bilateral relationship is surprisingly troubled, with a wide range of irritants both great and small. The most neuralgic issues for Ukrainians are linked to concerns about Romanian irredentism (e.g., issuance of Romanian passports to U [...] |
2010-01-25 15:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EWWT SENV NATO EU UP RO |
| 10KYIV125 |
LAVROV-POROSHENKO DEAL ON NEW RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE [...] (C) At a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Ukrainian FM Poroshenko explained how he had cut a deal with Russian FM Lavrov to facilitate the arrival of the new Russian ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov. Moscow had burned all bridges with Ukrainian President Yushchenko and had not w [...] |
2010-01-26 14:20:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP RS |
| 10KYIV128 |
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: DISAPPOINTED CANDIDATE [...] (C) Poorly performing Presidential candidate and head of the Rada National Security and Defense Committee, Anatoliy Hrytsenko, told the Ambassador January 22 that he did not see much of a difference between PM Tymoshenko and opposition leader Yanukovych, the two candidates for the February 7 r [...] |
2010-01-26 15:24:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR UP |
| 10KYIV129 |
UKRAINE: DEMARCHE ON COPENHAGEN ACCORD DELIVERED [...] (U) The Government of Ukraine (GOU) has no principle objections to associating with the Copenhagen Accord. However, given upcoming Presidential elections, it is uncertain that Ukraine will complete its association by the January 31 deadline. Post delivered reftel talking points to Igor Lupal [...] |
2010-01-26 15:46:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV KGHG ENRG UP |
| 10KYIV168 |
UKRAINE: LOW PROFILE FOR SECURITY ISSUES IN THE [...] (C) Summary. In contrast to the 2004 elections, issues of national security and defense remain notable by their absence in this year's presidential campaign. Ukrainians are focused on the economic crisis and the election's potential for reconfiguring Ukraine's political power relationships. All can [...] |
2010-01-29 13:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR UP |
| 10KYIV17 |
TYMOSHENKO UNABLE TO PRY OPEN NBU RESERVES [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations have stalled over the transfer of $2 billion in National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reserves to the state treasury, inhibiting Prime Minister Tymoshenko's government from getting ready cash to assist with Naftohaz's January 11 payment to Gazprom. Having lowered the NBU's [...] |
2010-01-05 16:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 10KYIV170 |
ONE WEEK TO ELECTION: YANUKOVYCH CAMP CONFIDENT [...] (C) Even allies of PM Tymoshenko concede to us that Regions Party candidate Viktor Yanukovych is holding on to his lead in advance of the February 7 Presidential runoff. Tymoshenko must mobilize greater numbers of "Orange" voters over the next week or face defeat. If Yanukovych wins, members [...] |
2010-01-29 16:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 10KYIV178 |
INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR [...] (U) Post responded to prior taskings, and does not have information on additional goods for the Ukraine TVPRA list. ---------- TASK 2/TDA ---------- 2A. PREVALENCE AND SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION OF EXPLOITIVE CHILD LABOR --------------------------------- -------------------------------- Â [...] |
2010-02-01 15:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI SIPDIS USAID UP |
| 10KYIV179 |
MOBILIZING PRESSURE ON IRAN REGARDING NUCLEAR [...] (C) Ambassador February 1 drew on reftel points to explain to Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Khandogiy the US rationale for sharpening the choices that Iran faces by increasing pressure on Iran. Khandogiy expressed general agreement and observed that Ukraine is "very much concerned about [...] |
2010-02-01 17:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC IR UP |
| 10KYIV184 |
UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS AFTER YUSHCHENKO: A [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-02 15:16:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EU UP RS |
| 10KYIV186 |
TERNOPIL: FEARS OF FRAUD NOT BORNE OUT IN FIRST [...] (C) During a recent visit to Ternopil Oblast in west-central Ukraine, campaign officials, NGOs and journalists told us that they were concerned about vote buying in the oblast during the presidential elections. PM Yuliya Tymoshenko and Party of Regions candidate Viktor Yanukovych's campaign d [...] |
2010-02-02 16:19:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP |
| 10KYIV190 |
FORMER PRESIDENT KUCHMA ON UKRAINIAN ELECTION, [...] (C) Former Ukrainian President Kuchma had no kind words for the current "orange" government, accusing it of ruining the economy and the country's international reputation, and of deepening Ukraine's internal divisions. While he endorsed his former PM, Viktor Yanukovych, he characterized the Februar [...] |
2010-02-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG MARR UP RS |
| 10KYIV191 |
POTENTIAL FOR POST ELECTION COURT BATTLES [...] (C) Prime Minister Tymoshenko's continued allegation of fraud in the January 17 first round presidential election, despite the OSCE's assessment that it was, for the most part, free and fair, raises the importance of the appeals process for the February 7 runoff. The Chairmanship of the High [...] |
2010-02-03 15:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 10KYIV192 |
TYMOSHENKO CONDEMNS ELECTION LAW CHANGES; INVOKES [...] (C) A [...] |
2010-02-04 14:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UP |
| 10KYIV193 |
UKRAINE'S DEPUTY PM ON MONEY LAUNDERING, [...] (C) Summary. In a broad-ranging discussion with the Ambassador on February 2, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Nemyrya expressed concern about Ukraine being designated as a high-risk country at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary meeting in Abu Dhabi in mid-February. Nemyrya also [...] |
2010-02-05 11:22:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV UP |
| 10KYIV194 |
UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS ON TIME FOR GAS [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine paid $780 million to Gazprom on February 4 for January gas purchases. As in January, the National Bank of Ukraine purchased Naftohaz-held government bonds to finance the payment. Experts suggest that the government would resort to the same payment scheme for the gas pay [...] |
2010-02-05 13:01:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EREL UP RU |
| 10KYIV198 |
UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO CITES COP-15 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points to Volodymyr Domashlinets, Ukraine's CITES representative at the Ministry of Environmental Protection, on February 1. Domashlinets said Ukraine will support the U.S. proposals on sharks, corals, polar bears, and a snake trade. The Ministry of Environmental P [...] |
2010-02-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP UP |
| 10KYIV199 |
TYMOSHENKO DOES BETTER THAN EXPECTED BUT FALLS [...] (SBU) PM Yuliya Tymoshenko exceeded expectations by narrowing a ten percent post-first round gap with rival Viktor Yanukovych to a surprisingly close 2.86 percent (with 98.8% of the vote counted) in the February 7 presidential runoff. Higher than expected turnout in western Ukraine accounted [...] |
2010-02-08 16:48:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UP |
| 10KYIV208 |
TYMOSHENKO SURGE: APPEAL OF "THE LESSER EVIL" [...] (C) The late surge in support for PM Tymoshenko, which made the February 7 second round presidential election results closer than many observers expected, reflected more an anti-Yanukovych vote than a pro-Tymoshenko one. Yanukovych's refusal to debate Tymoshenko, over confidence among his supp [...] |
2010-02-09 19:40:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UP |
| 10KYIV22 |
UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO ORDERS NBU TO ASSIST WITH GAS [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko ordered the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on January 6 to find a mechanism to monetize Naftohaz-held government bonds in order for the state-owned gas company to make the January 11 payment for Russian gas purchased in December. Naftohaz might also be abl [...] |
2010-01-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ENRG PGOV PINR UP RU |
| 10KYIV226 |
UKRAINE'S 2010 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine suffered one of Europe's worst recessions in 2009, with real GDP declining nearly 15%. The economic slump was prompted by a sharp fall in global demand for steel and chemical products, combined with the global credit crunch and vulnerabilities in the Ukrainian financial [...] |
2010-02-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 10KYIV228 |
TYMOSHENKO READIES COURT CHALLENGES; REGIONS [...] (C) PM Tymoshenko, thus far remaining uncharacteristically silent in public, is putting together legal challenges to the February 7 Presidential election result. DPM Nemyria admitted that he did not think the challenges would change the outcome. The Yanukovych camp is negotiating with elemen [...] |
2010-02-10 18:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UP |
| 10KYIV229 |
UKRAINE: ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT AGENCY ON COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) Acting Economic Counselor and Economic Analyst met on February 3 with Igor Lupaltsov, the head of the National Environmental Investment Agency of Ukraine (NEIA), to discuss Ukraine's association with the Copenhagen Accord and deliver talking points per reftel A. Lupaltsov, who headed the [...] |
2010-02-11 08:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KGHG ENRG SENV UP |
| 10KYIV23 |
SALE OF UKRAINIAN STEEL GIANT LIKELY TIED TO PUTIN [...] (C) Summary. Rumors have swept through Kyiv over the impending Russian purchase of the indebted Ukrainian steel giant Industrial Union of Donbass (IUD). A group of Kremlin-backed investors, perhaps led by metals magnate Alisher Usmanov and Roman Abramovich-controlled Evraz, have reportedly [...] |
2010-01-06 15:36:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH |
| 10KYIV231 |
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS -- ON THE ROAD TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Kyiv election observers throughout Ukraine were uniformly impressed by the dedication of election workers and voters. The intensely partisan and mudslinging conduct of the campaign at the national level was not reflected in the Precinct Election Commissions (PECs), where membe [...] |
2010-02-11 11:16:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV UP |
| 10KYIV232 |
FIRTASH TRIUMPHS OVER TYMOSHENKO ON NADRA [...] (SBU) Summary. Nadra Bank's year-long moratorium on deposit withdrawals ended on February 10, amidst last-ditch negotiations over the bank's future. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) had engaged in talks on February 10 about liquidating Nadra, one of Ukraine's largest private banks, only to [...] |
2010-02-11 12:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
| 10KYIV234 |
UKRAINE: DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING DELIVERED [...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered the distracted driving demarche on January 27 to Oleksiy Illyashenko, Deputy Head of Public Relations and International Affairs at the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior, with the points and questions attached as a non-paper. The Ministry of the Interior did not [...] |
2010-02-12 13:20:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UP |
| 10KYIV235 |
FOR TYMOSHENKO, "BETTER TO BE A VICTIM THAN A [...] (C) Nearly a week has passed since the February 7 presidential runoff, and PM Yuliya Tymoshenko has been uncharacteristically absent from the airwaves, refusing to appear in public or release a public statement under her own hand. Officials from her campaign, however, have made numerous accus [...] |
2010-02-12 17:01:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 10KYIV240 |
TYMOSHENKO CHALLENGES RESULTS OF ELECTION IN COURT [...] (C) PM Tymoshenko announced February 13 that she would challenge in court as fraudulent the results of the February 7 second round of the Presidential election. Her chances to overturn the results are poor. Rather, the court filing, which Tymoshenko made in person February 16, appears prima [...] |
2010-02-16 16:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 10KYIV241 |
UKRAINIAN MOBILE TELECOM SECTOR AT A GLANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ukrainian mobile telecom sector is divided among three major service providers - Kyivstar, MTS-Ukraine, and Life - which control more than 90 percent of the market. Kyivstar, the market leader, is jointly owned by Norwegian Telenor and Russian Alfa Group. MTS-Ukraine, the [...] |
2010-02-17 08:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS ETRD EINV UP |
| 10KYIV244 |
YANUKOVYCH CONFIDANT AZAROV PROMISES NEW COALITION [...] (C) Summary. Yanukovych confidant and close economic advisor Mykola Azarov predicted that the President-elect would be in a stronger position to negotiate a new governing parliamentary coalition after the February 25 inauguration. Yanukovych was determined to build a stable coalition to enab [...] |
2010-02-17 15:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG UP |
| 10KYIV246 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM POROSHENKO [...] (C) Foreign Minister Poroshenko embraced President-elect Yanukovych and distanced himself from PM Tymoshenko in a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador. Poroshenko criticized Tymoshenko's unwillingness to concede the election and her denigration of the work of international election observe [...] |
2010-02-17 16:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP |
| 10KYIV247 |
UKRAINIAN RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Embassy received a letter on 4 February from the Verification Directorate of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in response to reftel demarche, which was delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs December 7, 2009. The letter confirmed Government of Ukraine interest in m [...] |
2010-02-17 17:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KACT PARM UP |
| 10KYIV262 |
UKRAINE: NEW LAWS ON PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (parliament) passed legislative reforms on public procurement, business deregulation, and land and property title registration that had long been advocated for by the World Bank and USAID. Analysts note that these three laws represent positive progress [...] |
2010-02-19 11:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD UP |
| 10KYIV264 |
YATSENYUK CLAIMS HE HAS FORTY FROM OU-PSD FOR NEW [...] (C) Former presidential candidate Arseniy Yatsenyuk told the Ambassador February 17 that he has forty Our Ukraine - People's Self Defense (OU-PSD) MPs who would be willing to take down PM Tymoshenko's coalition and join a new coalition with Yanukovych's Party of Regions. He intimated that he [...] |
2010-02-19 16:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP RS |
| 10KYIV275 |
SCENESETTER: NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JONES' [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON UP |
| 10KYIV278 |
FORMER TYMOSHENKO INSIDER CALLS HER DESTRUCTIVE, [...] (C) Summary. In a damning indictment of Prime Minster Yuliya Tymoshenko and her lack of leadership, respected xxxxxxxxxxxx argued that Tymoshenko would continue to work against reform. To limit her destructiveness, xxxxxxxxxxxx argued for early parliamentary elections, which would help strengthen n [...] |
2010-02-24 12:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PINR ECON PREL UP |
| 10KYIV295 |
UKRAINE: UNHRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche on February 25 to the Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UNHRC, Svitlana Pereverten. On religious and racial intolerance, Ms. Pereverten commented that Ukraine has never and will never support the defamation resolution. The Embassy share [...] |
2010-02-25 15:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN UP |
| 10KYIV296 |
UKRAINE: GOLDSTONE FOLLOWUP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche on February 25 to the Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UNHRC, Svitlana Pereverten. Ms. Pereverten expressed Ukraine's support for the U.S. position on Goldstone, as shown by Ukraine's Goldstone voting record. TEFFT [...] |
2010-02-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IO PHUM UNGA UP |
| 10KYIV299 |
KYIV TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] |
2010-02-26 09:47:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON UP |
| 10KYIV300 |
UKRAINE: BOIKO DISCUSSES YANUKOVYCH'S ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. In an introductory call with the Ambassador on February 23, Yuriy Boiko, a leading energy player in the Party of Regions, said that Yanukovych would be focused on reducing Ukrainian dependence on Russian gas imports, securing a better gas contract with Gazprom, and establishing a [...] |
2010-02-26 14:52:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ENRL UP RU |
| 10KYIV301 |
PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR STRESSES NEED FOR [...] (C) Summary. Respected economist and Party of Regions' Member of Parliament Iryna Akimova stressed the need for fiscal discipline, financial sector reform, and improvements to the investment climate during her February 23 meeting with the Ambassador. She also recognized the need to focus on [...] |
2010-02-26 15:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV UP |
| 10KYIV59 |
EU-UKRAINE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT: LONG WAY STILL [...] (C) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Poroshenko has declared the signing of an Association Agreement with the EU in 2010 to be one of Ukraine's top two foreign policy goals. At the same time, tough EU criticism of Ukraine's reforms stole the show at the December 4 Ukraine-EU Summit. GOU negotiator [...] |
2010-01-14 10:13:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP EU |
| 10KYIV64 |
CAMPAIGNS PREPARED FOR POST-ELECTION COURT BATTLES [...] (C) Amendments to Ukraine's presidential election law in August 2009 granted the Administrative Courts sole jurisdiction to hear election related cases. However, confusion over who currently heads the High Administrative Court means that this court's role as the final arbiter of election dis [...] |
2010-01-15 11:01:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 10KYIV67 |
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: RHETORIC HEATS UP; RACE [...] (C) PM Tymoshenko, trailing Party of Regions leader Yanukovych in advance of the January 17 Presidential election, used a three-hour press event January 14 to hammer the message that Yanukovych is a criminal and front man for rapacious oligarchic interests, whose election would be a humiliatio [...] |
2010-01-15 13:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UP |
| 10KYIV68 |
UKRAINIAN LAND SALE MORATORIUM ENDS, BUT [...] (U) Summary. President Yuschenko vetoed a bill that would have extended the moratorium on the sale of agricultural land through the end of 2011, allowing the ban to expire on January 1, 2010. As in past years, parliament is expected to make a strong push to overturn the veto. However, even [...] |
2010-01-15 13:47:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR UP |
| 10KYIV7 |
PM BACKER ACCUSED OF MONEY LAUNDERING, VOTE BUYING [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on December 29, Ukrainian Security Services (SBU) head Valentyn Nalyvaychenko accused Prime Minister Tymoshenko's largest financial backer, businessman and MP Konstantyn Zhevago, of running a large money laundering operation and financing a vote buying sche [...] |
2010-01-04 16:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
| 10KYIV71 |
UKRAINE'S NATIONAL BANK WILL HELP WITH GAS PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Despite the lack of political unity, the National Bank of Ukraine was obliged to help the government make its gas payments to Russia in a timely manner, National Bank Governor Stelmakh told the Ambassador on January 14. During the meeting, Stelmakh also noted that the exchange r [...] |
2010-01-15 16:39:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENRG EREL PGOV UP |
| 10KYIV72 |
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FIRST ROUND: YANUKOVYCH [...] (SBU) Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has held on to his ten point lead over PM Yuliya Tymoshenko with almost 99% of votes counted in the January 17 presidential election. Observers have called the election generally free and fair. The OSCE ODIHR mission called the election "high quality," [...] |
2010-01-18 17:53:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UP |
| 10KYIV8 |
CAN TYMOSHENKO MAINTAIN BALANCE AS THE ELECTIONS [...] (C) During a December 31 introductory call, PM Tymoshenko discussed with Ambassador Tefft her efforts earlier that day to convince National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Chairman Stelmakh to disburse $2 billion in reserves so that the government can make its scheduled January gas payment. Tymoshenko [...] |
2010-01-04 17:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PREL UP |
| 10KYIV89 |
UKRAINE'S ACTING FINANCE MINISTER SURVIVES 2009, [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's government still hopes for revisions to the IMF program that would allow it to access $2 billion currently held in reserves at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU), according to Acting Finance Minister Umanskyi. Without access to IMF money, the first quarter of 2010 woul [...] |
2010-01-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENRG EREL PGOV UP |
| 10KYIV92 |
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: TOUGH MATH FOR TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) Runoff candidates Viktor Yanukovych and PM Yuliya Tymoshenko are reaching out to second-tier candidates and their constituencies for support in the February 7 second round of presidential voting, following the January 17 first round. Yanukovych expressed his willingness to incorporate th [...] |
2010-01-19 18:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |