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04ISTANBUL1459	THE FUTURE OF ORTHODOXY [...] (sbu) Summary: In addition to the struggle to maintain Istanbul as a viable seat for the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Bartholomew faces a rising challenge for moral and ecclesiastical authority within the Orthodox world from Moscow-based Russian Patriarch Alexy II. End Summary. 2. (sbu) Ecumen [...]	2004-09-22 11:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TU

05ANKARA3387	UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko's June 6-8 visit to Turkey, his first since becoming President, focused mainly on commercial issues. The two sides signed six agreements, including on energy, transport, and combating crime. Although Turkey claims to support Ukraine's EU and NATO aspiration [...]	2005-06-14 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG ECON TU UP
05KIEV5150	UKRAINE: PRESS COVERAGE OF THE GAS DISPUTE WITH RUSSIA [...] Summary: Most Ukrainian media have described Russia's intention to hike Ukraine's gas prices as politically motivated. Many press reports also highlighted the assertion from Ukrainian leaders that this is a step in Ukraine's transition from patriarchal to pragmatic relations with Russia. Depen [...]	2005-12-23 10:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EPET ENRG PREL PGOV RS UP
05TBILISI2897	DECLARATION OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-07 12:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GG
06ASHGABAT1322	NEW GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN REBUKES RUSSIA FOR [...] (U) Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs on December 28 publicly denounced the Russian media for assertions that the recently announced February 11 election was a farce and that state services have broken down because of a power vacuum following Niyazov's death. Local media continues to [...]	2006-12-29 13:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT151	NIYAZOV WANTS TO "SOLVE GAS ISSUES PEACEFULLY" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador was called in by Niyazov Monday morning for a briefing on his Moscow meeting with Putin last week. Unexpectedly, it transpired that the Turkish ambassador had been called in for the same briefing. Niyazov said he had resisted Putin,s pressure to take sides against Uk [...]	2006-01-30 13:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET GG KZ PGOV PREL RS TX UP US
06ASHGABAT215	NIYAZOV,S 2/17 GAZPROM, UKRAINIAN VISITORS: [...] (C) GazProm CEO Miller,s February 17 visit to Ashgabat came and went without known result; FM Meredov told Ambassador that Niyazov deferred any new energy-sector decisions for at least two months. Far less reassuringly, Ukraine energy officials, talks the same day with GOTX counterparts and [...]	2006-02-21 12:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RS TX UP
06ASHGABAT532	UKRAINE'S INTERBUDMONTAZH OPERATIONS IN [...] (SBU) GENERAL DIRECTOR OF UKRAINIAN COMPANY INTERBUDMONTAZH VADIM SULIM TOLD POL/ECON OFF ON MAY 11 THAT THE COMPANY HAD NO PART IN THE TURKMENISTAN-UKRAINE BARTER FOR GAS AGREEMENTS AND WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR, DESPITE MULTIPLE PRESS REPORTS TO THE CONTRARY. INTERBUDMONTAZH [...]	2006-05-19 03:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EPET UP TX
06BAKU1684	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 14. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a November 14 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Defense Industry Yavar Jamalov provided an overview of the new ministry, created in December 2005. Jamalov, who was appointed in March, said the ministry [...]	2006-11-17 14:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ AM RS TU PK UP
06BRATISLAVA972	RUSSIANS WAITING FOR CLOCK TO RUN OUT ON [...] (C) Summary - The Slovak government has made little progress towards its stated objectives of regaining control of the Transpetrol pipeline since the November 20 shareholders meeting. Economy ministry representatives have not communicated with either the Yukos Finance officials or the Moscow [...]	2006-12-18 14:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
06HELSINKI1173	DAS KRAMER AND FINNISH DG ESKELINEN DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer on 15 November met with Finnish Director General Eskelinen and other foreign ministry staff to discuss U.S. consultations around the G-8 Political Directors' meeting in Moscow and Finnish preparations for the upcoming EU-Russia summit on 24 [...]	2006-11-21 14:26:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RU FI EUN BO MD PL UP
06KIEV1039	UKRAINE: CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Yaroslav Davydovych told Charge March 16 that Ukrainian authorities were working hard to address the organizational concerns that have arisen regarding the administration of March 26 elections, specifically staffing of polling station [...]	2006-03-16 15:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV2068	UKRAINE/GUAM: U.S.-GUAM BILATERAL MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. delegation of EUR DAS Kramer and Vice-Presidential Deputy National Security Adviser Wood met with GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) representatives May 22. GUAM representatives favorably noted strong U.S.-GUAM past and present cooperation. Kramer congratulat [...]	2006-05-30 07:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ETRD EAID AORC UNMIK PINR YI AZ GG
06KIEV2451	UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP: [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (U) In a letter dated June 19, received by the Embassy June 22, MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov transmitted the Government of Ukraine (GOU)'s proposed agenda for the July 11-12 U.S.-Ukr [...]	2006-06-22 12:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PINR UP
06KIEV2932	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO-LED ROUNDTABLE POINTS TOWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko moderated an extraordinary six-hour marathon roundtable July 27 involving all Ukrainian political leaders and additional eminent figures to discuss a way out of the current political impasse. Yushchenko ended the session at 10 pm with a plea for the parti [...]	2006-07-28 08:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV3185	UKRAINE: POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIFIL FACE [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Ukraine (GOU) is actively considering what contribution Ukraine might offer to the expanded UNIFIL mission and has conducted consultations in New York with UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Annabi but faces an August 17 deadline from UN [...]	2006-08-16 14:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE UP
06KIEV3371	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S SEPT 6-7 [...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes at a critical moment in Ukraine's post-Orange Revolution political development. While the primary gains of the Orange Revolution in societal attitudes, freedom of the press, and foreign and security policy remain, the orange-dominated political season is definiti [...]	2006-08-31 15:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ETRD ENRG UP
06KIEV3425	UKRAINE: ORANGE VS BLUE CASE STUDY: THE STRUGGLE [...] (C) Summary. The political struggle between Orange and Blue to define policy and make decisions in a government of uneasy cohabitation will unfold in the coming weeks and months on an issue by issue basis, particularly in areas and ministries currently controlled by "Orange" Ministers loyal t [...]	2006-09-06 12:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV3464	UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED VISIT: THE FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: While acknowledging PM Yanukovych's inevitable influence in shaping Ukrainian foreign policy, FM Tarasyuk asserted to EUR A/S Fried during their September 6 dinner that President Yushchenko could still maintain his primacy on foreign policy, as established in the Constitution, b [...]	2006-09-08 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MD GG PL UP
06KIEV3755	UKRAINE: ENGAGING THE NEW UKRAINIAN REALITY AFTER [...] (SBU) Note: In preparation for senior-level consideration of our Ukraine policy, this cable assesses the political and economic developments under the new government. 2. (C) Summary. 50 days after Viktor Yanukovych returned to the premiership he vacated in December 2004 in the wake of the [...]	2006-09-28 14:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ETRD KDEM UP
06KIEV3865	UKRAINE: SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST PROPORTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Commercial Chamber of Ukraine's Supreme Court ruled on October 3 in favor of a lower court's finding that mobile phone operator KyivStar's shareholders are entitled to equal representation on the company's Board of Directors, regardless of how many company shares each share [...]	2006-10-05 10:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV RS UP
06KIEV3866	UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE MOVES INTO OPPOSITION - OR NOT [...] (C) Summary: After months of negotiations over whether or not to enter the governing coalition, President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine coalition announced October 4 that it would not join the coalition, but would formally join the opposition in parliament. OU's Roman Bezsmertniy told the press [...]	2006-10-05 12:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
06KIEV3919	UKRAINE: OVERHAULING THE PRESIDENT'S MEN - [...] (C) Summary. With the appointment of Industrial Union of the Donbas (IUD) executive Vitaly Haiduk as National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary October 10, the overhaul of President Yushchenko's team which started September 16 with the appointment of Viktor Baloha as Presidential [...]	2006-10-11 15:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
06KIEV3923	UKRAINE: WHAT IF FOREIGN MINISTER TARASYUK GOES? [...] (C) Summary: With rumors rife that Foreign Minister Tarasyuk will leave the Cabinet -- either by resigning with his Our Ukraine colleagues or being voted out of his job by the Rada, pundits tout current Presidential Secretariat Deputy Chief of Staff for foreign policy Oleksandr Chaliy as the l [...]	2006-10-12 14:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO PINR UP
06KIEV3936	UKRAINE: ORANGE MINISTERS FATE UNDECIDED [...] (SBU) Summary: Rumors continue to swirl in Kiev as to the fate of the "orange" ministers in the Ukrainian Government. On October 11, an aide to Our Ukraine's Roman Bezsmertniy told us that all "orange" ministers in the Cabinet had submitted letters of resignation, later confirmed publicly by [...]	2006-10-13 14:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV3998	UKRAINE'S NATURAL GAS STORAGE: TANKS ARE FULL BUT WHO OWNS [...] (SBU) Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko announced on October 11 that Ukraine had pumped 25.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas into its underground storage facilities. The amount, according to Boyko, was sufficient to both guarantee steady gas transit to Europe and meet increased domestic d [...]	2006-10-18 09:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL RS TX UP
06KYIV4021	UKRAINE: WHO WERE THE FATHERLAND'S DEFENDERS? THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Orthodox feast day of Pokrova (October 14),marked for centuries to honor defenders of the fatherland, occasioned three dueling marches in downtown Kyiv between elderly veterans of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and nationalist supporters on the one hand and Communists [...]	2006-10-18 10:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ASEC UP
06KYIV4028	UKRAINE: LIKELY GOU ABSTENTION ON UNGA VOTE ON [...] (U) On October 16 we delivered reftel demarche regarding the upcoming UNGA vote on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to Andriy Beshta of the MFA UN Directorate. Neither Australia nor New Zealand have an embassy in Kyiv. 2. (C) While making our points, poloff noted that th [...]	2006-10-18 12:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UN UP
06KYIV4062	UKRAINE: GUAM STATEMENT CRITICIZES RUSSIAN ACTIONS [...] (U) The Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM issued a statement dated October 16 on Russia-Georgia tension on the margins of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers in Minsk. The press reported that Ukrainian delegation head First Deputy [...]	2006-10-20 16:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PREL KDEM YI RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4063	UKRAINE: PREPARATIONS ON TRACK FOR EU SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: With just a week to go, the EU and Ukraine are still working to finalize a key document to be initialed at the October 27 Ukraine-EU summit in Helsinki -- a visa facilitation agreement and an associated readmission agreement. Ukrainians are insisting that the provisions of the r [...]	2006-10-20 16:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD CVIS EUN UP
06KYIV4089	UKRAINE GETS $130 NATURAL GAS FOR 2007 WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych confidently announced October 24 that he had just received word from Moscow that Ukraine in 2007 would receive 55 billion cubic meters of imported natural gas at a price no greater than $130 per thousand cubic meters. All that remained, he said [...]	2006-10-25 15:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS TX UP
06KYIV4106	UKRAINE WILL PROBABLY ABSTAIN ON UPCOMING [...] (U) On October 26, 2006, we delivered points in reftels to Andriy Beshta of the MFA UN directorate. 2. (C) Mr. Beshta said Ukraine would "not support" the UNGA resolutions on the situation of human rights and children in Lebanon described in reftel A. 3. (C) Mr. Beshta also stated that U [...]	2006-10-26 15:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER UP
06KYIV4132	UKRAINE: MINISTER DZHARTY ON VANCO PSA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Ambassador called on Environment Minister Vasyl Dzharty October 26 to advocate for foreign investment in Ukraine's off-shore and to request an update on the GOU's Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) talks with U.S. company Vanco. Dzharty stated he favored foreign investment for developin [...]	2006-10-27 15:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG UP
06KYIV4138	UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE HAMPERED BY DISORGANIZATION [...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko has begun to respond to attempts by the Yanukovych/Regions team to tip the balance of power in its favor. He has brought in a more professional senior team to the Presidential Secretariat and taken steps to counter policies he does not support. However, the [...]	2006-10-30 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4149	UKRAINE IN AGREEMENT ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS [...] (C) On October 31, PolCouns delivered the points in reftel A and a copy of the letter in reftel B to Vasyl Pokotylo, Head of Division, MFA Arms Control Department. (Note: As requested, we also forwarded a copy of the letter ref B through official channels addressed to Deputy Foreign Minister [...]	2006-10-31 16:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS UP PARM
06KYIV4154	UKRAINE: AIRLINE TICKET PAYMENT SYSTEM UNDER THREAT FROM [...] (SBU) Summary. The Kyiv representative office of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) informed member airlines on October 24 that Ukrainian government agencies were trying to prevent IATA from implementing its billing and settlement plan (BSP) -- the industry-standard clearing [...]	2006-11-01 11:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EFIN BEXP KCOR UP
06KYIV4156	UKRAINE REMAINS DOUBTFUL THAT KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Ambassador and FM Tarasyuk discussed Transnistria and Kosovo, among other issues, October 31 (septel to follow). Tarasyuk, hewing to the line he has maintained since December 2005 (ref B),said the U.S. line on Kosovo independence not being a precedent for frozen conflicts such as Transnist [...]	2006-11-01 17:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SR UP
06KYIV4175	UKRAINE: TARASYUK ON COORDINATING FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary. A tired FM Borys Tarasyuk saw Ambassador late October 31 after returning from Estonia and Finland. He diagrammed the current players in Ukrainian foreign policy formulation, stating that his role as the fulcrum was to prevent encroachment by PM Yanukovych's team onto Presidenti [...]	2006-11-03 14:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KYIV4183	UKRAINE MAKES PROGRESS ON WTO LEGISLATION [...] Summary: Ukraine's Parliament adopted on November 2 two laws identified as required for WTO accession. Parliament made further progress on legislation November 2-3, passing another eight WTO-related laws in the first reading, with significantly large majorities. Parliamentary "hearings" on [...]	2006-11-03 17:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4187	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH ON COOPERATION OR [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with a confident PM Viktor Yanukovych Nov. 2 to discuss Yanukovych's planned trip to Washington in December and the current domestic political situation. Yanukovych centered the conversation around two options going forward vis-a-vis President Yushchenko - cooper [...]	2006-11-03 17:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4196	UKRAINE: POTENTIAL SALE OF CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) We provided ref A talking points November 6 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Igor Kyzym, who said the information was timely since he would be able to relay the USG position to the interagency Pres [...]	2006-11-06 16:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC EAIR ETRD PARM MARR MASS VE UP
06KYIV4216	UKRAINE'S WTO NEGOTIATOR REQUESTS CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (U) This message contains a request for guidance. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Econ Counselor met on November 7 with Valeriy Pyatnytskiy, Deputy Minister of Economy and Ukraine's lead WTO negotiator. Pyatnytskiy briefed on recent progress with outstanding WTO-related legislation (ref B) and [...]	2006-11-08 10:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO UP
06KYIV4229	UKRAINE: GO SLOW APPROACH POSSIBLY COMPLICATING [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is increasingly willing to use the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM as a policy coordination vehicle, covering everything from joint declarations by GUAM members on regional issues to economic, military and scientific cooperation. However, Ukrain [...]	2006-11-09 14:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4232	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR URGES RAPID WTO ACCESSION [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref A points urging rapid WTO accession to Mykola Azarov, First Deputy Prime Minister, in the context of a broad ranging meeting on November 3. Ambassador emphasized that Washington would be watching the status of Ukraine's accession very closely and would consider it [...]	2006-11-09 15:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL WTRO UP
06KYIV4237	UKRAINE'S WTO ACCESSION: 11/9 UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The key outstanding tasks for Ukraine to accede to the WTO remain concluding its two remaining bilateral Market Access Agreements, passing WTO-related legislation, and reaching agreement in multilateral negotiations on agricultural support levels. The GOU has made no substantia [...]	2006-11-13 05:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4251	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH LAYS MARKERS FOR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. During a long Sunday afternoon lunch with Ambassador November 12, Prime Minister Yanukovych said that while President Yushchenko held up general, vague concepts like the guarantee of Ukrainian independence as the benchmark for cooperation with the Yanukovych government, the Prime [...]	2006-11-13 15:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4285	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO, YANUKOVYCH MAKE ONE MORE TRY [...] (C) Summary. The Rada's November 15 decision not to vote for now on dismissing Foreign Affairs Minister Tarasyuk and Defense Minister Hrytsenko following an 8-hour marathon meeting between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych November 13 suggests the two sides are still making a [...]	2006-11-15 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4290	UKRAINE: THE LONG ROAD TO REFORMING CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Constitutional reform bill 4180 (now known by its Ministry of Justice number 2222) shifting powers from the President to the Prime Minister-led Cabinet of Ministers and Rada majority was adopted December 8, 2004 as part of the package to solve the political crisis ensuing from t [...]	2006-11-17 07:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4295	UKRAINE: EMBATTLED FM SUPPORTS ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: "Orange" and embattled Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk told visiting EUR A/S Fried that the U.S. approach to PM Yanukovych and the Party of Regions coalition was correct, arguing that Yanukovych had changed for the better. He noted that the PM's upcoming U.S. visit, and his des [...]	2006-11-17 12:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
06KYIV4298	UKRAINE: DEFMIN HRYTSENKO ON YUSHCHENKO, [...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Hrytsenko told visiting EUR A/S Fried and Ambassador November 16 that President Yushchenko's remote style interfered with his effectiveness, that PM Yanukovych was the most reasonable of the Regions' team in office and that the U.S. was right to seek to work with [...]	2006-11-17 15:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KYIV4299	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FOCUSED ON KEEPING [...] (C) Summary: In a 40-minute meeting November 17, President Yushchenko told visiting EUR A/S Fried that he was optimistic about making cohabitation work and his ability to move his relationship with PM Yushchenko and his team from coexistence to cooperation. He expressed concern about several [...]	2006-11-17 15:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
06KYIV4301	UKRAINE: HIGH-PROFILE RUSSIANS BANNED ENTRY INTO [...] (SBU) Chief of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) Ihor Drizhchany told journalists November 6 that the SBU had blacklisted 131 foreigners thus far in 2006 for "activities damaging national security interests." When we inquired, an SBU official advised that the SBU does not release names of [...]	2006-11-17 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PINR RS UP
06KYIV4302	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH TELLS A/S FRIED: UKRAINE'S [...] (C) Summary. PM Yanukovych told visiting EUR A/S Fried and Ambassador November 16 that he was determined to bring Ukraine to Europe, meaning the WTO soon, and eventually into the EU and NATO. The latter would take time, both to change currently ambivalent public opinion and also to strengthe [...]	2006-11-17 16:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
06KYIV4304	11/17 WTO UPDATE: UKRAINE MAKES GREAT STRIDES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament made remarkable progress on outstanding legislation for WTO accession during this week, and has now adopted 12 out of 21 required laws. GOU leaders clearly had given orders to move forward on the legislation, likely in order to help smooth the way for PM Yanukovych's [...]	2006-11-17 16:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4305	UKRAINE: LITHUANIAN MFA U/S PAVILIONIS AND A/S [...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuanian MFA Under Secretary Zygimantas Pavilionis and A/S Fried discussed developments in the region and measures needed to address recent Russian assertiveness. Paviolionis said that the Lithuanian, Polish, and Ukrainian Presidents formed an effective "troika" in working tog [...]	2006-11-17 16:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO UP RS GG TU PL LH
06KYIV4313	UKRAINE: ENGAGING YANUKOVYCH, THE MAN OF THE MOMENT [...] (C) Summary. Love him or hate him, the Ukrainian political elite and intelligentsia agree that Prime Minister Yanukovych is the man to deal with right now. Four months ago Yanukovych was painted variously as a puppet of oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, the Party of Regions, or the Kremlin, but he ha [...]	2006-11-20 15:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4315	EXPLAINING UKRAINE'S BURST OF ENERGY ON WTO [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's recent progress on WTO-related legislation does not mark a shift in GOU policy, but rather demonstrates that fears of the GOU's lack of commitment to prompt WTO accession were overblown. A fortuitous alignment of several political factors may have accelerated the proces [...]	2006-11-20 15:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4362	UKRAINE: "ORANGE" RIFTS DEEPENING TWO YEARS AFTER [...] (C) Summary. On the second anniversary of the Orange Revolution, November 22, a crowd of 500 or so gathered on the Maidan to commemorate the rise of democracy in Ukraine. Few leaders of the Maidan were there to share in the event. Disheartened by the failure to form a new "orange" government [...]	2006-11-22 16:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4375	UKRAINE: COALMINE METHANE-1 PROJECT - OPIC RESPONSE [...] Summary. The following information is sent in response to reftel action request for embassy comments and clearance on OPIC financing for a coalbed methane project involving Ukrainian companies EnergoCapital, EnergoImpex, and Gorlovsky. Post was unable to ascertain definitive ownership informa [...]	2006-11-28 12:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV UP
06KYIV4383	UKRAINE: VOTERS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy, representatives from several USG-funded NGO's (NDI, IRI, Freedom House and IOM) and monitors from ENEMO (European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations) observed four repeat mayoral elections this month, all in the central Ukraine heartland which gave plural [...]	2006-11-29 09:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4386	TELECOM REGULATOR DENIES 3G LICENSES TO MOBILE OPERATORS; [...] (U) Ukraine's National Communications Regulatory Commission (NCRC) on November 2 denied applications to issue next-generation, 3G licenses to Ukraine's top four mobile phone operators. With the NCRC refusal, state fixed-line monopolist UkrTelecom remains the sole operator in Ukraine with a 3G [...]	2006-11-29 13:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS PGOV UP
06KYIV4407	UKRAINE/POLAND: PM KACZYNSKI'S VISIT SIGNALS [...] (C) Summary: Both the Ukrainian and Polish sides hailed the November 15 visit of Polish PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski to Kyiv as a solid sign of continuity in Poland's working relationship with the government of Ukrainian PM Yanukovych. During his one-day visit, Kaczynski met with Yanukovych, Preside [...]	2006-11-30 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG PL UP
06KYIV4413	UKRAINE: INFORMAL POLITICAL DIRECTORS' MEETING - [...] (C) Summary: In what the Ukrainian MFA would like to see morph into a regular informal gathering, political directors from select EU countries and countries of the "Baltic-Black-Caspian seas" region, along with EUR A/S Fried, discussed Ukraine's relationship with the EU and NATO and exchanged [...]	2006-11-30 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EUN XH ZB ZK UP
06KYIV4414	UKRAINE: THE HOLODOMOR AND THE POLITICS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of moving commemorations November 25 of the 73rd anniversary of the holodomor ("Great Famine"),Stalin's man-made famine 1932-33 that led to the death of an estimated 5-10 million Ukrainians in Ukraine and the Russian Kuban region, the Rada passed in a single rea [...]	2006-11-30 16:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
06KYIV4415	11/30 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's Parliament continued its progress on outstanding legislation for WTO accession during this week, adopting five additional laws, four of which related to the agricultural sector. Parliament has now adopted 17 out of the 21 required laws. On the eve of PM Yanukovych's [...]	2006-11-30 16:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4425	UKRAINE/RUSSIA: DEFENDING NATIONAL INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary/comment: PM Yanukovych came to office on a campaign promise to improve relations with Russia, but, although he has toned down the rhetoric towards Russia, like his predecessors, he must find the right balance between close ties to Moscow and protecting Ukrainian sovereignty. While [...]	2006-12-01 14:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS PINR RS UP
06KYIV4432	UKRAINE: ADDITIONAL MANPADS AND SCUDS INVENTORY: [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Tereshchenko told us November 22 that Ukraine would be willing to provide an additional 1,713 MANPADS, a mix of SA-7s and SA-14s, for destruction in the NATO PfP Trust Fund project. An official notification of this offer was under preparation and [...]	2006-12-01 16:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06KYIV4466	EU MAKES BELARUS AN OFFER, AWAITING RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: EU European Commission official Jean-Eric Holzapfel told us December 4 that the initial Belarusan government reaction was noncommittal to the November 21 delivery of an EU non-paper stating its readiness to assist Belarus if the government implemented democratic reforms. The timi [...]	2006-12-05 14:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM EAID EUN BO UP
06KYIV4468	UKRAINE/MTCR: U.S. VIEWS ON CONTROLLING [...] (C) We relayed reftel points on a U.S. proposal to revise the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) approach to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)/cruise missiles December 5 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselors Igor Kyzym and Oleh Belokoles. We stressed [...]	2006-12-05 15:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA UP
06KYIV4469	UKRAINE/NIAG 6167: PAKISTAN HEAVY WATER PURCHASE [...] (S) We relayed inquiries regarding Ukrainian State Enterprise Ecoantilid's potential sale of heavy water to the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant in Pakistan (ref A) and Ukrainian Yuzhnoye company's potential cooperation with Chinese 11 Institute on development of the RD-120 liquid rocket engine (re [...]	2006-12-05 16:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MTCRE CH PK UP
06KYIV4470	UKRAINE: AVIATION TRAINING FOR NORTH KOREA [...] (C) We relayed reftel inquiry for clarification on Ukrainian plans to provide radio electronics training for civil aircraft to two North Koreans during a December 5 meeting with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselors Igor Kyzym and Oleh Belokoles. Kyzym said [...]	2006-12-05 16:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ETTC EAIR PARM PREL KN UP
06KYIV4478	UKRAINE: STAND BY YOUR MEN: YUSHCHENKO RAISES THE [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko raised the stakes in the accelerating power struggle between his circle and that of PM Yanukovych December 5 by issuing a decree reinforcing Tarasyuk's status as Foreign Minister, notwithstanding the December 1 vote by the Rada to dismiss Tarasyuk. For its [...]	2006-12-06 15:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4484	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS DEBT TO ROSUKRENERGO; STILL OWES [...] (U) On December 4, Ukraine's state oil and gas monopolist NaftoHaz paid off its $306 million debt to RosUkrEnergo (RUE) for 1Q2006 natural gas supplies, according to NaftoHaz Deputy Chairman Aleksandr Kovalko. In a December 7 press interview, Kovalko said NaftoHaz paid the debt with part of a [...]	2006-12-07 13:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN PINR RS TX UP
06KYIV4489	UKRAINE: THE RUSSIA FACTOR IN CRIMEA - UKRAINE'S [...] (C) Summary. Discussions with a wide range of contacts in Crimea November 20-22 and officials in Kyiv discounted recent speculation that a return of pro-Russian separatism in Crimea, which posed a real threat to Ukrainian territorial integrity in 1994-95, could be in the cards. However, nearl [...]	2006-12-07 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RU UP
06KYIV4491	UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK'S LEGAL LIMBO [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Tarasyuk called in EU and NATO ambassadors and charges December 7 to confirm his position as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He reported that he had filed a suit to block the Rada's move to dismiss him on the basis of three procedural errors. The court would hold [...]	2006-12-07 16:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UP
06KYIV4531	12/8 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: While Prime Minister Yanukovych and Ukrainian trade negotiators held talks with USTR during a visit to Washington, Dec 4-7 Ukraine's Rada (parliament) passed one more WTO-related law. This brings the total number of laws adopted to 18 out of the proposed 21. One more law remain [...]	2006-12-08 16:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4537	UKRAINE/LITHUANIA: ADAMKUS LOBBIES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus' three-day state visit to Ukraine -- his fourth trip here this year -- was intended to demonstrate a willingness to work with the new Yanukovych government, promote bilateral trade and investment ties, and facilitate cooperation in the energy s [...]	2006-12-11 16:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO UP LH
06KYIV4542	UKRAINE: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA [...] As requested reftel, below Post provides updated information on child labor in Ukraine, for use in the preparation of the 2006 report Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor. Post has chosen to answer each of the questions posed in reftel as "Indicators" under the five topical headings. [...]	2006-12-13 13:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM UP
06KYIV4558	UKRAINE: LAND, POWER, AND CRIMINALITY IN CRIMEA [...] (C) Summary. Land issues dominate the Autonomous Republic of Crimea's local agenda, according to a wide range of Crimean officials, journalists, and community leaders we talked to November 20-22 in the Crimean capitol of Simferopol, the separately administered city of Sevastopol, and Bakhchis [...]	2006-12-14 09:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM UP
06KYIV4576	12/15 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ukrainian Rada (parliament) this week adopted another WTO-related law, on scrap metal and steel, bringing the total number of adopted laws to 19 out of the 21 considered necessary for accession. Local media, however, fueled by some GOU officials, are erroneously reporting th [...]	2006-12-15 12:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4597	UKRAINE: POSSIBLE RESOLUTION OF FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Party of Regions MPs forcibly prevented Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk from attending the weekly cabinet meeting December 20, initiating a scuffle at the Cabinet of Ministers' building with several Our Ukraine (OU) MPs who had arrived in support of Tarasyuk. Yushchenko's repre [...]	2006-12-20 15:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4600	UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE REGROUPING [...] (C) Summary. The People's Union Our Ukraine (PUOU) party, the dominant party inside the Our Ukraine bloc, is cleaning house in a move to reenergize itself, bring the party back under the President's wing, and possibly to regroup for new elections. The biggest shake-ups came in the party leade [...]	2006-12-22 07:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4647	UKRAINE/BELARUS: PLANNING A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary/comment: According to the MFA, Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Chief of Staff Baloha's December 14 visit to Minsk was intended to maintain momentum toward a possible meeting between the Ukrainian and Belarusan presidents in the February-March 2007 timeframe. The meeting, if it [...]	2006-12-22 10:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
06KYIV4648	12/22 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukrainian WTO negotiators held consultations with Working Party members in Geneva on December 18. The GOU is anxious for feedback on its recently passed legislation, although anticipates having to make some additional legislative fixes to ensure WTO conformity. A law on biotec [...]	2006-12-22 11:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4660	UKRAINE: MR. PUTIN COMES TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian President Vladimir Putin made a compressed one-day visit to Kyiv December 22, his first since March 2005 and the second since Ukraine's November-December 2004 Orange Revolution. Putin and Yushchenko met for two-and-a-half hours alone, without notetakers. After the for [...]	2006-12-27 16:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU UP
06KYIV4679	UKRAINE: FIGHT OVER NATO/SINGLE ECONOMIC SPACE [...] (C) Summary. The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on December 29 that more than four million valid signatures had been collected in support of a proposed nationwide referendum on NATO membership and the Single Economic Space (SES),as a result of aggressive pushing from referendum [...]	2006-12-29 13:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
06KYIV4681	UKRAINE: CONFRONTATION AND COMPROMISE--A TALE OF [...] (C) Summary. Two years after the Orange Revolution and Yushchenko's election victory and almost five months into the prime ministership that has marked Yanukovych's triumphant return to the political center stage, the relationship between the two Viktors is rocky and full of mistrust. Althoug [...]	2006-12-29 13:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
06MINSK1123	"16" NOT SO SWEET: DAYS OF SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN [...] (C) September 16, 2006 marked the first anniversary of the "Days of Solidarity" opposition campaign in Belarus. Planned as a series of monthly candle-lighting ceremonies on the 16th of each month honoring the memories of disappeared opponents of the Lukashenko regime, the campaign evolved into [...]	2006-10-18 11:44:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1184	LUKASHENKO AND RUSSIA: A TALE OF UNREQUITED LOVE? [...] (C) Lukashenko and Putin likely will achieve little during a possible November 10 meeting in Moscow. Both countries continue to play hardball with one another in energy negotiations, which are expected to drag on until the end of the year. Belarus will eventually have to settle for increased [...]	2006-11-09 12:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1187	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 9, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. This edition includes events thru the November 6- 7 Revolution Day holiday. The next edition will cover items thru November 17. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - U.S. and EU Ambassa [...]	2006-11-09 13:51:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1235	LUKASHENKO ADMITS RIGGING ELECTIONS [...] (C) President Lukashenko admitted during a press conference with Ukrainian journalists in Minsk that he rigged the March 2006 presidential electionq. Lukashenko claimed that the GOB deliberately understated the official vote tally to satisfy European Q 9QI9M9 The dictator also criticized Ru [...]	2006-12-01 14:04:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1241	LOCAL COUNCIL DEPUTIES FACING AN UPHILL BATTLE [...] (C) Pro-democratic local council deputies from the regions of Belarus claimed to have high public support within their districts but doubted it would be enough to win re-election in what they predict will be fraudulent local council elections in January. Deputies informed Ambassador that GO [...]	2006-12-04 08:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK603	BSDP Says Kozulin Not Vote Splitting, Supports Hunger [...] SUMMARY: On June 1, the Belarusian Social Democratic (Gramada) Party (BSDP) held a press conference to discuss March's presidential elections. BSDP described the elections as neither fair nor democratic and argued that Kozulin's candidacy motivated significant participation by Belarusian vot [...]	2006-06-09 10:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MOSCOW12231	DEMARCHE ON DISRUPTION OF CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL [...] (C) We made reftel demarche November 1 to Ambassador Valeriy Nesterushkin, MFA negotiator for Transnistria. Nesterushkin made two notes of fact. In the first tick, he said the decision to cancel trains no. 47 (Moscow-Chisinau) and 48 (Chisinau-Moscow) was taken by Russian Railroads, not the G [...]	2006-11-02 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PBTS MD UP RS
06MOSCOW12257	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: FM BEZHUASHVILI GETS RUSSIA'S [...] (C) Georgian FM Bezhuashvili told Ambassador November 2 that he "got the message" passed to him bluntly November 1 by FM Lavrov and Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov: that the Russians believe Georgia will begin military action in Abkhazia or South Ossetia; that Russia will confront Georg [...]	2006-11-02 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW12528	A/S FRIED CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN, [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova in a two hour discussion November 15. Karasin dismissed Georgian conciliatory steps as cosmetic; Fried said they are real and Russia should respond by ending sanct [...]	2006-11-20 13:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS ETRD GG MD UP RS
06MOSCOW12666	RUSSIA'S APPROACH TO POST-ORANGE UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary: Russia has reinvigorated its engagement with Ukraine, focusing on practical cooperation. Last month's Fradkov-Yanukovich meeting, which yielded a gas deal, set the stage for the December 23 Putin-Yushchenko Summit. Russian attitudes, however, still seem to lack an appreciation [...]	2006-11-28 16:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
06MOSCOW13074	BLACK SEA FLEET RELOCATION: A PORT TOO FAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nearly ten years after the 1997 bilateral agreement with Ukraine to use Sevastopol as a base for its Black Sea Fleet, Russia is doing little to plan for the Fleet's possible relocation after the agreement expires in 2017. While the Black Sea Fleet will be on the agenda for the [...]	2006-12-22 14:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP RS UP
06SOFIA1597	BULGARIA STRUGGLES TO SHED CAVEATS ON THE ROAD TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the lead-up to the Riga Summit, the GOB supports nearly every item on the U.S. agenda, but continues to struggle with a shortage of funds, equipment, and "capabilities" as it looks toward elimination of national caveats and more demanding missions overseas. Bulgaria's commitme [...]	2006-11-22 09:59:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO BU

06TALLINN1001	ESTONIA: REACTION TO CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINK AND [...] (C) On November 3 Poloff delivered reftel points (Refs A and B) to Toomas Lukk, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and Dr. Kaupo Kand, MFA Ukraine and Moldova Desk Officer, regarding the decision to close the Chisinau-Moscow rail link and Ukraine's reform efforts. Foreign Mi [...]	2006-11-08 12:24:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN PREL MOPS NATO RS UP EN
06TOKYO2074	CHERNOBYL DISASTER COMMEMORATED IN TOKYO [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 16, Japanese anti-nuclear and Chernobyl assistance organizations hosted a 20th anniversary symposium on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Yuri Scherbak, current Foreign Policy Advisor to outgoing Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) Speaker Lytvyn and former Ukrainian Ambassador [...]	2006-04-17 23:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SOCI PARM TRGY JA
06VIENNA3268	AUSTRIA ON DISRUPTION OF CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINKS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on November 8 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian MFA's A/S-level Director for Eastern Europe and Russia. DAS-level Russia/Ukraine/Moldova/Belarus Director Josef Litschauer also participated. 2. (C) Porias said the EU had made clear to Kyiv that it is i [...]	2006-11-08 11:23:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELTN EUN RU MD UP AU
06VILNIUS1051	LITHUANIA ON TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's government agrees with us on the importance of keeping Turkey engaged in the EU accession process, but also wants Turkey to fulfill its Ankara commitments. Going into the December European Council, Lithuania is pushing its EU partners to consider a middle way, suspen [...]	2006-11-22 14:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN TU LH
06VILNIUS442	VILNIUS CDC SUMMIT: DEMOCRACY IS EUROPE'S DESTINY [...] (U) Heads of state from the Baltic, Black Sea and Caucasus regions gathered with EU and U.S. high-level officials May 4 for a regional conference, "Common Vision for a Common Neighborhood," which Lithuania and Poland co-hosted. This second Community of Democratic Choice (CDC) summit enabled f [...]	2006-05-12 12:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO LT LG EN PL GG BO AM AJ UP RO
06WARSAW2339	GOP AGREES COMPLETELY WITH U.S. CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche (as amended by refmail) on November 3 to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, action officer for Security Threats and Eurasian Conflicts in the MFA Security Policy Department. Kuzinski confirmed that GOP fully shares U.S. concerns over the Russian shutdown of [...]	2006-11-06 16:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ELTN RS MD UP
07ANKARA1934	Turkish MFA on BSEC and Environmental Protection Symposium [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN SENV TU
07ANKARA1976	TURKEY REQUESTS VERIFICATION OF MILITARY CARGO [...] (U) Action request at para 4. 2. (C) Pol-Mil Counselor was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on August 1 by Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Sakir Torunlar, who requested information on the vessel MV Slavyanin and verification that its military cargo, reportedly destined for the [...]	2007-08-01 16:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EWWT MARR UP TU IZ CY
07ANKARA2273	REGIONAL ENERGY CHIEFS OF MISSION CONFERENCE - [...] This message grants country clearance and provides an update on administrative and logistical arrangements for the Regional Energy Chiefs of Mission Conference to be held at the Conrad Hilton hotel in Istanbul September 20-22, 2007. Attendees will receive a notional schedule via email in comin [...]	2007-09-06 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG TU
07ANKARA2618	TURKEY: GOVERNMENT TRIES TO QUELL PUBLIC FURY; PKK [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the face of growing public outrage over PKK terrorism, senior government officials have urged the public to remain calm and the media to report responsibly. They also have emphasized that Turkey should not lash out in anger but rather take action that is in the nation's best in [...]	2007-10-23 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ US
07ASHGABAT1089	TURKMENISTAN'S BALKAN PROVINCE: ALUMNI KEEPING THE FLAME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Meetings with FLEX alumni during a recent trip to Balkan province demonstrated the considerable thirst for greater exposure to the world beyond Turkmenistan's borders. Emboff also met a blind pastor of a still-un [...]	2007-10-09 13:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SCUL KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1359	RUSSIAN DCM PLAYS UP GREAT GAME TO EXPLAIN U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: In what was supposed to be a briefing by Russian DCM Aleksey Demin on the recent visit of Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov to Turkmenistan, we instead got an earful regarding American favoritism toward Ukraine and the U.S. hidden agenda on a trans-Caspian pipeline. He also alleged t [...]	2007-12-14 16:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENERG EPET SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT230	BERDIMUHAMMEDOV APPOINTS TOP OIL/GAS DEPUTY [...] (SBU) The first, mild surprise in the formation of Turkmenistan,s new government is a positive one: the appointment of Tachberdy Tagiyev as Deputy Chairman with the oil/gas portfolio of the Council of the Cabinet of Ministers. Another February 22 personnel decision from Berdimuhammedov qui [...]	2007-02-23 13:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT242	PDAS MANN SCENESETTER: TURKMENISTAN'S POST-NIYAZOV OIL/GAS [...] (SBU) In marked contrast to Niyazov, President Berdimuhammedov has no past or expertise in the hydrocarbon sector. His and his new government's first concern has been not to introduce any instability into the status quo, and they may initially be even more unready to enact new directions than [...]	2007-02-28 13:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI EAID TX US
07ASHGABAT55	Gazprom's Turkmenistan Contract Secure [...] (SBU) A December 12 visit to Turkmenistan by Gazprom Board Member Valeriy Golubev, a December 21 conversation with the local Gazprom representative, and statements by Turkmenistan's Acting President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov and Russian President Vladimir Putin after Niyazov's death, confirm [...]	2007-01-16 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV RU TX
07ASHGABAT941	TURKMENISTAN NOMINATIONS FOR U.S. BASED TRAINING PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Post is nominating two (2) educational advisers from Turkmenistan to the U.S. based training program to be held May-June 2008. End Summary. NOMINATION ---------- 2. NAME OF NOMINEE: MRS. AFANASYEVA NINA V. D. NATIONALITY, DATE OF BIRTH, PASSPORT NUMBER: Turkmenistan, August 15, 19 [...]	2007-09-11 03:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT980	TURKMENISTAN NOMINATION FOR NAFSA: ASSOCIATION OF [...] (U) Post is nominating an educational adviser from Turkmenistan to the NAFSA: Association of International Educators Annual Conference & EXPO - Shaping the Future of International Education to be held in Washington, DC, May 25-30, 2008. End Summary. NOMINATION ---------- 2. (SBU) NAME OF [...]	2007-09-18 04:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO TX
07BAKU136	AZERBAIJAN,S APPROACH TO THE "NEW" GUAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the past year, Azerbaijan's primary interest in GUAM appears to have been regional security, especially resolving the region,s "protracted" or "frozen" conflicts. As Azerbaijan prepares to assume the Chair of GUAM in June, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said GUAM should f [...]	2007-01-30 06:37:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM AJ GG MD UP
07BAKU792	BAKU GUAM SUMMIT: LOOKING FOR RELEVANCE [...] (SBU) The GOAJ hosted the second annual Summit of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM on June 18-19 in Baku. The summit included meetings of GUAM members' heads of state, foreign ministers, national coordinators, and several GUAM working groups. There were also se [...]	2007-06-25 11:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ GG UP MD KZ TX
07BISHKEK1354	KYRGYZ REJECT PRESSURE ON UKRAINE WTO ACCESSION [...] (C) Summary: A Kyrgyz MFA official asked visiting SCA Senior Advisor Robert Deutsch November 8 to relay Bishkek's readiness for "constructive" talks with Kyiv over Ukraine's WTO accession to Washington, but argued against continued "politicization" and "third party political pressure" with res [...]	2007-11-13 12:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO PREL KTIA ECON KG
07BISHKEK984	VIEWS FROM BISHKEK ON UKRAINIAN-KYRGYZ WTO TALKS [...] (C) Summary: A Ukrainian memorandum proposing $14 million in humanitarian and technical assistance to cover an outstanding $27 million Ukrainian debt to Kyrgyzstan may not unlock obstacles preventing the conclusion of bilateral negotiations relating to Ukraine's WTO accession. The Ukrainian [...]	2007-08-03 07:54:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO PREL KTIA ECON KG
07BRATISLAVA40	SLOVAKS LOOK TO RUSSIA FOR TRANSPETROL SOLUTION, [...] (C) Summary - In stark contrast to the strong concerns about Russia's reliability as an energy partner expressed this past week throughout Central Europe, Slovak Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek believes the Russian-Belarus spat illustrates the need to strengthen ties with Moscow. Jahnatek ha [...]	2007-01-19 16:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
07BRATISLAVA612	SLOVAKIA: FOREIGN MINISTER KUBIS ON KOSOVO AND [...] (C) In a brief one-on-one meeting prior to a luncheon hosted by FM Kubis in his honor, Ambassador Vallee and FM Kubis discussed Kosovo and Missile Defense. On Kosovo, Kubis again highlighted the need for legal "cover" to facilitate an ESDP mission in the absence of a new UNSCR. Regarding Mi [...]	2007-11-14 16:57:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO MARR NATO KV
07BRUSSELS3046	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU MOVING AHEAD ON PLAN FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, USEU delivered the Black Sea Strategy demarche to Janos Herman, Principal Advisor for Regional Cooperation, DG RELEX on September 27. Herman agreed that the U.S. regional strategy complemented the EU's new "Black Sea Synergy" initiative approved by EU Foreign Mi [...]	2007-10-02 11:38:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT BU
07CHISINAU1330	CHISINAU ESTABLISHING SEVEN WORKING GROUPS ON [...] (C) Summary: As a follow up to President Voronin's confidence-building outreach to Transnistria (TN),the Government of Moldova is establishing seven working groups to elaborate specific projects for normalizing relations. Transnistria's "foreign minister" has already indicated interest in roa [...]	2007-11-02 13:17:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV EAID MD
07CHISINAU1362	SHEVCHUK: MOLDOVA NOT A RELIABLE PARTNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's November 9 meeting with Transnistria's Parliamentary Speaker Evgeny Shevchuk took place against the backdrop of a controversial decree adopted by the Government of Moldova on November 7, requiring that all TN vehicles register with Chisinau. Shevchuk charged tha [...]	2007-11-14 05:31:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EAID PGOV MD
07KYIV1023	UKRAINE: CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) We met April 20 with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Deputy Director Pokotilo to discuss the May 15 next session of the UN Conference on Disarmament (CD) at MFA's request. Counselor Oleksandr Bondarenko and a [...]	2007-04-27 13:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNGA CDG UP
07KYIV1027	UKRAINE: LITTLE POLITICAL OR LEGAL PROGRESS, BOTH [...] (C) Summary. With President Yushchenko on a one-day trip to Poland April 27 and the ruling coalition trying to decide on its strategy in the face of the new decree ordering Rada elections for June 24, little progress was made on April 27 toward resolving the political crisis. The Constitutiona [...]	2007-04-27 15:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1036	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO PUSHING, REGIONS NOT BACKING [...] (C) Summary. During what normally would have been a quiet, five-day holiday weekend, the presidential and Rada/government teams were hard at work upping the ante in the current political crisis, with neither side appearing ready yet to relinquish hardball tactics and return to negotiations. [...]	2007-05-03 14:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1051	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT AND PM REACH GENERAL AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych on May 4 finally reached a preliminary agreement to hold early Rada elections, after more than a week when the two leaders did not speak. At a press conference after the meeting, Yushchenko announced that a working group would [...]	2007-05-04 14:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1064	(S) UKRAINE/MTCR: TRAINING TO CHINA FOURTH ACADEMY [...] (S) We relayed reftel points May 4 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Although we were prepared with if-asked guidance to respond to possible arguments that MTCR was not intended to impede space development or that the RD-120 preparation [...]	2007-05-07 14:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC TSPA CH UP
07KYIV1066	UKRAINE/AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY INFO EXCHANGE AND [...] (C) We transmitted reftel points May 4 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Belokolos, who is directly responsible for MTCR and the Wassenaar Arrangement, thanked us for the information and said he would provide our non-paper to his collea [...]	2007-05-07 14:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CBW UP
07KYIV1076	UKRAINE: GAS PIPELINE EXPLODES--SUPPLIES TO E.U. STABLE [...] On May 7 a large explosion hit the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod natural gas pipeline in the Tarashcha Region, about 100 km south of Kyiv, at 14:12 p.m. The explosion took out 30 m of the pipeline built in 1983, which is capable of shipping more than 30 billion cubic meters of Russian gas annually t [...]	2007-05-08 10:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON UP
07KYIV1085	UKRAINE 2007 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] Deputy Econ Counselor delivered ref B points and Special 301 report language to Volodymyr Zharov, Deputy Chairman of the State Department of Intellectual Property, on May 8. Zharov thanked the USG for its recognition of progress made in recent years, and said he hoped the GOU's further efforts [...]	2007-05-08 14:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR UP
07KYIV1088	UKRAINE: ELECTION DATE HOLDING UP COMPROMISE [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations may be almost complete on the "small package" of laws considered necessary to resolve Ukraine's six-week political crisis, but continued wrangling over whether the elections should be held in the summer or fall have slowed the pace of compromise. The working group n [...]	2007-05-08 14:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1092	Ukraine: Struggle for Nikopol Ferroalloy Works Nearing [...] (U) Pitting oligarch against oligarch and featuring surprising plot twists and turns, the two-year struggle over the ownership of Ukraine's Nikopol Ferroalloy Works (NFW) makes for nearly as good drama as the country's prolonged political crisis. The State Property Fund (SPF) has been trying s [...]	2007-05-10 07:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EFIN EINV PGOV UP
07KYIV1104	UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION FOR COUNTERMEASURES [...] (S) Ukrainian MFA provided the written response May 9 of the Ukrainian government position previewed ref A to the U.S. request for a mixture of 500 Igla-1 and 1,000 Igla MANPADS missiles for countermeasures development (ref C). In a nutshell, the reply states that such MANPADS missiles are st [...]	2007-05-10 13:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV1107	UKRAINE: BELARUS UN HRC CANDIDACY - AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Our soundings with the Ukrainian MFA, detailed below, indicate the Ukrainians are on the razor's edge regarding whether to support Belarus' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Their concern is to ensure that this year's vote not result in keeping Slovenia off the Council (Slov [...]	2007-05-10 14:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC BO UP
07KYIV1108	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR DIA DIRECTOR LTG MAPLES [...] (S/REL UP) General Maples: We look forward to welcoming you to Kyiv at a time of political turmoil as the President and Prime Minister search for ways to reach agreement on a date for pre-term parliamentary elections and a way forward on resolving contradictions in a newly-amended constitution [...]	2007-05-10 14:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS UP
07KYIV1117	UKRAINE: NEGOTIATIONS ON EARLY ELECTIONS STALL, [...] (C) Summary. Continued disagreement over the date of elections has paralyzed what initially seemed like a breakthrough agreement on May 4 between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych to hold early parliamentary elections. The working group Yushchenko and Yanukovych named May 4 [...]	2007-05-11 10:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV113	UKRAINE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] As requested reftel, below is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Post is transmitting the ICS in three separate parts due to its large size. Post will send the ICS in Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA by email. Begin Text: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment G [...]	2007-01-18 12:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
07KYIV1133	UKRAINE: SEPTEMBER ELECTIONS IN THE WIND? HAYDUK [...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych resumed meetings to resolve the political impasse May 12 after Yanukovych returned to Ukraine from his Spanish knee surgery; Yushchenko said afterwards that the two would meet again May 16 to agree on the date for early elections. Presidentia [...]	2007-05-15 03:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV114	UKRAINE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Ref A contained part one of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Part two of the ICS continues below. Text Continued: A.5. Performance Requirements/Incentives PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS There are no known cases of performance requirements imposed on foreign investo [...]	2007-01-18 13:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
07KYIV118	UKRAINE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Refs A and B contained parts one and two of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. The third and final part of the ICS is below. Text Continued: A.9. Efficient Capital Markets and Portfolio Investment BANKING The Ukrainian banking system consists of the National Ban [...]	2007-01-18 14:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
07KYIV1180	UKRAINE: NEGOTIATIONS STALLING OUT AGAIN? [...] (C) Summary. Despite talk over the weekend that President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych would finalize a political compromise that included early parliamentary elections on May 16, talks between the two leaders fizzled out as disagreements over the date of a new vote and what the le [...]	2007-05-16 15:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1184	UKRAINE'S KREMENCHUK: NOT YOUR TYPICAL POST- [...] Summary: Kremenchuk, an industrial city of 232,000 in central Ukraine, is home to several thriving enterprises. A visit to a local meat plant revealed a company transforming itself from a post-Soviet mess to a modern, competitive facility. The city administration is focused on a series of ma [...]	2007-05-18 05:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EAID UP
07KYIV1195	UKRAINE: BALOHA SUGGESTS THAT TIME RUNNING OUT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Head of the Presidential Secretariat Baloha told the Ambassador that there were now two options on the table for a political compromise: either on Monday, May 21, the President, PM and their teams would announce the date for early elections and the contents of the legislative pack [...]	2007-05-18 15:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1205	UKRAINE: MICROSOFT AND GOU GO AFTER SOFTWARE PIRATES [...] Summary: A local Kyiv court sentenced a convicted distributor of pirated software on May 7 to one year and one month imprisonment. Although the judge then suspended the prison term, the severity of the sentence attracted significant media attention. The case is part of an invigorated campaign [...]	2007-05-22 06:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR EINT UP
07KYIV123	UKRAINE: GRAIN EXPORTS BLOCKED; TRADERS SUFFERING [...] (SBU) Summary: Exports of wheat, barley, corn, and rye from Ukraine remain completely blocked as the GOU has not yet implemented the export quota system it authorized on December 8, 2006. Traders estimate that there are over 1.5 million tons of grain in storage at ports, where it is beginning [...]	2007-01-19 05:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL UP
07KYIV124	UKRAINE: GRAIN EXPORTS BLOCKED; TRADERS SUFFERING [...] (SBU) Summary: Exports of wheat, barley, corn, and rye from Ukraine remain completely blocked as the GOU has not yet implemented the export quota system it authorized on December 8, 2006. Traders estimate that there are over 1.5 million tons of grain in storage at ports, where it is beginning [...]	2007-01-19 05:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL UP
07KYIV1243	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY SEGA [...] (SBU) Undersecretary Sega: We look forward to welcoming you to Kyiv. For more than seven weeks Ukraine has been in political turmoil and paralysis as the President and Prime Minister search for ways to reach agreement on a date for pre-term parliamentary elections and a way forward on resol [...]	2007-05-24 14:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV1244	UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER VISIT: POSSIBLE WAY FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary. Visiting DAS Kramer met with all the key players in the Ukrainian political crisis May 23-24: President Yushchenko, PM Yanukovych, opposition leaders Yuliya Tymoshenko and Yuriy Lutsenko; National Security and Defense Council Secretary Plyushch; and FM Yatsenyuk. Amidst backgrou [...]	2007-05-25 03:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1245	UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER VISIT: POSSIBLE WAY FORWARD ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-25 03:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1246	UKRAINE: MODERATE MUSLIM LEADER ACCUSES ARRAID [...] (C) Summary: Tensions are increasing within Ukraine's small Muslim population, with the head of the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims in Ukraine (SDMU) Sheikh Tamin accusing the Muslim Association of Civic Organizations - Arraid of promoting Islamic extremism. Tamim, who is known for his mod [...]	2007-05-25 06:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
07KYIV125	UKRAINE: SCUD INVENTORY UPDATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S) During a January 17 meeting, Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko expressed optimism to visiting EUR/PRA Director Anita Friedt, PM/WRA Deputy Director Steven Costner, and DOD and Embassy Kyiv representatives that the Ukrainian government wo [...]	2007-01-19 09:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP
07KYIV126	UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2 (S) Summary: We delivered draft agenda contained ref A to MFA Director Belashov January 17. His specific comments on the agenda contained below in para 4. Belashov also complained that USG suspicions about possible transfer cases were often ba [...]	2007-01-19 09:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC PHSA PINR CA UK PL UP
07KYIV1299	UKRAINE: MANPADS FOR DESTRUCTION AND [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko told visiting PM/WRA Deputy Director Steven Costner May 16 that the Ukrainian offer to provide 2,101 Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) missiles and 582 gripstocks (ref E) for the NATO PfP Trust Fund destruction project had been made in [...]	2007-05-25 14:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV1300	UKRAINE:SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. ARMY [...] (SBU) General MacKiernan: We look forward to welcoming you to Kyiv. The past couple of months have been marked by political turmoil as the President and Prime Minister search for ways to reach agreement on a date for pre-term parliamentary elections and a way forward on resolving contradictio [...]	2007-05-25 15:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS UP
07KYIV1305	UKRAINE: DEAL FOR SEPTEMBER 30 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: After all night discussions, President Yushchenko, PM Yanukovych, and Rada Speaker Moroz emerged after 4 a.m. May 27 to issue a seven-point joint statement that set early elections for September 30 and aimed to resolve the ongoing political crisis. Reactions ranged from relief [...]	2007-05-29 10:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV131	UKRAINE/GUAM: NEW MFA TEAM IN CHARGE, TIMING OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ukrainian MFA team overseeing GUAM issues told us they anticipate approval of the GUAM Charter bill in the Rada session that starts February 6. However Rada Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Vitaliy Shybko, a Socialist Party member, was more pessimistic. He noted the oppo [...]	2007-01-19 12:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
07KYIV1324	UKRAINE: GUAM AS A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION -- A TWO [...] (C) Summary: Executive Director of the GUAM Information Office Heorhiy Nazarov acknowledged that the impasse over scheduling early parliamentary elections had made it unlikely that the parliament (Rada) would vote on the GUAM Charter anytime soon. He said Ukraine's failure to ratify the GUAM [...]	2007-05-31 13:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
07KYIV1326	UKRAINE: RADA CONTINUES TO DRAG HEELS WHILE [...] (C) Summary. Despite frequent meetings between President Yushchenko, PM Yanukovych, Speaker Moroz, and opposition leader Tymoshenko, the Rada has so far failed to approve the legislation needed to enable early elections on September 30, as agreed to in the May 27 compromise. Many MPs attribut [...]	2007-05-31 14:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1327	UKRAINE: CFE EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is a guidance request. See para 6. 2. (U) We met May 31 with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov at his request to discuss the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Extraordinary Conference called by Russia for June 12-15. Bela [...]	2007-05-31 14:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE UP
07KYIV133	UKRAINE: KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE: DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary/comment: In view of Ukrainian officials' previous concerns about the impact of Kosovo independence on "frozen conflicts" in Moldova and elsewhere, acting DCM drew on ref A background to brief DFM Veselovsky January 18 on the Kosovo settlement process. While underscoring that Ukrain [...]	2007-01-19 14:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OPDC UNMIK UN YI MD RS UP
07KYIV1335	UKRAINE: CBA Special Representative Mermoud Meetings on [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud met on May 17-18 with government officials and U.S. business in Kyiv to discuss business climate and economic policy issues. The tone of the meetings with the State Customs Service, and the Ministers of Fu [...]	2007-06-01 07:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD UP
07KYIV1338	UKRAINE: GOU RUSHES WTO LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's Rada (parliament) voted on May 31 to adopt 11 laws considered necessary for WTO accession. The drafting process was rushed to meet the timeline for the Rada's planned dissolution, however, and close scrutiny will be necessary to ensure the adopted laws are WTO consiste [...]	2007-06-01 13:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV1340	UKRAINE: RADA WORKS FOR ANOTHER "ONE MORE DAY" - [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko relented again and extended authorization for the Rada to convene again June 1 in the hope that it would finish all its election-related business. Yushchenko, arriving back in Kyiv from his trip to Zagreb at 3 a.m., held morning meetings separately with PM [...]	2007-06-01 14:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV135	UKRAINE: ONE VICTOR? CABINET OF MINISTERS LAW [...] (C) Summary. A landmark Cabinet of Ministers law passed January 12 via a presidential veto override (ref A) will remake the Ukrainian political landscape once it comes into effect, although President Yushchenko cited a technicality to issue a renewed veto January 19 and returned the bill to t [...]	2007-01-19 15:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1354	UKRAINE: JUNE 4 UPDATE - KYIV QUIET AS POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Actions by key political players June 1-2 gave greater cause for optimism that the political compromise announced May 27 is being implemented, although public statements from Prime Minister Yanukovych and Speaker Moroz on June 3-4 suggested that progress may continue to be slow [...]	2007-06-04 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1391	UKRAINE: KYIV'S BOOMING REAL ESTATE MARKET, A BUBBLE READY [...] (U) Summary: This report analyzes the real estate market in Kyiv, which has experienced a sizeable boom over the past 12 months as average citizens have rushed to throw their savings into the market. Mortgage lending has dramatically increased but has room to expand. Some bankers are concerne [...]	2007-06-06 11:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV1396	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO DECREE FOR SEPT 30 ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yushchenko issued a June 5 decree which established pre-term elections September 30 in accordance with the May 27 joint statement between Yushchenko, PM Yanukovych, and Speaker Moroz. Yushchenko delivered a 55-minute address to the diplomatic corps June 6 summarizing [...]	2007-06-06 13:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV1417	PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR 2007 IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING [...] Summary: Post proposes a project entitled "Creating a Sustainable Ukrainian IPR Training Capability" to be funded as part of the 2007 IPR Enforcement Training Funds Program. Improving IPR enforcement in Ukraine remains a serious USG priority. Since 2004 there has been progress toward good gov [...]	2007-06-08 08:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON EAID UP
07KYIV1418	UKRAINE: CRIMEA UPDATE - LESS TENSE THAN IN 2006; [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's May 29-30 visit to Simferopol, Crimea and an earlier poloff visit May 17-18, all of our interlocutors agreed that the situation in Crimea appears less tense than it did six months ago (reftels). The primary issues in play remain control/ownership of land; the [...]	2007-06-08 08:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM PREL UP
07KYIV1422	Ukraine: Grain Export Quotas Lifted, but New Controls In [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing crop damage from drought, the GOU appears poised to institute a new regime of export restrictions on Ukraine's grain market for the 2007/2008 market year. According to a June 4 decree, as well as the statements of GOU officials, the GOU will build up its reserves of whea [...]	2007-06-08 10:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV UP
07KYIV1425	UKRAINE: MILITARY EXERCISE LEGISLATION PASSES, SEA [...] (C) Summary and Comment: President Yushchenko signed the annual military exercise authorization bill June 6 and Rada (parliament) passage on May 29. Despite support from PM Yanukovych and most of the Party of Regions (the Rada's largest faction),Socialist and Communist party opposition remai [...]	2007-06-08 11:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MASS PREL PGOV UP
07KYIV1450	UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION GROUP [...] Summary: GOU, Embassy, and industry representatives discussed the destruction of IPR-infringing material at a June 5 Enforcement Cooperation Group (ECG) meeting. GOU reps reviewed recently-passed legislation that provides the authority for destruction and said that implementation will be a ch [...]	2007-06-12 13:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
07KYIV1452	UKRAINE: WORKSHOP ENCOURAGES JUDGES, PROSECUTORS, [...] Summary: Post, in coordination with U.S., UK, and Ukrainian institutions, held an IPR enforcement workshop in Kyiv June 5-7. Ukrainian judges, prosecutors, police, and IP inspectors participated in the workshop, which focused on court proceedings for IPR-related cases. Discussions revealed s [...]	2007-06-13 06:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
07KYIV1458	UKRAINE: ELECTIONS PROCESS STILL BUMPY [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yanukovych and Party of Regions members are now openly talking about their election preparations and have told us that June 15 will be the last day the Rada is in session. The Rada must still acknowledge the resignations of at least another 72 members of the oppos [...]	2007-06-13 12:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1459	UKRAINE: MISSILE DEFENSE TALKING POINTS DELIVERED: [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See para 6. 2. (U) Ambassador, accompanied by Army Attache and poloff, met with Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko June 11 to deliver the response to Ukrainian missile defense questions (ref B). We provided written talking points, a Ukrainian courtesy [...]	2007-06-13 13:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM OPRC PREL RS AZ US UP
07KYIV1469	UKRAINE: RADA LOSES QUORUM, BUT HURDLES MAY REMAIN [...] (C) Summary. After weeks of stalling by the coalition, and especially by Speaker Moroz, Deputy Speaker Martynyuk on June 15 read aloud from the Rada rostrum the final group of names of opposition deputies who have resigned from their Rada factions, reaching the total of 156 and formally depri [...]	2007-06-15 12:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1507	UKRAINE: OLIGARCH AKHMETOV CONSIDERS STAYING OUT [...] (C) Summary: During a June 14 dinner, oligarch and Party of Regions financier Rinat Akhmetov said he was considering making a graceful exit from Parliament. He was disappointed and frustrated with his role as a Parliamentary Deputy and preferred to focus his efforts on his business activity a [...]	2007-06-21 06:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR UP
07KYIV1515	UKRAINE: RADA SPUTTERS TO A CLOSE AS ATTENTION [...] (C) Summary. Speaker Moroz closed the Rada's aimless plenary sessions on June 19, clearly under some pressure by Party of Regions leaders and despite earlier vows by Socialists and Communists to continue sessions into July. Moroz read a letter to the Rada written by PM Yanukovych in which the [...]	2007-06-21 14:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1516	UKRAINE: DNIPROPETROVSK LUKEWARM ON RADA [...] (C) Summary. On an early June trip to Dnipropetrovsk city, the capital of a major industrial center in the East, poloff found a wealthy city more blue than orange, but with a great deal of distrust of both Donetsk-based Party of Regions and Dnipro-native Tymoshenko, leaving an opening for othe [...]	2007-06-21 14:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1521	UKRAINE: DPM KLYUYEV ON NUCLEAR SUPPLY, OIL AND GAS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with Ambassador June 20, Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Klyuyev told Ambassador that Ukraine intends to pursue diversification of nuclear fuel supplies. He stated that Ukraine is not seeking to have Russia supply all Ukrainian reactors in the next contract for nuclear fue [...]	2007-06-22 13:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EAID EINV ECON BEXP UP
07KYIV1522	Ukraine: GOU Imposes New Grain Export Limits [...] (U) Summary: As foreshadowed by recent official statements (reftel),Deputy Prime Minister Victor Slauta announced June 20 that the Cabinet of Ministers has made a decision to limit exports of grain, beginning July 1, in order to form a state grain reserve and limit growth in bread prices. Po [...]	2007-06-22 13:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV UP
07KYIV1544	RUSSIA USES GAS HIKE TALK TO TURN HEAT UP ON [...] (C) Summary. Russian President Vladimir Putin reawakened Ukraine's anxieties about future natural gas prices in his speech at the G8 summit on June 4, asserting Russia would no longer subsidize Ukraine's gas purchases. During the same week, Ukrainian Minister of Fuel and Energy Yuriy Boyko s [...]	2007-06-26 10:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL RS UP
07KYIV1560	UKRAINE: U.S.-RUSSIAN MISSILE DEFENSE DISCUSSION: [...] (U) EUR/PRA Director and head of delegation to the U.S.-Ukraine non-proliferation Working Group (NPWG) talks Anita Friedt delivered ref A's notification June 26 to Ukrainian MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov on the margins of NPW [...]	2007-06-27 11:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM OPRC PREL RS AZ US UP
07KYIV1561	UKRAINE: SCUD INVENTORY FINALLY PROVIDED [...] (S) During the U.S.-Ukraine Non-Proliferation Working Group meeting June 27, Volodymyr Popovych, special advisor to Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Tereshchenko, grinning broadly, handed over the SCUD missile and component inventory long requested by the U.S. (note: see ref A from 2005. The [...]	2007-06-27 12:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP
07KYIV1563	UKRAINE: JUNE 27 DOMESTIC POLITICAL SCENE UPDATE - [...] (SBU) Summary: In advance of the long (June 28 Constitution Day) weekend, Ukraine's political scene sputtered slowly forward towards summer holidays and election campaigns. President Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych spent significant time out of Kyiv, meeting twice at Boryspil airport to discuss [...]	2007-06-27 12:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV1595	UKRAINE'S UKRTELECOM: NOT THE DINOSAUR IT APPEARS TO BE? [...] (SBU) Summary. Georgiy Dzekon, Chairman of the Board of Ukraine's state-owned telecommunications provider, Ukrtelecom, charged that the State Property Fund's (SPF) attempt to sell 1% of Ukrtelecom stock in a trial run was counterproductive, noting that any money raised would not go back to bo [...]	2007-07-03 09:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON BEXP EINT UP
07KYIV163	UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION AND THE NATO PFP [...] (S) Summary: As a result of a January 17 meeting with Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko on the proposals regarding man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) contained ref A, PM/WRA will work with the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) to develop an amendment to the NATO/PfP Trust F [...]	2007-01-22 12:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV1704	UKRAINE: ELIMINATION OF SCUD MISSILES [...] (C) We delivered ref A response July 13 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov and Counselor Oleksandr Bondarenko. Belashov directed Bondarenko to pass the information immediately to Deputy Minister of Defense Tereshchenko. Belashov also [...]	2007-07-13 13:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL UP
07KYIV1722	UKRAINE: FLAWED LOCAL ELECTION REVEAL POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Contentious repeat mayoral elections June 17 in Irpin, a town of 40,000 people located one hour northwest of Kyiv, underscored the potential for problems in the upcoming September 30 national Rada elections as a highstakes fight for land and power brought troublesome irregularitie [...]	2007-07-17 12:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UP
07KYIV1761	UKRAINE: CFE POSITION PARALLELS U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) During a July 18 press conference with his visiting Canadian counterpart, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk expressed a position that closely tracked Department's July 14 statement on Russia's announcement that it would su [...]	2007-07-19 12:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE UP
07KYIV1776	UKRAINE: USITC REVIEW OF STEEL ANTIDUMPING AND [...] (U) In response to reftel, Post formally requested the GOU to provide information regarding the production of steel products covered by the upcoming ITC five-year review of antidumping and countervailing duty orders. We received a response from the Ministry of Economy on July 18. An unofficia [...]	2007-07-20 10:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON UP
07KYIV1790	UKRAINE: POLITICS AND MONEY BEHIND GRAIN EXPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Fear of rising bread prices was the driving force behind the GOU's decision to reintroduce grain export restrictions as of July 1. Bread prices are very politically sensitive in Ukraine, and a number of government officials also have a financial stake in the quotas through busin [...]	2007-07-23 09:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV UP
07KYIV1808	UKRAINE: POLITICAL WILL, NOT LAWS, WILL DETERMINE [...] (C) Summary. Parliament (Rada) adopted a number of amendments to the law on parliamentary elections June 1 as part of the compromise to hold early parliamentary elections on September 30. Some changes were needed, but a number of others reintroduced loopholes that contributed to election frau [...]	2007-07-24 14:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV1825	UKRAINE: SHIPMENT OF WEAPONS FROM UKRAINIAN PORT [...] (C) We delivered ref A inquiry regarding the destination of the St. Vincent-flagged vessel Slavyanin July 27 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov. When doing so, we emphasized the urgency of the request. Belashov said he would immediat [...]	2007-07-27 12:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EWWT MARR UP TU IZ
07KYIV1826	UKRAINE: HUNGARY LENDS QUIET SUPPORT TO UKRAINE'S [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 13:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD EINV HU UP
07KYIV183	UKRAINE: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE AND [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: After a year-long hiatus (refs A and B were transmitted in January 2006),a Ukrainian MFA official said Ukrainian comments on a draft PSI ship-boarding agreement might be provided by the end of January, after which the Ukrainian [...]	2007-01-25 13:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP PHSA KTIA EWWT PL UP

07KYIV1837	UKRAINE: MOROZ BLUFFING ON NEW RADA SESSION [...] (C) Summary: The Ukrainian media was abuzz over the July 28-29 weekend with Rada Speaker Moroz's announcement that he would call an extraordinary Rada session July 31. Moroz said he was responding to a request from 179 deputies to hold the session, but Party of Regions leaders immediately res [...]	2007-07-30 11:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1843	UKRAINE: AKHMETOV WING OF REGIONS GEARS UP FOR [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with Party of Regions leaders Raisa Bohatyreva and Borys Kolesnikov--both members of the business-oriented wing of Regions dominated by oligarch Rinat Akhmetov--it was clear that there was an ongoing and heated debate within the party over strategies for the election, [...]	2007-07-30 13:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV186	UKRAINE: TURKMEN OPPOSITION VISA SCANDAL REALLY [...] (C) Summary. The scandal that has erupted over Socialist Transportation Minister Mykola Rudkovskiy pressuring Ukrainian ambassadors to issue visas to Turkmen opposition figures to travel to Kyiv in late December in the wake of former Turkmen President Niyazov's death is, at its heart, the lat [...]	2007-01-25 15:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EPET TX UP
07KYIV1862	UKRAINE: POLITICAL CLASH HIGHLIGHTS CORRUPTION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOU attempted to push through a controversial amendment to the government procurement law, causing indignation among political opponents and spurring claims that the Party of Regions was trying to grab public funds for their election coffers. Opposition by President Viktor [...]	2007-08-01 05:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND EFIN EINV PGOV UP
07KYIV187	UKRAINE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN COESPU [...] Italian DCM Sergio Martes, Italian military attache Colonel Claudio Ritacca, Embassy Kyiv Office of Defense Cooperation Chief LTC Rob Timm, and poloff delivered reftel demarche January 25 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov and Counselor [...]	2007-01-26 04:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV IT TU PK ID UP
07KYIV1888	UKRAINE IPR: ENGAGING LAW ENFORCEMENT ON INTERNET [...] (SBU) Summary: Econ Counselor met on August 1 with leaders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' (MIA) Economic Crime Department to push for improved IPR enforcement. The MIA officials expressed a firm commitment to protecting IP rights, and described the Ministry's increased enforcement effor [...]	2007-08-02 14:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
07KYIV1897	UKRAINE: MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION AND CFE; [...] (C) Visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer briefed Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk August 2 on the results of the July 30 U.S.-Russia experts' meeting on missile defense cooperation as requested reftel, as well as on parallel Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) discussions. Ya [...]	2007-08-03 11:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO AJ CZ PL RS UP
07KYIV1912	UKRAINE: AEROSVIT, BOEING SIGNING WORTH UP TO $1 BILLION [...] On August 2, Ukraine's largest carrier Aerosvit and Boeing signed a purchase agreement for seven 737s valued at $523 million. Aerosvit also secured an option to purchase another seven 737S, potentially making the deal worth more than $1 billion. This order marks Aerosvit's first direct purchas [...]	2007-08-06 11:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAIR UP
07KYIV1916	UKRAINE: NATO SEA BREEZE EXERCISE AN "UNQUALIFIED [...] (C) Summary: Sea Breeze 2007, the largest ever multinational exercise in the Black Sea, concluded July 22. Over two weeks, exercise participants from 13 NATO PfP member countries enhanced interoperability through peacekeeping operations, search and rescue, and communications training. Despite [...]	2007-08-06 13:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV1932	UKRAINE: PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT ON VOTING AND [...] (C) Summary. Roman Bezsmertniy, deputy head of the Presidential Secretariat for information policy and political tactician, told Ambassador July 27 that there was no truly good outcome for the upcoming elections, but he was focused on making sure Party of Regions stays committed to participat [...]	2007-08-07 12:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV1940	UKRAINE: REGIONS'S PARTY CONGRESS: A HANDSHAKE, A [...] (C) Summary. The Party of Regions August 4 party congress was the least predictable of the major party congresses, featuring both moderate speeches by Prime Minister Yanukovych and faction leader Raisa Bohatyreva and well-received speeches from Communist Party leader Symonenko and a representa [...]	2007-08-08 09:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV196	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS GRAFFY'S FEB 7-12 [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Ukraine comes at a time when the struggle between President Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych for political dominance and the right to define national security, defense, and foreign policy has intensified. Recent legislation passed by Yanukovych's majority in the Rada (p [...]	2007-01-26 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
07KYIV1968	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH, OTHERS ANALYZE PRE- AND [...] (C) Summary: Key GoU leaders varied on their assessment of the upcoming pre-term elections in their August 1-2 meetings with EUR DAS Kramer but all acknowledged the importance of free and fair elections and the need to resolve tensions that have dominated the domestic political scene since A [...]	2007-08-10 10:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV1971	UKRAINE: THE ORANGE REVOLUTION AND UNEASY [...] (C) Summary. The nine parties of the democratic megabloc came together August 7 to formally become the Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense (OU-PSD) election bloc, with a youth-oriented message and an attempt to rekindle the fervor of the Orange Revolution. The bloc consists of People's Union O [...]	2007-08-10 12:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1972	UKRAINE: REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN AS [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) PolCouns was called in August 9 by Acting Director of the MFA's Second Territorial Department Larisa Myronenko to receive a request for U.S. support for Ukraine's candidate to be the next OSCE Head of Mission in Kosovo, Ambas [...]	2007-08-10 13:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE UP
07KYIV1973	UKRAINE: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE RE ASSISTANCE TO [...] (S) As requested, on August 9, 2007, PolCouns delivered talking points contained ref A to Vasyl Pokotilov, Acting Director of the Foreign Ministry's Department for Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation, and asked for full details on the cooperation between the Ukrainian National Sp [...]	2007-08-10 13:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP NI
07KYIV1974	UKRAINE: GOU SAYS IATA TICKET STOCK ILLEGAL-THREATENS SHUT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with representatives from Ukraine's State Aviation Authority (SAA),Economic officers verified the SAA had indeed found the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) ticket stock to be invalid under Ukrainian law. As a result, the SAA ordered IATA to refrain [...]	2007-08-10 13:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ERTD KTIA UP
07KYIV1986	UKRAINE: CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION DELAYS BYUT [...] (C) Summary. Leaders of the Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) on August 10 accused the coalition-dominated Central Election Commission (CEC) of refusing to register its candidates for the September 30 parliamentary election in order to keep the largest opposition force in Ukraine out of the election and [...]	2007-08-13 13:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV200	UKRAINE WTO UPDATE: JANUARY 26 [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOU is anxious to push ahead as quickly as possible on its WTO accession. Minister of Economy Volodymyr Makukha is requesting to hold bilateral consultations in early, rather than late, February. Makukha continues to work to ensure U.S. beef and pork imports flow freely, al [...]	2007-01-26 15:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV2001	UKRAINE: TEN YEARS AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Ten years after the signing of the NATO-Ukraine Charter and two and a half years after the Orange Revolution, many policy makers and experts in Ukraine and in the West hoped that Ukraine would jump on a fast track to NATO membership. However, today public support for NATO members [...]	2007-08-15 07:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV2010	UKRAINE: BYUT REGISTERED FOR ELECTION [...] (C) Summary and comment. After a court ruled August 14 that the Central Election Commission (CEC) needed to review BYuT's candidates list within one day, the CEC complied and finally approved all 450 candidates of the bloc late in the day August 15. Tymoshenko herself attended the August 14 [...]	2007-08-15 13:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2075	UKRAINE: BYUT CONGRESS--NATIONALIST WRAPPINGS, BUT [...] (C) Summary. In a congress that emphasized Ukrainian nationalism and loyalty to Tymoshenko, the diminutive opposition leader presented her detailed program for the country's future, "the Ukrainian Breakthrough." In a 75-minute speech, Tymoshenko laid out her ideas for everything from increasi [...]	2007-08-17 12:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2093	UKRAINE'S FY 2008 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE OPERATIONAL [...] In response to reftel request, the following person is Post's Operational Plan Coordinator (OPC),responsible for the FY 2008 Foreign Assistance Operational Plan: Douglas Kramer Counselor for Economic Affairs U.S. Embassy Kyiv Office tel.: 011-380-44-490-4056 Cell outside Ukraine: 38-050-3 [...]	2007-08-21 11:44:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV210	UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION FOR COUNTERMEASURES [...] (S) On January 29, Ambassador, accompanied by DATT and poloff, passed ref A non-paper to Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko. Hrytsenko said he was frankly relieved the U.S. had elected to pursue an approach that involved some level of compensation to the Ukrainian government to transfer MANPA [...]	2007-01-29 15:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV211	UKRAINE: NATO REFERENDUM ON HOLD AFTER [...] (C) Summary. President Yushchenko's January 26 decision to refer two constitutional articles on holding a referendum to the Constitutional Court for clarification effectively pushes down the road the need to decide whether there will be a referendum on membership in NATO and the Single Economi [...]	2007-01-29 15:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO UP
07KYIV2114	UKRAINE: U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE DELIVERED; [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) As agreed ref email, PolCouns met with MFA Director for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Volodymr Belashov August 23, to follow up on Acting EUR A/S Volker's meeting with the Ukrainian Charge and Moldovan Ambassador August 22 in Washin [...]	2007-08-23 12:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS UP
07KYIV214	UKRAINE: UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR COMMUNITY OF [...] (C) Summary. The Community of Democratic Choice (CDC),as described in an August 2005 joint statement by Ukrainian President Yushchenko and Georgian President Saakashvili, was to be a continuing dialogue and series of meetings to promote democracy, human rights, and civil society in former Sov [...]	2007-01-30 14:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM GG UP
07KYIV2165	UKRAINE: LITTLE PROGRESS IN INVESTIGATION OF [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Journalist Artem Skoropadiskiy, who claimed that an August 13 assault on him by two assailants was because of a critical story he wrote on Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetskiy, told PolOff on August 21 that there had been no progress in the police investigation. Althoug [...]	2007-08-29 11:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UP
07KYIV2185	UKRAINE: U.S. REACTION TO CFE NON-PAPER DELIVERED [...] (U) We delivered U.S. comments contained ref A on the Ukrainian Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) non-paper (ref B) to MFA Arms Control Director Volodymyr Belashov August 31. Belashov thanked us for the speedy U.S. response and welcomed the information that the U.S. had briefed Georgia and [...]	2007-08-31 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP
07KYIV220	UKRAINE: USITC ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION ON SILICON METAL [...] Post provides the following information regarding silicon metal production in Ukraine in response to reftel request. This response contains no business proprietary information. Overview of Metallurgy Industry ------------------------------- 2. Metallurgy is one of the Ukrainian economy's [...]	2007-01-31 11:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON UP
07KYIV2202	UKRAINE: PORA CONTROVERSY ANOTHER TEST OF ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The sudden appearance of a "second" Pora political party, its quick registration by the Central Election Commission (CEC) and the CEC's deregistration of eight representatives of the "real" Pora on the OU-PSD list at worst raised questions about the use of dirty tricks, and at a [...]	2007-09-04 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2204	UKRAINE: PERSONALITIES, NOT PROGRAMS, [...] (C) Summary. The conscious decision of the three main parties in Ukraine to focus their campaigns on the same themes -- populist social and economic promises and anti-corruption slogans -- means that the vote will come down once again to personalities and perceived leadership types. The offic [...]	2007-09-04 13:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2206	UKRAINE: EXTRAORDINARY RADA SESSION TAKES AIM AT [...] (U) Summary: The Rada's majority coalition held an extraordinary parliamentary session on September 4, at Speaker Moroz's behest. With 269 MP's registered as present, they voted to amend two clauses of the constitution in order to eliminate parliamentary and presidential immunity, thereby pr [...]	2007-09-04 13:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
07KYIV223	UKRAINE: TARASYUK RESIGNS AS FOREIGN MINISTER, [...] (SBU) Summary. Borys Tarasyuk ended two months of uncertainty and political confrontation over his lame-duck tenure as Ukraine's Foreign Minister by offering his resignation to President Yushchenko January 30, after a district court deferred a decision on his legal challenge to the Rada's Dec [...]	2007-01-31 16:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU UP
07KYIV2239	UKRAINE: ELECTIONS IN ODESA HEAVILY FAVOR REGIONS [...] (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's August 31 meetings in Odesa with leaders from Party of Regions (POR),Bloc of Yuliya Tymoshenko (BYuT),and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD),all agreed that POR remained the overwhelming favorite in the predominately blue region -- in 2006, Regio [...]	2007-09-07 12:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV224	UKRAINE: REACTION TO MISSILE DEFENSE MEDIA REPORTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hrytsenko told Ambassador January 29 that the U.S. announcement about its preparedness to locate missile defense facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic had the unintended consequence in Ukraine of reinforcing [...]	2007-01-31 16:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL PINR US UP
07KYIV2245	UKRAINE: APPEAL FOR USG FORBEARANCE ON INDIA SPACE [...] (C) This is a request for guidance. Request that the Department provide the U.S. position regarding Ukraine company Yuzhnoye's contract to prepare blueprints for a semi-cryogenic, liquid-oxygen/kerosene-fueled rocket engine for the Indian Space Research Organization, as detailed below, and es [...]	2007-09-07 13:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC MTCRE TSPA PREL IN UP
07KYIV2247	UKRAINE: EVEN SMALL ELECTION ABUSES COULD [...] Summary. As the campaign heats up for Ukraine's September 30 preterm parliamentary elections, few anticipate there will be massive election fraud. However, in what is expected to be a very tight race, even abuses on the margins could influence the outcome. Greater transparency in the electio [...]	2007-09-07 13:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV225	UKRAINE: MOROZ, REGIONS PLAYING GAMES WITH THE [...] (C) Summary. Rada Speaker Moroz and the Yanukovych government have used "creative" interpretations of the constitution and the Rada rules of procedure to try to bring into force the controversial law on the Cabinet of Ministers, despite presidential claims that the law was vetoed (reftel). T [...]	2007-01-31 16:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2256	UKRAINE: ACTING FM URGES USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN [...] (C) The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry continues to press for U.S. support for Ukraine's candidate to be the next OSCE Head of Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Anatoliy Oliynyk, currently Ukraine's Ambassador to both Serbia and Montenegro. During an August 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Acting Fo [...]	2007-09-10 11:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2260	UKRAINE IPR CONFERENCE HOSTS LATEST ROUND IN FIGHT [...] Summary: Ukraine's annual IPR Conference, held September 3-7, brought together GOU officials, industry reps, and international experts to promote better IPR protection in the country. Discussion of possible Copyright Law amendments and the operation of royalty collecting societies proved most [...]	2007-09-11 08:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
07KYIV2266	UKRAINE: PREVIEW OF SEPTEMBER 14 SUMMIT WITH EU [...] (C) Summary: An EU delegation of Portuguese Prime Minister Socrates, EU Council Secretary General Solana, European Commission President Barroso, and Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner will participate in the EU-Ukraine summit September 14 in Kyiv. In their private meetings, the EU delegation will [...]	2007-09-11 12:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECIN ETRD ENRG EUN PO UP
07KYIV2272	UKRAINE: GOU AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO SCANNING [...] On September 6, EconOff delivered reftel points to Viacheslav Voloshyn, Director of Ukraine's Maritime Security Agency. Voloshyn stated that in principle the State Maritime Agency, under the direction of the Ministry of Transport, supported future cooperation with the Departments of Homeland [...]	2007-09-12 06:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ETRD EWWT PTER UP
07KYIV2286	UKRAINE: IUD'S TARUTA ON REGIONS, ELECTIONS, AND [...] (C) Summary. In a marathon three-hour meeting, reclusive Industrial Union Donbas (IUD) owner Serhiy Taruta and his more politically-active partner Vitaliy Haiduk gave the Ambassador their views on the elections, Regions party leaders, and the current gas deal with Russia, especially their conc [...]	2007-09-13 10:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET PINR UP
07KYIV2290	UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE DISCOURAGED FROM THE TOP DOWN [...] (C) Summary. Conversations with Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) Leader Yuriy Lutsenko, First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko, and members of the bloc's regional headquarters show a political movement struggling to keep pace with the more aggressive Tymoshenko Bloc. Lutsenko and Mrs. Yushc [...]	2007-09-13 10:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2336	UKRAINE: LEADING POLITICIANS VIE FOR REPUTATION AS MOST [...] (U) Summary: PM Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leader Yuliya Tymoshenko held dueling meetings with investors on September 10 to present their plans to improve the investment and business climate. Tymoshenko promised to push forward transparent privatizations, open up energy exploration to for [...]	2007-09-14 08:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV235	UKRAINE: SHCHERBAN CASE BEING SWEPT UNDER RUG [...] (C) Summary. It appears increasingly unlikely that former Sumy governor Volodymyr Shcherban, accused of election rigging and a number of other serious charges, will end up in court. Shcherban, who fled to the U.S. in the spring of 2005 to avoid arrest in Ukraine, was detained for overstaying h [...]	2007-02-01 12:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UP
07KYIV2383	GOU RAISES THE STAKES AGAINST IATA, AND BACKS DOWN [...] (C) On August 30 the GOU suspended all cross border activities of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in its latest move against the world airline industry's trade group. In a subsequent meeting with the Ambassador, however, Minister of Economy Anatoly Kinakh agreed to stop imp [...]	2007-09-14 11:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD KTIA PREL UP
07KYIV2385	UKRAINE: INDUSTRY WINS LANDMARK INTERNET PIRACY CASE [...] Summary: A Ukrainian record company won a court case on September 13 against the infamous Ukrainian music download site mp3.ua. To our knowledge, it is the first time a music company has successfully won a civil case against an online music pirate in a Ukrainian court. The court ruling impose [...]	2007-09-15 12:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
07KYIV2392	UKRAINE'S WTO NEGOTIATOR WANTS TO WRAP UP [...] (C) Summary: During a September 17 meeting, Ukraine's lead WTO negotiator Valeriy Pyatnytskiy complained that talks with Kyrgyzstan on a WTO bilateral agreement had stalled. Kyrgyzstan had rejected Ukraine's most recent proposal, and Pyatnytskiy believed that "one or more third parties" were [...]	2007-09-18 04:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO KG UP
07KYIV2401	UKRAINE: COALITION SCENARIOS IN A CLOSE RACE [...] (C) Summary and comment. With reliable polling suggesting that no one party will win an outright majority on its own in the September 30 elections, a coalition will have to be formed either based on an orange variant, a broad coalition that in some way joins the Party of Regions and Our Ukrai [...]	2007-09-18 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2402	UKRAINE: KIROVOHRAD: IT'S A TWO PARTY RACE, [...] (SBU) Summary: In conversations with Kirovohrad's Communist mayor, Our Ukraine Governor, and various campaign workers regarding preparations for the September 30 elections, opinion across the spectrum was that Regions and BYuT will be the top two vote getters with about 25-30 percent each, w [...]	2007-09-18 13:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
07KYIV2417	UKRAINE: NATO, RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ISSUES ENTER [...] (C) Summary. Party of Regions' recent decision to call for a referendum on neutrality (local shorthand for no NATO membership),and an official status for the Russian language resurrects divisive election themes, present in 2004 and 2006, that the major parties had tried to keep quiet so far [...]	2007-09-19 12:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2479	UKRAINE: SEPTEMBER 30 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS A [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainians will go to the polls on September 30 -- for the fifth time in the past three years -- to elect a new parliament, and attempt to end the political deadlock that has gripped this country since President Yushchenko's April 2 decree dissolving the Rada. With the polls show [...]	2007-09-27 14:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2481	UKRAINE: REGIONS FOCUSES ON CAMPAIGN; PUTS ASIDE [...] (C) Summary. Pouring money and manpower into its campaign effort, Party of Regions leaders have put aside their differences to aim for another win in the September 30 Rada election -- as all polls show them doing -- but squabbles over policy direction and coalition formation could resurface in [...]	2007-09-28 02:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2489	UKRAINE/MTCR: SECURING SUPPORT FOR MODIFIED U.S. [...] (C) We relayed ref A points September 27 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Belokolos, who was at the Oslo meeting, said he would have the U.S. UAV/cruise missile proposal translated as soon as possible, distribute it to the relevant Uk [...]	2007-09-28 10:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA TSPA UP
07KYIV2490	UKRAINE: U.S. FEEDBACK ON SLV ENGINE COOPERATION [...] (S) We relayed ref A points September 27, on both the planned cooperation with the Indian Space Research Organization and a possible batch mixer sale to India's Cyano Chemisive Systems, to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Belokolos thank [...]	2007-09-28 10:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM ETTC MTCRE TSPA PREL IN UP
07KYIV2491	(S) UKRAINE/MTCR/NSG: CENTRIFUGAL CHARGING PUMPS [...] (S) On September 27, MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos provided us with a non-paper regarding delivery to China of centrifugal charging pumps to China from the Ukrainian company, Sumy Frunze Machine Building Scientific Production Associatio [...]	2007-09-28 10:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC TSPA PK CH UP
07KYIV2496	UKRAINE: MYKOLAYIV -- RUNNING ON ISSUES BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The southern industrial city of Mykolayiv wrestles with a number of local issues revolving around the question of who will control the city's economic assets. Controversy centers in particular on ownership of the Black Sea Shipyard, currently in the hands of Russian businessmen, [...]	2007-09-28 12:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV PREL RS UP
07KYIV2498	UKRAINE: PARTIES LAY OUT CONCERNS, PLANS ON EVE OF [...] (C) Summary. As the campaign comes to a halt September 28 at midnight, all three major parties -- Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense, BYuT, and Party of Regions -- have laid out their final positions, telling international observers that they will abide by any election results that the internat [...]	2007-09-28 13:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2500	UKRAINIAN GOVT RELAXES QUOTAS ON GRAIN EXPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: A September 26 GOU decision imposes new quota levels on grain exports as of November 1. The new quotas are significantly looser than the excessively restrictive ones currently in place, but still appear to be on the conservative side, especially since they cover a longer-than-ex [...]	2007-10-01 02:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR WTRO UP
07KYIV2501	UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS: A NEW ORANGE COALITION COULD [...] (C) Summary: A renewed "orange coalition" could potentially capture enough Rada seats to form the new government, according to several nationwide exit polls. As of noon October 1, counting continues and the Central Election Commission (CEC) has posted about 54% of the results, although there [...]	2007-10-01 07:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2505	UKRAINE: CABINET OF MINISTERS APPROVES VANCO PSA [...] THIS INFORMATION IS COMMERCIALLY SENSITIVE AND SHOULD NOT BE SHARED OUTSIDE OF THE USG. 2. (C) Summary. On September 26 the Cabinet of Ministers approved the production sharing agreement (PSA) for oil and gas exploration in the Black Sea with Houston-based Vanco. Vanco told the GOU it woul [...]	2007-10-02 11:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PINR EINV UP
07KYIV2508	UKRAINE: ALL SIDES WAIT WHILE ELECTIONS SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary. As votes continued to trickle into the Central Election Commission on October 2, parties remained for the most part constrained, holding off on both court challenges and coalition negotiations until the final count is announced. With more than 97 percent of the vote counted by 5 [...]	2007-10-02 12:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2515	UKRAINE: MILITARY HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID REQUESTED [...] (U) Per input received ref A, we joined UK Embassy Head of Political Section Duncan Allan on a joint demarche October 3 to MFA UN Directorate head Petro Datsenko to request that Ukraine consider providing six to twelve military utility helicopters (ref C) for UNAMID (United Nations-African Unio [...]	2007-10-03 12:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO SU UK UP
07KYIV2517	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO CALLS FOR PARTIES TO BEGIN [...] (C) Summary. With less than one half of one percent of the vote still uncounted, the political parties are starting to slowly extend feelers on various coalition formations. President Yushchenko made the biggest stir of the day by holding a press conference in which he called on all the parti [...]	2007-10-03 13:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2522	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH SUGGESTS REGIONS WON'T ACCEPT [...] (C) Summary: PM Yanukovych told the Ambassador October 3 that Regions had the right to form the government as the party with the most votes and was willing to negotiate with all of the parties to form a coalition, but that it could not accept an orange coalition and government. According to Y [...]	2007-10-04 13:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2533	UKRAINE: FRUSTRATION UP IN ORANGE CAMP AS [...] (C) Summary. Key players in the past two days have told us that they believe President Yushchenko is leaning towards a broad coalition, although BYuT and part of Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense are fighting hard for an orange government. An ebullient Presidential Administration head Baloha [...]	2007-10-05 13:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2542	UKRAINE: GOU TELLS IATA ALL ISSUES RESOLVED: IATA [...] (SBU) On September 20, the GOU told the International Air Transport Association (IATA) that all issues regarding IATA's Billing and Settlement Program (BSP),including its ticket stock, had been officially resolved and IATA was no longer in danger of being shut down (ref C). The Ministry of Fi [...]	2007-10-09 11:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD KTIA PREL UP
07KYIV2546	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT PUSHES FOR QUICK COALITION [...] (C) Summary. President Yushchenko has tried to jump start negotiations on forming a new governing coalition by calling all five political forces represented in the new Rada to a meeting October 8 and instructing them to submit proposals on the prime minister and coalition within five days. He [...]	2007-10-09 14:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2555	UKRAINE: NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, BALL IN BALOHA'S [...] (C) Summary. Conversations on October 10 with key advisers for Yuliya Tymoshenko and PM Viktor Yanukovych, Hryhoriy Nemyria and Serhiy Lyovochkin respectively, underscore what we have been hearing for the past week -- the ball on coalition formation is in Yushchenko's court, but it may be Pre [...]	2007-10-10 13:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2566	UKRAINE: DASD CAGAN REQUESTS PLUS-UP IN IRAQ [...] (U) Action Request: See paragraph 13. 2. (C) Summary. In consecutive meetings with Ukrainian Chief of Defense, General of the Army Serhiy Kyrychenko, Minister of Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko, and Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Veselovsky on October 8, visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of [...]	2007-10-12 02:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ UP US
07KYIV2575	UKRAINE: COALITION SOUNDING ORANGE--FOR TODAY [...] (C) Summary. As the five-day timeline President Yushchenko gave to the parties to submit coalition proposals draws to a close, BYuT and Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense took public steps intended to demonstrate that the orange coalition is close to becoming a reality. Tymoshenko and three re [...]	2007-10-12 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2588	UKRAINE: CLOCK TICKING ON RADA AND COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Central Election Commission announced the official election results late on October 15, which triggers the next steps in seating the new Rada and then the formation of a government. The CEC must promulgate the results within 5 days, the Rada must open within 30 days after [...]	2007-10-16 12:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2634	UKRAINE: PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT AND OU-PSD [...] (C) Summary. Leader of Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc Yuriy Lutsenko and Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Roman Bezsmertniy told the Ambassador in separate SIPDIS meetings October 16 that OU-PSD and President Yushchenko would support an orange coalition and Tymoshenko to [...]	2007-10-17 12:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2653	UKRAINE: REGIONS AND SOME IN OU OPPOSE TYMOSHENKO, [...] (C) Summary. As they await the official promulgation of the election results, which has been slowed by court appeals, the major parties are clarifying their positions on coalition formation. Prime Minister Yanukovych rejected the idea of the technocratic government outlined by members of the [...]	2007-10-19 12:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2671	UKRAINE:TALK OF REMOVING RUE FROM GAS DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Local reaction to Gazprom Chairman Medvedev's comments (ref b) about removing RosUkrEnergo (RUE) from the gas deal have ranged from positive to muted. Minister of Fuels and Energy Boyko told Ambassador he had heard nothing from the Russians about possibly removing RUE from the ga [...]	2007-10-23 12:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD PREL RS UP
07KYIV2672	UKRAINE: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) [...] (C) We provided ref A report October 23 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov. At the same time, we provided information copies of U.S. papers and positions contained refs B-E (on space launch vehicles and ballistic missiles, U.S. propos [...]	2007-10-23 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA TSPA UP
07KYIV2673	UKRAINE: READ-OUT OF MOSCOW TWO-PLUS-TWO MEETING [...] (U) We drew on ref A October 23 to brief MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov and Counselor Rustam Rustamov on the results of the U.S.-Russia "2-plus-2" discussions held October 12-13 in Moscow. Belashov, who was on his way the same aftern [...]	2007-10-23 13:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO EU EZ PL RS UP
07KYIV2676	UKRAINE: SAA TELLS IATA TICKET STOCK OK, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 19 in Kyiv, State Aviation Administration (SAA) officials confirmed to visiting International Air Transport Association (IATA) officials that the dispute surrounding IATA's paper tickets (ref D) had been solved, and that sanctions against IATA had been lifted. Howeve [...]	2007-10-24 09:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD KTIA PREL UP
07KYIV2677	UKRAINE: MILITARY HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID -- SECOND [...] DCM spoke October 24 with MFA Second Territorial Department Director Ihor Hrushko to relay ref A request for Ukraine to consider contributing helicopters or other critical force multipliers/enablers required for the UN/African Union hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur, Sudan (UNAMID). DCM [...]	2007-10-24 12:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO SU UP
07KYIV2678	UKRAINE: FORMER PM YEKHANUROV ON TYMOSHENKO, [...] (C) Summary. Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense Rada deputy and former Prime Minister Yekhanurov told the Ambassador October 24 that he did not believe Tymoshenko would be a good prime minister, but he will vote for her if that is the decision his bloc makes. He added, however, that his conti [...]	2007-10-24 12:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2713	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH AND TYMOSHENKO WAIT FOR [...] (C) Summary and Comment: PM Yanukovych and his potential successor, Yuliya Tymoshenko, met separately October 24-26 with Colin Powell and Richard Holbrooke, both of whom were in Kyiv to deliver speeches at the invitation of the Pinchuk Foundation, established by businessman and Kuchma son-in-la [...]	2007-10-26 12:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2714	UKRAINE: Cuba Embargo Resolution at UNGA -- Demarche [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel points regarding the Cuba embargo resolution October 26 to MFA Second Territorial Department Director (A/S equivalent) Ihor Hrushko. Hrushko noted that Cuba continues to provide substantial assistance for the "Chornobyl children" (belonging to families affected by th [...]	2007-10-26 12:44:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD UNGA UN CU US UP
07KYIV2720	UKRAINE: MILITARY HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID -- UPDATE [...] (SBU) As noted ref A, DCM had a follow-up meeting October 26 with MFA Second Territorial Department Director Ihor Hrushko concerning ref B request for Ukraine to consider contributing helicopters or other critical force multipliers/enablers required for the UN/African Union hybrid peacekeeping [...]	2007-10-29 13:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO SU UP
07KYIV2721	UKRAINE: CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN [...] DCM delivered reftel talking points and David Walker's biographic information October 26 to MFA Second Territorial Department Director Ihor Hrushko, after we had earlier conveyed the biographic information to MFA UN and Other International Organizations Counselor Petro Datsenko. Hrushko promis [...]	2007-10-29 13:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA UN UP
07KYIV2744	UKRAINE: RADA PREPARATIONS SLOWLY ADVANCING [...] (C) Summary. The process of preparing to seat the new Rada is moving forward slowly, while fissures in the orange coalition continue to appear even before it has officially become a coalition. As required by law, the Central Election Commission is now registering MPs and all five factions h [...]	2007-11-02 13:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2748	UKRAINE: YOUNG DEPUTIES UNDERSCORE PARTY DIVIDES [...] (C) Summary. A lunch with three young MPs, all under 35 years old, underscored the fact that the three main factions share common policy ideas, but have such strained relations that any cooperation in the next year or two could be situational and uneven. Olena Bondarenko (Regions),Yuriy Pav [...]	2007-11-05 11:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2752	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FINALLY TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Embassy DCM Shahar Arieli confirmed that President Victor Yushchenko plans to visit Israel in mid-November and that he would also visit Ramallah and meet with Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, although he noted that previous planned visits did not m [...]	2007-11-06 08:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IS UP
07KYIV2753	UKRAINE: PSI Eastern Shield Exercise, October 29-31, Odesa, [...] (U) Summary: Ukraine and Poland sponsored a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Eastern Shield demonstration, with Romanian, Georgian, Moldovan, and Bulgarian participation, October 29-31 in Odesa, Ukraine. The demonstration, planned as the first PSI exercise in the Black Sea region, empl [...]	2007-11-06 09:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER KCRM PREL KNNP UP
07KYIV2759	UKRAINE: IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) With regard to all the scenarios contained in reftel, Ukraine's parliament must approve the deployment of Ukrainian military units in peacekeeping operations (PKO),while the President can authorize the participation of individual members of the military in PKOs by the issuance of a Presid [...]	2007-11-06 11:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ UP
07KYIV2766	UKRAINE: COALITION POSSIBILITIES - READING THE [...] (C) Summary: With the opening of the Rada on the horizon and after five weeks of coalition discussions between representatives of all of the major parties and President Yushchenko, we have boiled down the main number of possibilities for the next government to four -- an orange coalition led [...]	2007-11-07 14:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2794	UKRAINE: MFA Statement on Russian CFE Treaty Suspension [...] (SBU) The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, on November 8, issued a statement expressing its alarm over the Russian Duma decision to suspend the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty's provisions. The strong statement continues the Ukrainian MFA's concern and engagement over the issue (reftels) [...]	2007-11-08 14:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP
07KYIV2806	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT'S DEMANDS STRAIN OU; REGIONS [...] (C) Summary. While the parties are slowly going through the procedures to prepare for a new Rada, the orange coalition is either close to completion or teetering on the edge of self-destruction, reportedly pushed by President Yushchenko, his Chief of Staff Baloha, and NSDC Secretary Plyushch. [...]	2007-11-09 14:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2810	UKRAINE: Black Sea Strategy Presented to German Marshall [...] (SBU) Summary: Academics and NGO representatives considered the Euro-Atlantic community's approaches to the "Eastern European neighborhood" during a conference held in Kyiv October 26-27. Despite the theme, conference participants were focused on Ukraine and particularly Ukraine's prospects fo [...]	2007-11-13 10:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO PBTS SENV EWWT PARM EUN UP
07KYIV2813	UKRAINE: KYIV MAYOR ONCE AGAIN UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT [...] (C) Summary. Many consider the Mayor of Kyiv to be the fourth most powerful political post in the country, after the President, PM, and Speaker of the Parliament. Both the Yuliya Tymoshenko (BYuT) Bloc and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) made the dismissal of Kyiv mayor Leonid Che [...]	2007-11-13 13:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV282	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO POISONING CASE REMAINS [...] (SBU) Summary. More than two years after his inauguration as President, Viktor Yushchenko's face no longer has the huge chloracne bumps and pallid grey color resulting from his poisoning by dioxin in September 2004, and his Swiss doctors claim that 80 percent of the dioxin has left his syste [...]	2007-02-02 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2820	UKRAINE: RESOURCE NATIONALISM REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine has relatively small reserves of oil and natural gas, but is the world's largest hydrocarbon transit country, moving 75.8% of Russia's natural gas to Europe. Ukraine imports 77% of its natural gas and 79% of its oil needs almost exclusively from Russia. As a legacy of S [...]	2007-11-14 12:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ETRD PREL UP
07KYIV2821	UKRAINE'S APPROACH TO INVESTMENT PROMOTION: "WHY DO WE NEED [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine continues to trail behind most of its neighbors in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The GOU was slow to recognize its role in this sphere, although it finally created a lead investment promotion agency, called InvestUkraine, in 2005. InvestUkraine, with USAI [...]	2007-11-14 13:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EAID UP
07KYIV2824	UKRAINE SIGNS BILATERAL WTO AGREEMENT WITH KYRGYZSTAN, [...] Summary: Ukraine signed a WTO bilateral agreement with Kyrgyzstan on November 14, removing the major hurdle to accession. The GOU agreed to pay $27.3 million worth of humanitarian assistance to Kyrgyzstan in order to secure the deal. Meanwhile, the GOU reports that it has also signed an agree [...]	2007-11-15 13:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP

07KYIV2829	UKRAINE: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Ref A relayed information passed by Ukraine's UN mission that Ukraine will vote in favor of the four country-specific resolutions in the UNGA Third Committee and against any no-action motion. In ref C, we reported on delivery of U.S. points regarding the draft resolution "On Condemning th [...]	2007-11-16 11:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA KWMN AORC UN UP
07KYIV283	UKRAINE: OLD FACES, PRACTICES RETURN TO MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary. Since the ouster of outspoken "orange" Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko December 1 and the appointment of compliant Vasyl Tsushko in his place, some old faces and practices from the pre-Orange Revolution era have returned to the Ministry and police. Of note were the appointments [...]	2007-02-02 15:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV2831	UKRAINE: PEACEKEEPERS AND KOSOVO POST-INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) This is a request for Department guidance. Please advise on how we should respond to Ukrainian Defense Minister Hrytsenko's inquiry on contingency planning for possible Kosovo independence. 2. (C) During a November 15 meeting with EUR DAS David Kramer, Defense Minister Hrytsenko inquir [...]	2007-11-16 12:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KDEM UNMIK OSCE YI MD RS UP
07KYIV2832	UKRAINE: 2008 GAS NEGOTIATIONS UNDERWAY--NOTHING [...] (SBU) Summary. 2008 Gas Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia continued in Moscow this week. Ukrainian Minister of Fuel and Energy Yuriy Boyko announced in the press that natural gas pricing negotiations with Russia's state-owned gas company, Gazprom, that Ukraine would pay close to $160 p [...]	2007-11-16 13:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2833	UKRAINE: ODDS MOUNTING AGAINST A TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) Summary: After visiting EUR DAS Kramer's series of meetings with top Ukrainian political figures, it is clear that the path to the premiership for Yuliya Tymoshenko will be difficult and is still far from certain. Presidential Administration head Baloha said that he was "101%" certain tha [...]	2007-11-16 14:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2844	UKRAINE: KREMENCHUK OIL REFINERY CRISIS REMAINS UNRESOLVED [...] (U) Summary. A longstanding, complicated legal dispute over the ownership of shares in Ukrtatnafta, a company established in 1994 that owns and operates Ukraine's largest oil refinery in Kremenchuk, recently culminated in the physical enforcement by police on October 19 of a Sumy Court of App [...]	2007-11-19 12:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
07KYIV2858	UKRAINE: PREPARING FOR THE NATO BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. We need to engage now with Ukraine to craft a role for this important partner at the April 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest even as Ukrainian political forces are focused on building a coalition and forming a new government. While President Yushchenko, FM Yatsenyuk, and Minister of [...]	2007-11-21 13:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL UP
07KYIV2865	UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION GROUP [...] Summary: GOU, Embassy and industry representatives discussed IPR issues of importance to pharmaceutical producers at a November 21 Enforcement Cooperation Group (ECG) meeting. The Ambassador emphasized the importance of IPR enforcement generally, and for the pharmaceutical industry specifical [...]	2007-11-23 13:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
07KYIV2871	UKRAINE: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism -- [...] This is an action cable. See para 6. 2. We used talking points and delivered the proposed outline for a global nuclear detection architecture model guidelines document November 21 to MFA Political Department Political Planning Division chief Oleh Klynchenko. In doing so, we emphasized the n [...]	2007-11-26 11:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER EAIR EWWT KNNP KGIC US UP
07KYIV2889	UKRAINE: UKRTELECOM LAUNCHES 3G MOBILE PHONE SERVICE [...] (SBU) On November 14 EconOffs met with representatives of state fixed-line monopoly Ukrtelecom to discuss the November 1 roll out of its 3G (third generation) communication services in six major cities under the U'tel trademark. Igor Syrotenko, Ukrtelecom's Deputy Chairman for Marketing and S [...]	2007-11-26 12:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS BEXP EINT UP
07KYIV2892	UKRAINE: DNIPROENERGO - AN EXAMPLE OF INTRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man and a key financial sponsor of the Party of Regions, recently acquired 40 percent ownership in financially troubled Dniproenergo, a large power generation company, through a controversial share issuance. Most observers believe that Akhmetov [...]	2007-11-26 13:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
07KYIV2894	UKRAINE: CONVENTIONAL FORCES IN EUROPE AND MISSILE [...] On November 26, we provided the background information contained ref A on U.S.-Russia discussion on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty and missile defense (MD) to MFA Arms Control Counselor Rustam Rustamov and Attache Katerina Bila. (We had originally scheduled a meeting with Arms [...]	2007-11-27 07:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MARR PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP
07KYIV2902	UKRAINE: U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS -- DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered ref A talking points and text of the U.S.-Iraq Statement of Principles November 27 to Third Territorial Department Middle East Division Acting Director Mykola Leshchenko and U.S. and Canada Desk Director Yuriy Nykytiuk. We emphasized the U.S. desire to consult on the best pos [...]	2007-11-27 13:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ UP
07KYIV2923	UKRAINE: ORANGE COALITION ANNOUNCED, BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: Yuliya Tymoshenko's bloc (BYuT) and Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense (OU-PSD) announced the successful conclusion of a coalition agreement in the Rada November 29, bringing the renewed "orange" coalition one step closer to forming a government. However, the new coalition was un [...]	2007-11-29 14:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2925	UKRAINE: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA [...] Post provided detailed information on child labor in Ukraine last year (ref B),the first time that Ukraine was covered by this Trade and Development Act (TDA) reporting requirement. As requested by ref A, below Post provides updated information on child labor issues. 2. Post will also sen [...]	2007-11-30 11:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM UP
07KYIV2928	(S) UKRAINE: ARSENAL DESIGN BUREAU AND CHINESE [...] (S) We relayed reftel information November 30 regarding Ukrainian Arsenal Design Bureau's potential business with the Beijing Institute of Aerospace Control Devices and with affiliates of the China Sanjiang Space Group to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor [...]	2007-11-30 11:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC CH UP
07KYIV2932	UKRAINE: ARMS SALES TO BURMA - DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) We delivered reftel talking points urging termination of arms deals with Burma on November 30 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Belokolos noted that, while conventional arms sales were not in his direct portfolio, MFA was aware of the general n [...]	2007-11-30 12:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM BM UP
07KYIV296	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO NOMINATES OHRYZKO AS FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. President Yushchenko nominated First Deputy (and currently Acting) Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko February 5 to replace former FM Tarasyuk, defying general expectations that Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Oleksandr Chaliy would be nominated. Ohryzko's nomination [...]	2007-02-05 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2967	UKRAINE: GETTING TO GOVERNMENT - ORANGE COALITION [...] (C) Summary: After a day of parliamentary maneuvering, the orange coalition parties of Yuliya Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko mustered a slim-227 majority vote to elect 33-year old Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the Speaker of the Rada. The successful vote showed that the coalition i [...]	2007-12-05 13:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2973	UKRAINE: RADA PREPARES TO VOTE ON TYMOSHENKO'S PM [...] (C) Summary: In a move that surprised many, especially the parliamentary opposition, on December 6, President Yushchenko submitted the nomination of Yuliya Tymoshenko to the Rada for a vote, just hours after receiving her nomination from the orange coalition via newly-elected Rada Speaker Yatse [...]	2007-12-06 10:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2977	UKRAINE: RADA SCHEDULES PM VOTE FOR DECEMBER 11 [...] (C) Summary. Rada Speaker Yatsenyuk ended another day of finger-pointing and delaying tactics in the Rada by announcing that the parliament would hold the confirmation vote on Tymoshenko as Prime Minister on Tuesday December 11 -- the end of the five-day deadline for considering a prime minis [...]	2007-12-07 12:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2985	UKRAINE: PLANNING FOR EURO 2012 SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2012 European Soccer Championship (Euro 2012),to be co-hosted with Poland, offers Ukraine opportunities to attract USD billions in foreign investment, improve the business climate, and make needed infrastructure upgrades. The event, which attracts an immense following in [...]	2007-12-10 07:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV PL UP
07KYIV3034	UKRAINE: MOI AND MFA DISCUSS PLANS TO FIGHT [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The Ukrainian Government is taking steps to combat the increase in racially-motivated crimes in Ukraine this year. Acting Minister of Interior Korniyenko highlighted to the Ambassador several initiatives undertaken by the Ministry including increased security for di [...]	2007-12-10 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UP
07KYIV3035	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PM VOTE COMES DOWN TO THE WIRE [...] (C) Summary. The December 11 vote on Tymoshenko's candidacy is shaping up to be a nail-biter, with three members of OU-PSD reportedly now in the hospital for various medical problems, Regions still threatening to block the rostrum, and disputes over Cabinet positions straining the coalition. [...]	2007-12-10 13:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV3036	UKRAINE: COALITION AGREEMENT TOO BROAD TO BE [...] (C) Summary. Should Yuliya Tymoshenko be confirmed as Prime Minister -- a vote is scheduled for December 11 -- her government program would be based on the coalition agreement, a wide-ranging 81-page document that promises sweeping reforms across the board with an emphasis on social programs, [...]	2007-12-10 14:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV3039	UKRAINE: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE AND [...] On December 11, we delivered ref A non-paper providing U.S. plans to sponsor a 5th anniversary Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) conference to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Oleksandr Bondarenko and Attache Maryna Stroga. Bondarenko opined that Deputy Fore [...]	2007-12-11 12:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP PHSA KTIA EWWT UP
07KYIV3048	UKRAINE: PM GRIDLOCK ILLUSTRATES DYSFUNCTION OF [...] (C) Summary. Disorganization and infighting within the orange coalition, particularly within the President's Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense party, and continued intransigence by the Party of Regions have stymied the confirmation of Yuliya Tymoshenko as Prime Minister. The December 11 vote [...]	2007-12-12 12:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV3058	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ'S FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTY A GROWING [...] (U) Summary. NaftoHaz Ukraine, the state-owned gas and oil company that accounts for 10 percent of GDP, could well be close to bankruptcy. NaftoHaz's losses and debts have mounted as the GOU continues to set domestic gas prices that are too low to cover the rising cost of gas imports, and be [...]	2007-12-13 10:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG UP
07KYIV3065	EN2008FEB(UKRAINE): NOMINATION FOR FEBRUARY USPTO-GIPA [...] In response to ref A, Post nominates the following Ukrainian officials, in priority order, to participate in USPTO's Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) training on IPR enforcement at USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, February 11-14, 2008: -- Ms. Tatyana Sapalyova, Judge, Vi [...]	2007-12-14 10:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
07KYIV3066	UKRAINE: PM VOTE SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 18 [...] (C) Summary. The Rada approved an agenda for the December 18 session that will include a vote on the PM, the Government, deputy speakers, and the distribution of committee chairmanships. In spite of their best efforts, Rada Speaker Yatsenyuk and the orange coalition were unsuccessful Decembe [...]	2007-12-14 10:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV3071	UKRAINE COAL MINE DISASTER: HOW CORRUPTION KILLS [...] (SBU) Summary: A November 18 explosion at the Zasyadko Coal Mine killed 101 miners in Ukraine's worst coal mine accident since independence. Subsequent explosions killed another five miners and mine rescuers. The Zasyadko mine has one of the country's worst safety records. Its director, Yuk [...]	2007-12-17 09:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN PGOV ELAB EAID UP
07KYIV3074	UKRAINE: DRAFT UNSCR IRAQ TEXT PROVIDED [...] (C) We delivered ref A talking points and text of the draft UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) on Iraq December 14 to Third Territorial Department Middle East Division Acting Director Mykola Leshchenko, Iraq Desk Officer Mykola Radchenko, and UN and Other International Organizations UN des [...]	2007-12-17 12:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EFIN PARM UNSC IZ UP
07KYIV3084	UKRAINE: A VISIT TO AN UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE FACILITY [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff and Econ Assistant traveled to the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in Western Ukraine to visit officials from the Prykarpattiatransgaz (PTG) gas transportation company, gas compressor stations and the underground gas storage facility near the town of Bogorodchany. Built between [...]	2007-12-18 13:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON UP
07KYIV3086	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO ELECTED AS PM; NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: After several weeks of debate and uncertainty, the orange coalition came together and confirmed Yuliya Tymoshenko as the new prime minister of Ukraine on December 18. Tymoshenko was confirmed with 226 votes, the minimum number of votes necessary in the 450-member Rada. Only MPs f [...]	2007-12-18 13:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV3087	UKRAINE: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism -- [...] The Ukrainian MFA responded to the delivery of the proposed outline for a global nuclear detection architecture model guidelines in diplomatic note 411/20-011-2060 dated December 14, 2007. The diplomatic note observed that the Ukrainian side supported the draft guidelines. The diplomatic note [...]	2007-12-18 13:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER EAIR EWWT KNNP KGIC US UP
07KYIV3088	UKRAINE: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism -- [...] The Ukrainian MFA responded to the delivery of the proposed outline for a global nuclear detection architecture model guidelines in diplomatic note 411/20-011-2060 dated December 14, 2007. The diplomatic note observed that the Ukrainian side supported the draft guidelines. The diplomatic note [...]	2007-12-18 13:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER EAIR EWWT KNNP KGIC US UP
07KYIV3102	UKRAINE: WHO'S WHO IN THE TYMOSHENKO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The new Tymoshenko government, confirmed by the Rada December 18, is an interesting mix of PM Tymoshenko loyalists and President Yushchenko loyalists, and of experienced politicians and technocratic newcomers. Disagreements over Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense slots between the [...]	2007-12-20 05:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV315	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Secretary Gates, your meeting with President Yushchenko at Wehrkunde next week comes at a time when the struggle between Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych for political dominance and the right to define national security, defense, and foreign policy has intensified. Recent legislation [...]	2007-02-07 15:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UP
07KYIV3154	UKRAINE: BOHATYREVA APPOINTMENT MUDDIES REGIONS [...] (C) Summary. With Regions finally settling into its role as the opposition, and both Prime Minister Tymoshenko and Regions leader Yanukovych making efforts to be constructive, President Yushchenko's decision to name deputy leader of Party of Regions Raisa Bohatyreva Secretary of the National [...]	2007-12-27 09:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV3157	UKRAINE: SHAPING OUR MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Prime Minister Tymoshenko's government has begun delineating its internal setup/workflow and the structures and processes for interacting with the President's team and parliamentary opposition. In turn, President Yushchenko is pushing forward his own initiatives aime [...]	2007-12-27 11:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
07KYIV3165	ECONOMIC POLICY AND THE NEW GOU: PROGRESS, BUT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has sent out mixed signals on her plans for the Ukrainian economy. She continues to say many of the right things on economic matters, yet some of her populist campaign promises convey a different message. Nonetheless, we expect Tymosh [...]	2007-12-28 12:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV331	2/9 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE: KYRGYZ BILAT [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine must sign one more bilateral Market Access Agreement, with Kyrgyzstan, as part of its accession to the WTO. Erkin Mamkulov, Kyrgyz Ambassador to Ukraine, told us that resolution of USD 27 million worth of debt, owed by Ukraine to Kyrgyzstan, is the critical remaining issue [...]	2007-02-09 15:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP KG
07KYIV332	UKRAINE: EU TROIKA MEETING LAUNCHES ENHANCED [...] (C) Summary: A February 6 EU Troika meeting in Kyiv marked the launch of a new enhanced Partnership and Cooperative Agreement intended to strengthen economic and political ties - responding to a Ukrainian push for a new kind of partnership and closer ties to the EU. The first meeting of a Wor [...]	2007-02-09 16:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UP
07KYIV361	UKRAINE: COALITION PUBLISHES, SEEKS TO AMEND, [...] (SBU) Summary. The controversial Law on the Cabinet of Ministers, which tips the balance of power toward the Prime Minister at the President's expense, continues to be a political football on Kyiv playing fields. The February 2 decision by the Rada (parliament) and Government to officially p [...]	2007-02-15 15:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV449	UKRAINE: 2007 SPECIAL 301 POST INPUT [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy recommends Ukraine remain on the Special 301 Priority Watch List, which is statutorily accompanied by Section 306 monitoring (Ref A),although the Government of Ukraine is definitely moving in the right direction on IPR protection. The GOU has followe [...]	2007-02-22 15:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
07KYIV452	UKRAINE: RADA REJECTS FM/SBU NOMINEES IN ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary. The Party of Regions-led Rada majority on February 22 rejected presidential nominees for Foreign Minister and Security Service (SBU) Chief in what appears to be the latest skirmish between the President and Prime Minister in the long-running struggle for power. Presidential Secre [...]	2007-02-22 16:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV464	UKRAINE: USITC ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION ON SILICON METAL [...] Ref A contained Post's response to ref B request for information regarding silicon metal production in Ukraine. 2. Post had filed a formal request for information with the Ministry of Industrial Policy of Ukraine, which maintains oversight of the metallurgy industry, and is responsible for s [...]	2007-02-23 14:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON UP
07KYIV466	UKRAINE: SHALL WE DANCE? TYMOSHENKO AND YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) Summary. Opposition leader Yuliya Tymoshenko and Presidential Secretariat Head Viktor Baloha separately told the Ambassador February 20-21 that there was a new, deeper cooperation agreement between Our Ukraine (OU) and the Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) in the works; both were guardedly optimisti [...]	2007-02-23 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV467	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Yuliya Tymoshenko arrives in the U.S. at a time when the feuding and deal-making between Ukraine's three major political forces is hamstringing policy-making and legislating. The struggle between President Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych for political dominance an [...]	2007-02-23 15:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV478	UKRAINE: THINKING OF ENGAGING BELARUS PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On February 16, the Ukrainians floated a proposal to extend an overture to Belarusan President Lukashenko in the hope of obtaining progress on Ukraine-Belarus border issues and cooperation in forming a united front against Russian on energy issues. The initial proposal included [...]	2007-02-26 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
07KYIV499	UKRAINE: RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC GROUPS IN ODESA CONDEMN [...] (SBU) On February 26, representatives of more than 40 religious denominations and ethnic communities from the Odesa oblast signed a joint statement condemning the February 17-18 desecration in Odesa of Holocaust memorials, a Jewish cemetery, and a memorial to a well-known Odesan Jew (reftel). [...]	2007-02-28 15:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV UNHRC UP
07KYIV540	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH LOBBIES EUROPE VIA BERLIN [...] (C) Summary: Seeking to gain public support from Germany for his government's goal of promoting Ukraine's integration with Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych made a one-day working visit February 28 to Berlin, meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and addressing a group of German [...]	2007-03-06 15:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ENRG EUN GM UP
07KYIV546	UKRAINE: ENGAGING UKRAINE ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: We passed reftel points and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LTG Obering's powerpoint presentation to MOD and MFA officials February 26-28. Ambassador's February 21 conversation with Presidential adviser, preeminent Ukrainian strategic thinker, and former rocket scientist Vo [...]	2007-03-07 09:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL EZ UP
07KYIV552	UKRAINE/MTCR: SECURING SUPPORT FOR U.S. UAV/CRUISE [...] (C) We relayed ref A points March 7 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Igor Kyzym. We alerted Kyzym that the U.S. had submitted a revised proposal on Modifications to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)/Cruise Missile Criteria as MTCR POC DOC 9. Kyzym said [...]	2007-03-07 12:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA TSPA UP
07KYIV642	UKRAINE: LUTSENKO RAIDED, INTERROGATED BY [...] (SBU) Summary: On a busy political day that heralded a potential tectonic shift in the basic blue-orange divide in Ukrainian politics, which has existed since the November-December 2004 Orange Revolution (septel),a Prosecutor General Office (PGO) investigative team launched a seven- hour se [...]	2007-03-20 17:44:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV643	UKRAINE: ALLIANCE SHIFTS - BROAD COALITION IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Internal friction inside both the opposition and the majority coalition came to a head March 20 with the latest failed vote to approve a foreign minister seeming to spark a realignment of political forces in Ukrainian politics. The morning began with parts of the coalition seemin [...]	2007-03-20 17:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV645	UKRAINE: PARLIAMENT HALTS SALE OF TRADE UNION'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ukrainian Parliament has established a moratorium on the sale of property by the Federation of Trade Unions (FPU),the successor to Ukraine's Soviet-era trade union. The move marks a surprising turn of events in an ongoing conflict between the FPU, which controls all union [...]	2007-03-21 11:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV UP
07KYIV646	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO IN BRUSSELS -- THE "EU [...] (U) Summary: Ukrainian leaders continued their tours of European capitals with President Yushchenko making Ukraine's case for EU membership during a March 8 visit to Brussels and a March 15-16 visit to Copenhagen, echoing the points Prime Minister Yanukovych made during his February 28 working [...]	2007-03-21 14:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ENRG UP
07KYIV654	UKRAINE/BELARUS SUMMIT STILL PLANNED FOR MARCH [...] (C) Summary: Plans are still proceeding for a Kyiv summit between President Yushchenko and Belarusan President Lukashenko, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky during a meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, NSC Director Sterling, and the Ambassador. Kramer warned Veselovsky that such a mee [...]	2007-03-22 08:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM ENRG EPET BO UP
07KYIV656	UKRAINE ACTION REQUEST: UNHCR CONCERNED ABOUT DROP [...] (SBU) Note: This is an action request for Moscow DHS/CIS, Mission Geneva and PRM, retransmitting the text of reftel, slightly modified. Post requests a response to the UNHCR-Kyiv claim that U.S. refusal rates of UNHCR-Kyiv referrals in 2006 jumped by 20 percent; see para 9. 2. (C) Summar [...]	2007-03-22 13:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UP UNHCR
07KYIV663	UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER DISCUSSES NATO/SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer and NSC Director Adam Sterling discussed Ukraine-NATO relations and security issues with a range of Ukrainian officials March 18-20, in addition to energy, domestic politics, Belarus, and Transnistria (septels). Presidential adviser Oleh Rybachuk described his [...]	2007-03-22 15:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UP
07KYIV665	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA: TRANSNISTRIA AND BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky told EUR DAS Kramer, NSC Director Sterling, and Ambassador March 19 that he would continue to hold the concurrent duty as Ukrainian special negotiator for Transnistria, despite rumors to the contrary. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC [...]	2007-03-22 15:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PINR RO MD UP
07KYIV666	UKRAINE: RAIDS AIMED AT LUTSENKO WIDEN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the March 20 Prosecutor General Office (PGO) early morning raid on former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko's apartment (ref A),on March 21, police allegedly broke into the Kyiv office of the Anti-Criminal Choice NGO (without a warrant) headed by Lutsenko's brother S [...]	2007-03-22 15:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR UP
07KYIV686	UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER'S DISCUSSIONS OF DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: In a wide range of conversations EUR DAS David Kramer and NSC Director Adam Sterling conducted with Ukrainian officials and commentators March 18-20, the overriding theme in domestic politics was that all branches of the government were consumed with the ongoing struggle for polit [...]	2007-03-23 15:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV687	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH DECRIES OPPOSITION'S [...] (C) Summary. Although disappointed by President Yushchenko's continued rebuffs to his invitations to work together, PM Yanukovych told visiting EUR DAS David Kramer, NSC Director Adam Sterling and the Ambassador that he remained open to a broad coalition in parliament and cooperation. Yanu [...]	2007-03-23 15:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV688	UKRAINE: 3/23 WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine has received comments regarding recently passed WTO-related legislation from members of its WTO Working Party and is working hard to respond to these comments quickly. Legislative drafting on issues of importance to the USG, such as IPR, biotechnology, and VAT on agricu [...]	2007-03-23 15:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV693	UKRAINE: NEW ECONOMY MINISTER ONBOARD FOR WTO [...] (C) Summary: At a March 23 meeting with Ambassador, new Minister of Economy Anatoliy Kinakh described Ukraine's integration with Europe as "irreversible." Ambassador encouraged Kinakh to help find a solution to the OPIC/Alliant issue, as well as a laundry list of other important bilateral iss [...]	2007-03-27 07:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EINV WTRO UP
07KYIV702	UKRAINE: THE STRUGGLE FOR SEVASTOPOL [...] (C) Summary: Sevastopol continues to be in the middle of a tug-of-war between Ukraine and Russian for the hearts and minds of its residents. Moscow Mayor Luzhkov visited Sevastopol February 21, to open a renovated Moscow-funded Russian Culture and Information Center, to visit the Russian Bla [...]	2007-03-29 08:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS UP
07KYIV705	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE [...] (C) Ambassador had a discussion on U.S. missile defense plans March 26 with parliament (Verkhovna Rada) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Vitaly Shybko. Shybko said his Committee on Foreign Affairs and the other committee of jurisdiction, the Committee on National Security and Defense, had e [...]	2007-03-29 09:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PINR RS PL EZ US UP
07KYIV746	UKRAINE: NEW ELECTIONS OR BROAD COALITION? ALL [...] (C) President Yushchenko, who has increasingly few options in his losing struggle with Prime Minister Yanukovych, is being pushed hard by his team to disband the Rada, but the President has not yet abandoned hope of reaching accommodation with Yanukovych. At the urging of opposition leader Ty [...]	2007-03-29 15:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV751	UKRAINE: MOD SAYS NO MANPADS FOR COUNTERMEASURES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S) Summary: During a March 28 meeting with Ukrspetsexport and Ministry of Defense representatives, an MOD official said that in response to the U.S. request for additional MANPADS to be used for counter measures development, other than the de [...]	2007-03-30 12:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV756	CREATION OF A GUAM SECRETARIAT CENTRAL TO GUAM'S [...] (C) Summary. First Deputy Minister of Georgia and GUAM National Coordinator Valery Chechelashvili sounded an optimistic note during our conversation with him after the March 15-16 GUAM Council of National Coordinators (CNC) meeting. Chechelashvili, slated to be GUAM's new Secretary General o [...]	2007-03-30 14:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
07KYIV757	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT-PM NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE; [...] (C) Summary. President Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych's late-night March 29 meeting ended without agreement, with the PM's team pushing for a "gentleman's agreement" and the President's advisors arguing for a written, negotiated "rules of the game" to resolve the political conflict over the c [...]	2007-03-30 14:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV758	(S) UKRAINE: YUZHNOYE LIQUID FUEL ROCKET [...] (S) We relayed reftel points March 30 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov regarding U.S. concerns about Ukrainian Yuzhnoye company's cooperation with Chinese 11 Institute on development of the RD-120 liquid-fuel rocket engine. Counselor [...]	2007-03-30 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MTCRE CH UP
07KYIV764	UKRAINE: AN AD HOC ISRAEL POLICY -- BALANCING [...] (C) Summary: Israel is home to a half million Ukrainian immigrants and the two countries had $372 million in bilateral trade in 2006. Despite Ukraine's remaining Jewish population and the large diaspora in Israel, Ukraine's relations with the Jewish State were characterized as "ad hoc" by se [...]	2007-04-02 03:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS UP
07KYIV779	UKRAINE: MISSILE DEFENSE QUESTIONS FOR U.S.; [...] (U) This is an action request for missile defense related information. See para 5. 2. (SBU) We met with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov at his request March 30. Belashov expressed his appreciation for Missile Defense Agenc [...]	2007-04-02 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PINR RS EZ PL US UP
07KYIV784	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS OVER RADA DISMISSAL [...] (C) Summary: Justifying his April 2 decree dismissing the Rada (parliament) and calling pre-term elections for May 27, President Yushchenko told G-7 ambassadors April 3 that new elections were a democratic instrument to resolve a political crisis that stemmed from a parliamentary crisis. The [...]	2007-04-03 13:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR UP
07KYIV789	UKRAINE: INTERPRETING THE CONSTITUTION: NO CLEAR [...] Summary and Comment. As Ukraine's political crisis proceeds, both sides argue that they have the constitutional and legal upperhand and are acting in support of democracy and the rule of law. President Yushchenko has dismissed the Rada, and his team maintains the Rada's powers have been curt [...]	2007-04-04 15:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV790	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO'S CALL FOR MAY 27 PRE-TERM [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 2, after several days of tense negotiations and peaceful street demonstrations, President Yushchenko announced his intention to dissolve the Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) and set May 27 as the date for new elections; his decree was officially promulgated April 3. On Ap [...]	2007-04-04 16:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV804	UKRAINE: PRESSURE ON PECHERSK COURT INCREASES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pechersk District Court became involved in the struggle over President Yushchenko's decree dismissing the Rada and setting new elections April 3 after it threw out an April 2 Rada resolution to replace the current Central Election Commission (CEC) with the previous one led [...]	2007-04-05 14:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UP
07KYIV818	Ukraine: Message on Designation of Iran's DIO Delivered [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 13:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP PARM KN IR UP
07KYIV82	UKRAINE WTO UPDATE: JANUARY 12 [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's Parliament passed a resolution on January 9 calling for a speedy conclusion to WTO accession negotiations. The GOU is working on five outstanding regulatory acts, to be issued at the Cabinet of Ministers level or below, which are required for accession. These five act [...]	2007-01-12 13:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV823	UKRAINE: RADA PASSES ANNUAL MILITARY EXERCISE [...] (SBU) The Ukrainian parliament (Rada) passed the annual exercise authorization legislation April 6, two days after rejecting it. Two U.S. exercises -- Rapid Trident and Sea Breeze -- are included in the authorization, as is one Ukrainian-Russian exercise. Yushchenko now has 15 days to sign [...]	2007-04-06 14:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MASS PREL UP
07KYIV824	UKRAINE: POWER MINISTERS GIVE ASSURANCES THAT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Defense Minister Hrytsenko, Minister of Interior Tsushko, and acting head of the Security Service (SBU) Nalyvaichenko April 6 to discuss the security situation during the ongoing political crisis. Hrytsenko was the most optimistic of the three, giving assurance [...]	2007-04-06 15:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS UP
07KYIV841	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH, YUSHCHENKO SEEKING [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador's separate conversations with Prime Minister Yanukovych and President Yushchenko on April 9 and 10, respectively, indicated both sides expressed preference for resolving the current crisis via a political compromise instead of a Constitutional Court (CC) ruling or goin [...]	2007-04-10 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV852	Ukraine: Plans for BSEC Chairmanship [...] Summary: Ukraine envisions an ambitious agenda for its chairmanship of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC) from November 2007 to April 2008, according to MFA Director for Economic Cooperation, Serhiy Korsunsky. During a recent meeting with Econoff, he solicited U.S. involvem [...]	2007-04-11 14:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL EFIN JA UP
07KYIV853	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH AND YUSHCHENKO AGREE EU [...] (C) Summary: During his March 27 visit to Brussels, PM Yanukovych said he wanted Ukraine to adopt a long-term strategy for EU membership and thanked his interlocutors for their help so far. Echoing President Yushchenko's earlier comments, Yanukovych urged the incorporation of a reference to U [...]	2007-04-11 15:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ENRG EUN UP
07KYIV871	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TAKES UP [...] (SBU) Summary. As President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych meet daily to try to reach a political compromise to end the crisis sparked by Yushchenko's April 2 decree to dismiss the Rada and call new elections and the coalition/Rada's refusal to accept the decree, attention has focuse [...]	2007-04-12 07:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV88	UKRAINE: AIRCRAFT ENGINE BUILDER MOTOR SICH AND [...] (C) Summary/comment: Ukraine's aircraft engine and industrial gas turbine producer Motor Sich occupies a dominant position in both Ukraine and Russia's aviation industries. The venerable company, which began producing aircraft engines in 1915, remains dependent on Russia for 41 percent of it [...]	2007-01-12 15:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC EAIR EIND PINR PREL RS UP
07KYIV887	MITIGATING THE PIPEDREAM: THE ODESSA-BRODY-DRUZHBA ROUTE: A [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 5, Managing Director for Ukraine of US-based GlobalNet Financial Solutions, Geoff Berlin, told EconCouns of GlobalNet's aspirations to resurrect the idea of using the Odessa-Brody-Druzhba (OBD) route to move Caspian crude through Ukraine, Slovakia, and the Czech Republi [...]	2007-04-13 07:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
07KYIV89	UKRAINE: POWER PLAY - PM YANUKOVYCH DROPS [...] (C) Summary. After a pleasant January 10 meeting between President Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yanukovych, and Rada Speaker Moroz aimed at starting 2007 on a more cooperative note, Ukraine's political dynamics took another unexpected turn January 12, with Regions abandoning cooperation with Yu [...]	2007-01-12 16:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV897	UKRAINE: 4/13 WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Top GOU officials continue to express concerns that USG comments on WTO-related legislation and the draft Working Party Report will slow down the accession process. EU diplomats in Kyiv have similarly inquired whether the comments signify a U.S. delaying tactic. Post has activ [...]	2007-04-13 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV906	UKRAINE: POLITICIANS CALCULATING ON [...] (C) Summary. While President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych continue to negotiate over whether there will be new Rada elections at some point this year, political playmakers from all parties are angling for best outcomes in the face of possible political compromise or snap elections. [...]	2007-04-13 15:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV921	UKRAINE: CODEL PRICE GREETED BY RADA CRISIS, HAS [...] (SBU) Summary. The visit Codel Price and members of the House Democracy Assistance Commission to Kyiv on April 1-3 came at a contested moment for the development of Ukraine's parliament--a constitutional crisis over whether the ruling coalition majority was formed unconstitutionally and whether [...]	2007-04-17 13:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV922	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT BEGINS HEARINGS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The Constitutional Court began full court hearings on April 17 into the constitutionality of Yushchenko's April 2 decree dismissing the Rada and calling new elections, while accusations of bribery, threats, and political pressure swirled around the proceedings. Despite earlier [...]	2007-04-17 15:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UP
07KYIV924	UKRAINE: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER YATSENYUK -- A [...] (SBU) Summary: Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine's newest and youngest foreign minister, is extremely bright and, although he has no previous experience at MFA, will pick up the full scope of his new responsibilities quickly. He puts an emphasis on the economic side of his new duties, since he has [...]	2007-04-18 05:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PREL PINR UP
07KYIV929	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PROCEEDINGS RESUME [...] (SBU) Summary. Constitutional Court deliberations of the constitutionality of President Yushchenko's April 2 decree dismissing the Rada and calling new elections resumed April 18 after a brief delay caused by opposition efforts to impede access to the court. Opposition leaders Tymoshenko, Ky [...]	2007-04-18 14:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV939	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT HEARINGS, DAY THREE: [...] (SBU) Summary. The Constitutional Court's hearings on Yushchenko's April 2 decree went more smoothly April 19 than the previous day, as Presidential Court representative Shapoval concluded his presentation and fielded questions. Shapoval, a former Constitutional Court judge and one of Ukraine [...]	2007-04-19 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV941	UKRAINE: UKRTRANSNAFTA HEAD DISCUSSES ODESA-BRODY [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with Ambassador, Ihor Kyriushyn, the chairman of Ukraine's state oil transport company UkrTransNafta and Geoff Berlin of GlobalNet Financial Solutions reviewed plans to transport Caspian crude to Europe via the Odesa-Brody-Druzhba route (reftel). Kyriushyn felt the prop [...]	2007-04-20 06:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL RS UP
07KYIV950	UKRAINE TAKES BACKWARD STEP ON AG IMPORT RULES [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's Rada (parliament) passed a law on April 10 reinstating mandatory certification of all imported agricultural products. Should it enter into force, this measure would undo progress made last November and damage ongoing efforts to resolve problems with U.S. meat imports. [...]	2007-04-20 14:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP

07KYIV960	UKRAINE: POLITICAL COMPROMISE SOUGHT AS COURT [...] (C) Summary. As President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych appeared to inch closer to a political compromise, proceedings in the Constitutional Court (CC) April 20-23 indicated that the hearings will probably continue right up to the May 1 holiday. Following a lengthy closed-door Apri [...]	2007-04-23 14:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV971	UKRAINE: SCUD INVENTORY REQUEST DELIVERED [...] (S) We delivered ref A points renewing our request for a SCUD missile inventory March 30 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov. Belashov noted the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense had the responsibility for providing the inventory and was w [...]	2007-04-24 14:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP
07KYIV973	UKRAINE: YATSENYUK'S FIRST VISIT TO WASHINGTON AS [...] (C) Summary: Arseniy Yatsenyuk is familiar with Washington as a former Economics Minister and acting and deputy head of the Ukrainian National Bank, but his visit at the end of April will be his first opportunity to discuss the full range of foreign policy issues. With respect to the bilateral [...]	2007-04-24 14:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD US UP
07KYIV975	UKRAINE: COURT CASE MOVING ALONG SLOWLY, KYIV QUIET [...] (C) Summary. Major political forces in Kyiv were relatively quiet on April 24 with all eyes still on the Constitutional Court where the Cabinet of Ministers representative Nimchenko continued to present the coalition's case. Echoing the presentation of Rada representatives, Nimchenko argued t [...]	2007-04-24 15:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV976	UKRAINE: DEFMIN HRYTSENKO OPTIMISTIC ON POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and DATT met with Minister of Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko on April 23, 2007 to discuss command and control of military forces, potential uses of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Interior in times of crisis, Hrytsenko,s inclusion on the party list of Our Ukraine (OU) [...]	2007-04-25 03:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS UP
07KYIV988	UKRAINE: COURT WRAPPING UP OPEN HEARINGS AS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Constitutional Court moved into the closed deliberation phase late on April 25, amid rumors that a judgment was expected by the end of Friday April 27 (although others predict a later decision after the May 1-9 holidays). Court deliberations April 24 had concluded late in [...]	2007-04-25 14:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV992	MUNICIPAL HEATING SITUATION IN UKRAINE STILL CRITICAL [...] (U) Summary: Many GOU agencies and international development organizations agree on the urgency of improving reliability and efficiency in the municipal heating and combined heat and power (CHP) sector, which accounts for about 16% of Ukraine's total natural gas consumption. Despite the clear [...]	2007-04-26 12:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
07KYIV993	MUNICIPAL HEATING SITUATION IN UKRAINE STILL CRITICAL [...] (U) Summary: Many GOU agencies and international development organizations agree on the urgency of improving reliability and efficiency in the municipal heating and combined heat and power (CHP) sector, which accounts for about 16% of Ukraine's total natural gas consumption. Despite the clear [...]	2007-04-26 12:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
07KYIV998	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO DECREES NEW ELECTION DATE TO [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko issued a new decree on early parliamentary elections late on April 25 in response to increasing indications that Constitutional Court was ready to deliver a quick ruling against the decree which would have bolstered the coalition's side in ongoing President- [...]	2007-04-26 15:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07MADRID167	TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS WARN AGAINST PREMATURE [...] (U) January 25, 2007; 11:30 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: Observers United States - DAS David Kramer European Union - Amb. Adriaan Jacobovits, EU Special Representative Mediators Ukraine - Deputy FM Andriy Veselovsky Russian Federati [...]	2007-02-01 08:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PBTS MD RS UP SP
07MINSK1035	BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION INVIGORATED BY U.S. VISIT [...] (C) Following a Belarusian opposition delegation's December 3-8 visit to the United States, party leaders from the United Democratic Forces (UDF) met with the Ambassador December 13. All expressed gratitude for the meetings with President Bush and Secretary Rice, and said that the private co [...]	2007-12-18 16:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BO
07MINSK123	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 8, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - GOB, Ukrainian Vice Premiers Hold Energy Talks (para. 2) - Ukraine Appoints New Ambassador to Belarus (para. 3) - Venezuela to Open Embassy in Belar [...]	2007-02-09 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK161	AMERICAN BUSINESSES WARY OF COZYING UP TO DICTATOR [...] (C) Executives from two American businesses, Microsoft and American Express Bank, asked post about the advisability of expanding their presence in Belarus. Microsoft asked for advice on which GOB officials were off-limits, and on whether to move forward with talks on upgrading the regime's co [...]	2007-02-22 15:48:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL BO
07MINSK198	UKRAINIAN CHARGE ON LUKASHENKO-YUSHCHENKO MEETING [...] (C) Ukrainian Charge Aksana Kitsun assured DCM March 5 that the Ukrainians want any meeting between Presidents Yushchenko and Lukashenko to bring concrete, positive results. She reported that Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Deputy Head for Foreign Policy Oleksandr Chaliy SIPDIS met wit [...]	2007-03-06 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
07MINSK199	LUKASHENKO FOR PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA? [...] (SBU) In late February, relatively unknown Moscow artist turned political activist Aleksandr Kanurin announced a movement to nominate Belarusian President Lukashenko as a candidate for the 2008 Russian presidential elections. The movement's website solicits people to register their names and [...]	2007-03-06 15:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO RS
07MINSK227	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Belarusian Plane Attacked in Somalia (para. 2) - Lukashenko's Kyiv Visit Postponed (para. 3) - GOB Urges UN HRC to Avoid "Double Standards" (para. 4 [...]	2007-03-16 15:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK229	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Belarusian Plane Attacked in Somalia (para. 2) - Lukashenko's Kyiv Visit Postponed (para. 3) - GOB Urges UN HRC to Avoid "Double Standards" (para. 4 [...]	2007-03-19 05:55:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK349	LUKASHENKO'S ANNUAL SPEECH FOCUSES ON [...] (U) In his annual address to the Belarusian parliament, President Lukashenko announced plans to prevent future energy crises, which include diversifying Belarus' energy supplies, building a nuclear power plant, and encouraging Belarusians to be thriftier. Naming China as Belarus' number one i [...]	2007-04-27 18:46:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
07MINSK412	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 18, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activists Protest Children's Benefits Cut (para. 2) - Opposition Calls for Solidarity with Indicted Youth (para. 3) - Opposition Seeks Legal Action against P [...]	2007-05-18 08:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK53	BFIF PROPOSAL FROM BELARUS [...] Embassy Minsk applies for funding under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund for two proposals. First, post proposes hosting a professional wine tasting to build the image of American wines in Belarus. Second, post proposes funding travel for the Embassy's Pol/Econ (formerly FCS) FSN to [...]	2007-01-22 13:19:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD BTIO AMGT EAGR EINV ETRD BO
07MINSK550	WOMEN LEADERS DIVIDED ON POTENTIAL FOR WOMEN'S [...] (C) In a recent lunch with Ambassador, several prominent women leaders praised the creation of a newly formed U.S. NGO-sponsored women's network that seeks to promote both women and democracy in Belarus. However, a number of prominent women leaders were quite discouraged about the network's a [...]	2007-06-27 14:24:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
07MINSK796	CHANGE COMING TO BELARUS WITH OR WITHOUT CIVIL [...] (SBU) The fledging Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS) held its inaugural conference September 10-12 in Kyiv. The conference represents the first attempt to gather the full spectrum of independent political and social analysts of Belarus, without GOB or political participants, t [...]	2007-09-17 12:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG BO
07MINSK976	UDF FALLING BEHIND ON JOINT CANDIDATE LIST [...] (C) Belarus' United Democratic Forces (UDF) have fallen significantly behind their self-imposed timetable for formation of a unified slate of candidates for 2008 parliamentary elections. While UDF co-chairs had hoped a candidate list would be complete by mid-November (refs B, D),USAID-funded [...]	2007-11-27 15:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID BO
07MINSK992	VITAL VOICES PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS SEMINAR WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met with participants of a summit held recently by Vital Voices in Ukraine. The conference, "Vital Voices of Eurasia: A Leadership Summit for Women and Girls," took place in Kyiv October 14-18 and highlighted successful practices that women leaders have undertaken to advance the [...]	2007-12-05 14:03:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN BO
07MOSCOW1382	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Infopulse-Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine. The company is listed [...]	2007-03-29 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1383	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Elvatech Ltd, Kiev, Ukraine. The company is listed on a [...]	2007-03-29 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1631	UKRAINE: RUSSIAN OFFICIALS CIRCUMSPECT WHILE DUMA [...] (C) GOR officials assured the Ambassador April 10 that the Russian government would continue to be an attentive observer of the Ukrainian political crisis while avoiding direct public involvement. Russian Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Sergey Prikhodko told the Ambassador that Russia w [...]	2007-04-11 14:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
07MOSCOW1723	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: VITALIY [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Vitaliy Shevchenko, Kremenchuk, Ukraine. The company is listed on BI [...]	2007-04-16 11:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
07MOSCOW1809	UKRAINE: GOR WAITING FOR COMPROMISE [...] (C) Since the early-April start of the Ukrainian government crisis, the GOR has consistently maintained that it is an internal Ukrainian affair and not amenable to Russia's overt involvement. The Ukrainian FM Yatsenyuk's April 16 visit was portrayed as "business as usual," during which the t [...]	2007-04-19 13:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
07MOSCOW2128	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) EUR A/S Daniel Fried and Russian DFM Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia and Ukraine during an April 23 discussion in Moscow lasting over an hour. Fried noted recent progress from the Georgian side (the release of an Abkhaz official arrested by the Georgians, toned-down rhetoric) and call [...]	2007-05-08 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ETRD PHUM OSCE UNSC GG UP RS
07MOSCOW4065	PUTIN-YUSCHENKO INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION [...] (C) The scheduled August 15-20 meeting between Presidents Putin and Yuschenko within the framework of the Russian-Ukrainian Intergovernmental Commission was postponed to late October or early November. MFA Ukraine Desk Head Vyacheslav Yelagin told us the GOU wanted to focus on the September 3 [...]	2007-08-21 07:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO UP RS
07MOSCOW4247	RUSSIA CALLS STATEMENTS ABOUT ITS RECONSIDERATION [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador-at-large for Black Sea Fleet issues Vladimir Dorokhin told us its diplomatic spat with Ukraine over alleged statements made by a Russian diplomat regarding Russia's legal claim on the Crimea is a "dead issue." Russia characterized as a misunderstanding the Kyi [...]	2007-08-30 02:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UK RS
07MOSCOW4526	RUSSIA: TURF BATTLE OVER TICKET DISTRIBUTION COULD [...] (C) In a September 4 meeting, Delta General Representative, Leonid Terasov, told us that Russia-based airline ticket distributor for the CIS countries, Transport Clearing House (TCH),is probably behind the Government of Ukraine's recent actions against the International Air Transport Associat [...]	2007-09-14 11:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW4550	MFA FRUSTRATED WITH UKRAINIAN POLITICS, SATISFIED [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova Viktor Sorokin told us that while senior-level contact with Ukraine continues, Russia is growing frustrated with the virtual paralysis in bilateral relations. Russia places most of the blame for the stagnation on the "divided and pre [...]	2007-09-17 08:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL ECON UK
07MOSCOW4828	RUSSIA AT A LOSS ON HOW TO BREAK IMPASSE IN [...] (C) Summary: Although Russia has observed an improvement in its bilateral ties with Moldova, the GOR remains frustrated with its inability to pressure Chisinau into a compromise on the Transnistria conflict. Russia's de facto import ban on Moldovan wine and Putin's increasingly frequent one [...]	2007-10-02 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW4849	CIS SUMMIT IN DUSHANBE: GOR EXPECTATIONS [...] (U) On October 2, the Kremlin announced that President Putin will visit Dushanbe October 4-7 to participate in the CIS Summit and two regional organizations' meetings -- Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) council meeting and a EurAsEC Interstate council meeting. GOR officials exp [...]	2007-10-03 12:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TI RS
07MOSCOW4916	RUSSIA: CIVAIR: ENTRENCHED BUSINESS INTEREST TRIES [...] (C) In a September 28 meeting, International Air Transport Association (IATA) regional representative Dmitri Shamraev noted the welcome resolution of IATA,s problems in Ukraine (reftels) but cautioned that IATA was not yet out of the woods in Russia given the entrenched position of Transportat [...]	2007-10-09 08:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5069	GAZPROM HEAD SUGGESTS ELIMINATING "MIDDLEMEN" IN [...] (SBU) On October 16, First Deputy Prime Minister and Gazprom Chairman Dmitriy Medvedev suggested on German television that Russia is willing to bypass middlemen in its gas dealings with Ukraine. The recent gas supply dispute with Ukraine and its subsequent resolution (reftels) raised question [...]	2007-10-19 06:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5231	RUSSIA'S NORTH-SOUTH ENERGY STRATEGY: A KNIFE, A [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian activism in recent years to strengthen the "north-south" energy corridor suggests an intention to slice through the conceptual "east-west" corridor, to reassert Central Asia's dependence on Russian energy routes, and to repair Russia's own fumbling gas balance. Russia ap [...]	2007-11-01 09:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5458	UKRAINE TO PAY $160 FOR GAS IN 2008; MARKET PRICES [...] (C) According to the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow, agreement has been reached on a gas price of $160 per thousand cubic meters (mcm) for Russian gas deliveries to Ukraine for 2008. The agreement also calls for a rise to "market prices" by 2011. Separately, Gazprom indicated that final details [...]	2007-11-21 06:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5497	GAZPROM-OWNED STROYTRANSGAZ ON SYRIA, OTHER [...] (C) In a November 20 meeting with Econoff, Leonid Bokhanovskiy, First Vice-President of the Gazprom-owned construction firm Stroytransgaz, confirmed that the company had completed a gas treatment facility in Syria as well as a gas pipeline from Egypt to Syria. He indicated that the company wo [...]	2007-11-23 11:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS IR IZ SY
07MOSCOW5717	GAZPROM: 2008 GAS PRICE DEAL WITH UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Confirming press reports, Gazprom International Affairs Director Ivan Zolotov told us December 5th that a deal had been concluded with Ukrainian Minister of Energy Yuriy Boyko the previous day on the 2008 gas price to Ukraine and transit fees to and through Ukraine. Zolotov said negotia [...]	2007-12-05 14:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW674	RUSSIA-MOLDOVA: TIME OUT ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Russia and Moldova began negotiating a package in secret after the reconciliation last August between SIPDIS Presidents Putin and Voronin. The package included the status of Transnistria within a neutral Moldova, the modalities of governance and peacekeeping, and assurances that Transn [...]	2007-02-15 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW871	MOSCOW MAYOR IN SEVASTOPOL: MFA DISTANCES ITSELF [...] (C) Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov's February 21 rant in Sevastopol about Russian interests in Crimea merited modest coverage on the major evening television news programs, but did not have much resonance in GOR official circles. The GOR continues to emphasize the "new maturity" in Russian-Ukrai [...]	2007-03-01 13:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
07SOFIA1312	SOFIA REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS TRAINING - ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (U) This message provides administrative and logistical information for the Regional Energy Officers Training Session to be held at Embassy Sofia December 6-7, 2007. Attendees will receive a notional schedule via email in coming days. 2. (SBU) Based on email exchanges, the following is o [...]	2007-11-16 13:29:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG OTRA BU
07STATE126089	DEMARCHE REQUEST - OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will be conducting its Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 24 through October 5 in Warsaw. The HDIM is an annual review of participating States, implementation of their OSCE commitments to human rights and fundamental freedo [...]	2007-09-07 21:53:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ECON OSCE
07STATE140068	UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following the following Ukrainian State Border Guard Service (SBGS) officers who will travel to the United States from October 6 to 13, 200 [...]	2007-10-04 16:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM UP
07STATE140070	SUBJECT: UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN [...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following Ukrainian State Border Guard Service (SBGS) officers who will visit the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center/Department of Hom [...]	2007-10-04 16:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM UP
07STATE149865	UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following Ukrainian officers who will attend a Strategy Meeting for the GUAM Task Force on Counter Terrorism on October 29 and a Post-Opera [...]	2007-10-29 13:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PGOV PHUM SNAR UP
07STATE149866	UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following Security Service of Ukraine personnel who will attend the Program on Terrorism and Security Studies (PTSS 08-2) at the George C. [...]	2007-10-29 14:02:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PGOV PHUM SNAR UP
07STATE149868	UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following individuals from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine to attend training courses at the Center of Excellency for Stability [...]	2007-10-29 14:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM UP
07STATE149870	UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following personnel of the Security Service of Ukraine who will participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Regional Drug Un [...]	2007-10-29 14:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PGOV PHUM SNAR UP
07STATE151024	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ADVANCING THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-18. The CD Ministerial in Bamako, November 14-17, will have five thematic and five regional roundtables. We ask that Posts inquire as to the priorities of host government for the ministerial and each roundtable, and share the U.S. prio [...]	2007-10-31 17:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA
07STATE161304	(S) DEMARCHE ON POTENTIAL COOPERATION BETWEEN [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kyiv please see para 6. 2. (S) Background/Objective: The United States has information indicating that as of late August 2007, Ukraine's Arsenal Design Bureau was planning to host a delegation from the Beijing Institute of Aerospace Control Device [...]	2007-11-28 21:50:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP CH
07STATE19737	PORTUGAL'S ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, the following is guidance on the Community of Democracies (CD),the role the U.S. can play in shaping both the work of the GOP-led CD Working Group "Regional and Interregional Cooperation for Democratic Governance," and priorities for Portugal's upcoming C [...]	2007-02-16 18:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PHUM PO
07STATE19832	PORTUGAL'S ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, the following is guidance on the Community of Democracies (CD),the role the U.S. can play in shaping both the work of the GOP-led CD Working Group "Regional and Interregional Cooperation for Democratic Governance," and priorities for Portugal's upcoming C [...]	2007-02-16 19:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PHUM PO
07STATE83491	THE UNITED STATES AND THE GUAM ORGANIZATION -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The 2007 Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM Summit in Baku is an opportunity for the U.S. to bolster this organization, both by complimenting GUAM on its achievements and by urging establishment of its Se [...]	2007-06-14 21:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP
07STOCKHOLM1316	AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 22 MEETING WITH FM BILDT RE [...] (c) Ambassador met October 22 with Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, reviewing the roles of Sweden and the EU in Iraq, Bildt's November 12-14 trip to the U.S.: Iraq: -- Bildt welcomed a Nov. 1 post-Bahrain MNF-I conference back-brief by NEA DAS Butler and DOD DAS Cagan. -- Sweden supports e [...]	2007-10-26 14:36:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV IZ BS SR SW
07TASHKENT514	UZBEKS REPORTEDLY ORDERS STCU PROJECTS COMPLETED [...] (C) Summary and comment: The government is preventing new Science and Technology Center of Ukraine (STCU) projects by refusing to provide host government concurrence to new proposals and denying registration to projects previously approved by the Center's Governing Board. The Academy of Scien [...]	2007-03-30 08:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP UZ
07TASHKENT971	YANUKOVYCH'S TASHKENT VISIT MARKS GRADUAL PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The Ukrainian Ambassador discussed with Charge and Poloff the recent visit to Tashkent of Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. He characterized the Ukraine-Uzbekistan relationship as complicated, particularly since the Orange Revolution, and said that Ukraine is approachin [...]	2007-05-17 00:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PRGOV ECON PINR UP UZ
07TBILISI2050	NINO BURJANADZE, THE CONSTANT GARDENER [...] (C) Summary: One of the few constants in the Georgian political landscape over the past decade has been Nino Burjanadze. Since her election to Parliament in 1995, Burjanadze has emerged as one of the most moderate voices in Georgia, a reformer with credibility at home and abroad. Both her as [...]	2007-08-14 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR GG
07TBILISI927	GEORGIAN LABOR UNIONS SEEK DIALOGUE WITH THE [...] On April 20, PolEcon deputy and Econoff met with approximately 20 trade union delegates to the Georgian Trade Unions Confederation (GTUC),representing almost 63,000 unionized workers from Telasi electricity distribution, BatumiTex Textiles, Adjara civil service, EnergyInvest (which operates t [...]	2007-04-25 08:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON GG
07THEHAGUE1376	JULY GAERC PRE-BRIEF [...] Summary: The Dutch are concerned about the lack of progress and will press for a unified European approach on Kosovo. They anticipate the upcoming Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) will be a formal ceremony without any substantive changes to the mandate text. The Dutch may provide a limited [...]	2007-07-20 05:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AL ENRG ETRD ETTC EUN IR IS KPAL PGOV PREL
07USEUBRUSSELS2984	DAS KRAMER'S QUAD CONSULTATIONS ON RUSSIA, [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-24 13:28:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EUN MARR OSCE PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
07USNATO324	A/S FRIED BRIEFS NATO PERMREPS ON SECRETARY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16 Assistant Secretary Fried told NATO PermReps that US-Russian relations, Kosovo, and the internal Russian political climate were the principal subjects of the Secretary's discussions with President Putin, FM Lavrov, and others in Moscow. The Russians took on board the [...]	2007-05-23 06:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR XB
07USNATO446	ALLIES APPRECIATE DAS KRAMER'S BRIEFING ON [...] (C) Summary: Allies praised DAS David Kramer's briefing to Allies on the US/Russia experts' talks in Washington (July 30-31) on missile defense (MD) and CFE. Allies expect US leadership in these negotiations with Russia, and greatly appreciate our efforts to brief and consult with them. Krame [...]	2007-08-06 14:54:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR KCFE RU
07USNATO632	UKRAINE'S A/FM KHANDOGIY TELLS NATO MINISTERS [...] (C) At the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) Ministerial meeting at NATO Headquarters on December 7, Acting Foreign Minister Khandogiy forecast a Ukrainian request to launch a NATO Membership Action Plan at the April 2008 Summit in Bucharest and announced Ukraine's readiness to contribute forces t [...]	2007-12-11 14:01:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR KCFE PARM BO
07VIENNA919	UKRAINIAN PM YANUKOVYCH ASKS AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR [...] (U) Austrian media has prominently reported on Ukrainian Prime Minister Yanukovych's April 5 news conference, in which he announced that he had asked Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer to mediate the political crisis in Ukraine. Austrian press reports quoted Yanukovych as pointing to Austr [...]	2007-04-06 11:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UP
07WARSAW246	DEMARCHE TO GOP ON DEPUTY PM LEPPER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Charge delivered the points from reftel to MFA Americas Director Andrzej Jarosinski, saying that the United States did not intend to interfere in the GOP's internal politics, but that we were concerned and saddened that Deputy PM and Minister of Agriculture Andrzej Lepper would receive an [...]	2007-02-05 15:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PL
07ZAGREB1060	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (SBU) COALITION NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE BETWEEN HDZ AND HSS/HSLS GROUP: On December 3, the ruling HDZ began formal talks on a possible coalition agreement with the Croatian Peasants/Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSS/HSLS) group that holds eight parliamentarians. Initial meetings on December 3 [...]	2007-12-05 15:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AMGT HR
08ANKARA1861	TURKEY: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ON NOV 13-14 BAKU [...] (C) Turkish MFA Energy Department First Secretary Berris Ekinci contacted the Embassy October 23 in hopes of learning more about the Nov 13-14 Baku Energy Summit. Ekinci expressed frustration about the lack of information from Baku and said the government of Azerbaijan had failed to respond [...]	2008-10-24 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IZ TU AJ
08ASHGABAT1509	TURKMENISTAN: CATHOLIC PRIESTS' VILLAGE VISITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Father Andrzej Madej, Charg at the Vatican Embassy and head of the local unregistered parish that operates under the auspices of the Embassy, asked a group of missionary friends in the U.S., Germany, and Slovakia to assist him during the absence of his assistant priest. The Amc [...]	2008-11-21 13:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT173	TURKMENISTAN: UKRAINE STUMBLES AS IT SEEKS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ukraine's representation in Turkmenistan is continuing to have a difficult time reviving its bilateral diplomatic and business relationship. Ukrainian diplomats are showing deep interest in the frequent arriva [...]	2008-02-05 07:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET UP CH IR TX
08ASHGABAT224	TURKMENISTAN-TO-HUNGARY NATURAL GAS: ALMOST A [...] (S) On February 12, Charge met with Polish Ambassador Maciej Lang and, separately, EU-TACIS Adviser Michael Wilson (strictly protect both throughout). Wilson was the initial source of the documentary evidence that negotiations are far advanced for Hungarian company Millander International Ltd [...]	2008-02-12 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET HU RS TX
08ASHGABAT300	TURKMENISTAN: UKRAINIAN INDUSTRIALIST MENDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: With a series of diplomatic and commercial forays in January and February, the Ukrainian government appeared to be aggressively working to resolve contractual issues that have stalled its relations with Turkmen [...]	2008-03-04 11:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV UP TX
08ASHGABAT748	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV FOLLOWS HIS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the June 6 CIS Summit in St. Petersburg, President Berdimuhamedov reaffirmed Turkmenistan's neutrality and held bilateral meetings. While expressing support for the relatively new goal of expanding economic ties among the CIS states, he again reminded attendees and observer [...]	2008-06-12 06:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV KCIS RS UP TX
08BAKU1097	BAKU ENERGY SUMMIT ADVANCES U.S. EURASIAN ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 13-14 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev hosted the IV Energy Summit in Baku, following up on previous energy summits in Krakow (May 2007),Vilnius (October 2007) and Kyiv (May 2008). Prominent attendees included the Heads of State of Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine, Lithuan [...]	2008-11-17 13:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TK
08BAKU482	INITIAL READOUT OF TURKMEN PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan President Berdimuhamedov's May 19-20 visit to Baku was a significant step in the ongoing improvement of bilateral relations. According to SOCAR President Abdullayev, although the two heads of state seems to have reached no specific agreement on offshore energy devel [...]	2008-05-23 15:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TX
08BAKU602	PRESIDENT ALIYEV PITCHES AZERBAIJAN AS STRONGER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 24 meeting with CODEL Schiff, President Aliyev outlined Azerbaijan's cooperation with the U.S., highlighting contributions in security, counter-terorrism and energy security, and contrasting them to Armenia's continuing dependence on Russia. He said Azerbaijan seeks gr [...]	2008-06-26 08:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM AM AJ
08BAKU70	RUMORS SWIRL OF MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since his 2005 appointment as Minister of Economic Development, Heydar Babayev's political influence and personal financial wealth have been growing. Many attribute his appointment to his close personal relationship with President Ilham Aliyev; the two studied in Kyiv and are ru [...]	2008-01-28 11:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ETDR ECON WTRO PINR PGOV KCOR PREL AJ
08BAKU733	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PRE-ELECTION AZERBAIJAN WITH [...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby won President Aliyev's commitment to launch an EU democracy dialogue with Azerbaijan, but met some resistance from the Foreign Minister, who suggested expanding the theme of the discussions. Azerbaijan's leaders have [...]	2008-08-05 12:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ENRG AZ
08BAKU90	AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ENERGY AND [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister appeared unaware that Iran may soon move the Alborz oil rig, while noting that Azerbaijan would respond through diplomatic and legal means if Iran moves the rig into disputed waters. Mammadyarov raised the need for an EU energy summit in Brussels, co [...]	2008-02-01 12:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG PHUM AMGT ABLD AJ IR
08BAKU946	AZERBAIJANI FONMIN AND DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaiijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov affirmed the importance of deepening bilateral cooperation, especially in the context of Vice President Cheney's recent trip and Azerbaijan's "vulnerable" geopolitical position in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Georgia. M [...]	2008-10-08 08:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG AJ
08BERLIN1166	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR LUGAR'S VISIT TO BERLIN, [...] (U) Mr. Senator: Mission Germany warmly welcomes you to Berlin. Your visit comes on the heels of the historic opening of our new Embassy on Pariser Platz on July 4, preceded by the separate June visits of President Bush and Secretary Rice. I am pleased that we will be able to host two of your [...]	2008-08-21 13:17:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1318	GERMANY LOOKING FOR SMALL STEP FORWARD IN BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA and Chancellery contacts appeared in agreement regarding Belarus and expected the EU to ease restrictions following the Belarussian parliamentary elections on September 28. The GOG hopes that the elections will reflect "an improvement over last time," which in conjunction wi [...]	2008-09-24 11:57:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL PHUM RU GG PGOV BO
08BERLIN1542	GERMANY REMAINS STUBBORN ON MAP AND ADDITIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Top German government officials emphasized to visiting USNATO Ambassador Kurt Volker November 10-11 that Germany remains strongly opposed to granting Ukraine and Georgia member action plan (MAP) status at the December 2-3 meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers. While open to giving the appl [...]	2008-11-14 18:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV AF RS GG UP GM
08BERLIN1724	GERMANY ENCOURAGING UKRAINE AND RUSSIA TO SETTLE [...] (C) Summary: We discussed reftel points with the Chancellery and Foreign Office December 30. German officials confirmed that Russia has carried out an effective lobbying campaign on the question of gas debts. We were told that Germany shares U.S. goals and is encouraging Ukraine and Russia [...]	2008-12-30 16:19:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL UP EU GM
08BERLIN744	GETTING GERMANY ON BOARD FOR MAP FOR GEORGIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. We will have to engage regularly with the German government at very senior levels over the next several months to have any hope of getting the Germans on board with extending MAP to Georgia and Ukraine at the NATO foreign ministers meeting in December. The German "nein" at Bucha [...]	2008-06-05 14:33:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO GM RS UP GG
08BISHKEK1034	CENTRAL ASIA'S FIRST REGIONAL FRAUD CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 1-2, 2008, Embassy Bishkek hosted the first Central Asian regional anti-fraud conference at Lake Issyk Kul. With fourteen participants from posts in Central Asia and representatives from USCIS Moscow, the conference was a great success as it highlighted the commonalit [...]	2008-10-08 09:49:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK1091	KYRGYZSTAN FEARS GLOBAL FINANCIAL CONTAGION [...] (C) Summary: According to an IMF source, Kyrgyz Central Bank officials fear that a Russian financial crisis could trigger a run on Kyrgyz banks with extensive international exposure. The Kyrgyz government is trying to determine appropriate steps to mitigate the impact of the global financial [...]	2008-10-29 04:39:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK385	KYRGYZ BANKING CONSOLIDATION RAISES FLAGS [...] (S) Summary: The past year has witnessed at least two Kyrgyz banks, Kyrgyz Credit Bank and Kyrgyzpromstroibank (KPSB),fall into a network of businesses allegedly controlled by President Bakiyev's son, Maxim. The Kyrgyz central bank actively participated in shifting ownership of KPSB to ass [...]	2008-04-18 10:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	EFIN ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK386	EMBASSY CAUTIONS AGAINST OPIC ROLE IN KYRGYZ BANK [...] (C) Summary: Asia Universal Bank (AUB) is seeking $10 million in Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) financing to expand its retail lending activities in the Kyrgyz Republic. AUB's request comes as AUB claims to be implementing anti-money laundering (AML) procedures, following it [...]	2008-04-18 10:48:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	EFIN ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK557	EBRD FEEDBACK REFLECTS POLITICIZED KYRGYZ BANKING [...] (C) Summary: The Kyrgyz central bank has postponed for six months any decision on ProCredit Bank's license application. ProCredit Bank, which operates in 22 countries, has EBRD backing for its plan to open in Kyrgyzstan. The EBRD resident representative told us that the central bank provid [...]	2008-05-30 11:29:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KG
08BRATISLAVA161	UKRAINIANS PRESSING SLOVAKS TO BATCH CASPIAN CRUDE [...] (C) The Ukrainian pipeline operator UkrTransNafta is aggressively pushing a one-day trial to "batch" 40,000 tons of Caspian crude from Brody in Ukraine to the Kralupy refinery in the Czech Republic. The goal, according to Bratislava-based UkrTransNafta representative Mikulas Rakovsky, is to t [...]	2008-04-10 14:19:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET LO RU UP
08BRATISLAVA496	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S OCTOBER 28 VISIT TO BRATISLAVA [...] (C) Summary. The October 28 visit of Secretary of Homeland Security Chertoff to Bratislava successfully completed Slovakia's long effort to qualify for entry into the Visa Waiver Program. During the six-hour stop, Chertoff met with President Gasparovic and Interior Minister Kalinak, with who [...]	2008-10-30 11:00:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS LO
08BRATISLAVA559	SLOVAK OFFICIAL: "UKRAINE AS READY FOR NATO AS WE [...] (SBU) Summary. USNATO Director for Defense Planning John R. Hoag discussed Ukraine's prospects for NATO accession during a courtesy call with the Director of the Security Policy Department at Slovakia's MFA, Juraj Podhorsky, on November 19. Podhorsky compared Ukraine's readiness for a MAP fav [...]	2008-11-28 14:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UA LO
08BRATISLAVA560	NAC MINISTERIAL: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Ambassador met Foreign Minister Jan Kubis on November 28 to discuss the upcoming NATO Ministerial (septel reports Slovak views on NATO support for the Afghan National Army). Both the Ambassador and Kubis acknowledged that recent stories in the European press had led to some misconceptions [...]	2008-11-28 15:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GA UA LO
08BRATISLAVA562	SLOVAK OFFICIAL: "UKRAINE AS READY FOR NATO AS WE [...] (SBU) Summary. USNATO Director for Defense Planning John R. Hoag discussed Ukraine's prospects for NATO accession during a courtesy call with the Director of the Security Policy Department at Slovakia's MFA, Juraj Podhorsky, on November 19. Podhorsky compared Ukraine's readiness for a MAP fav [...]	2008-12-01 09:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UA LO
08BRUSSELS1945	JANUARY 1 - "GROUNDHOG DAY" IN UKRAINE? [...] (SBU) Ambassador Silverberg spoke with Ukraine Ambassador to the EU Andri Veselovsky on December 22 to discuss the dispute between Russia and Ukraine over the terms of the gas supply contract. Veselovsky said the Russians claim $2 billion is due on the contract and will not enter into a new a [...]	2008-12-22 16:26:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EUN RS UP
08BRUSSELS833	SUBJECT: EU STRATEGIC ENERGY ISSUES: LOOKING [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with visiting EEB Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel, EU officials said that they were committed to diversifying their sources and routes for gas into the EU but agreed that the EU,s professed aim to speak with one voice on external policy had not yet been a su [...]	2008-06-03 05:38:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EUN EINV

08BUDAPEST1018	BUDAPEST FY 2009 REGIONAL ESTH HUB WORK PLAN [...] (U) In FY09, the Budapest Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Hub will build on its ongoing efforts promoting and leveraging U.S. engagement on ESTH issues to strengthen regional cooperation in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. To this end, we will seek [...]	2008-10-22 14:29:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KPSC AMGT XH XG ZJ ZL HU
08BUDAPEST720	HUNGARY'S RUSSIA POLICY: RETHINKING ... OR [...] (C) Throughout the course of recent briefings, GoH officials have changed their tune slightly with regard to Hungary's Russia policy. Increasingly, their approach appears to be one which admits Hungary's economic interest in expanding trade but which underscores Budapest's enduring commitmen [...]	2008-07-22 11:03:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HU
08BUDAPEST891	DAS MERKEL SCENESETTER FOR BUDAPEST [...] (SBU) Welcome to Budapest. Your visit comes as the Hungarian Government slowly re-engages following the long summer "cucumber season" and offers an excellent opportunity for discussion of Georgia, energy security and the way forward on relations with Russia. While Hungary remains a committed [...]	2008-09-08 16:20:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENGR HU
08CHISINAU1008	PRESIDENT VORONIN WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE "INCIDENT" PROVOKED [...] (C) Summary: In an October 7 meeting President Voronin told DAS David Merkel that he was more concerned about Transnistria now than at any point in his presidency. Voronin believed that Russia wanted to take over the negotiating process to the exclusion of the other 5-plus-2 members. Russia [...]	2008-10-09 05:46:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR RS MD
08CHISINAU1235	Ambassador Presses Senior Presidential [...] (C) Summary: In a December 8 meeting, Ambassador Chaudhry pressed senior presidential advisor Sergiu Stati to end GOM harassment and renew the work and residence permit of National Democratic Institute (NDI) Country Director Alex Grigorievs. Stati said the issue would be solved in a few day [...]	2008-12-15 14:01:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PINR MD
08CHISINAU1260	IURIE ROSCA CLAIMS DEATH THREATS [...] (C) Summary: As part of a series of courtesy calls on political party leaders, the Ambassador met on December 17 with Iurie Rosca, chairman of the People's Christian Democratic Party (PPCD). In a rambling 2-1/2 hour long meeting, Rosca described his fundamental political position opposing Rus [...]	2008-12-23 12:54:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MD
08CHISINAU132	VORONIN: LOTS OF TALK, NO TRACTION ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, the Ambassador met with President Voronin and, separately, with Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan to discuss Transnistria (TN),Article 98, relations with Romania and Ukraine, and the upcoming Gagauzia parliamentary elections. Voronin discussed Moldovan neutrality a [...]	2008-02-13 10:03:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EAID MARR MD RO UP
08CHISINAU262	Shevchuk Wants MCC Roadwork Project; while Litskai Too Ill [...] (C) SUMMARY: Transnistrian Speaker Shevchuk expressed strong interest in the proposed MCC road reconstruction projects, which would make an important contribution to the Transnistrian transportation corridor linking Chisinau and the west with Ukraine. Sheriff Company Director Ilya Kazmaly comp [...]	2008-03-07 16:07:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PINR EAID ETRN MD
08CHISINAU39	MOLDOVA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Embassy Chisinau submits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement in response to reftel. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Moldova continues to take steps toward developing a stronger economy, reforming a cumbersome regulatory framework, combating corruption a [...]	2008-01-15 12:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
08CHISINAU579	UKRAINE AND MOLDOVA SOLVE THAT DAM PROBLEM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Moldova and Ukraine reached a settlement on the disputed ownership of the Novodnestrovsk hydroelectric power plant, which spans the Dniester River and partially sits on Moldovan territory. In return for Chisinau's recognition of Ukraine's full ownership of the power plant, Kyi [...]	2008-06-03 10:43:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL ENRG ECON UA MD
08CHISINAU687	TRANSNISTRIAN 5-PLUS-2 NEGOTIATOR LITSKAI OUT [...] (SBU) Transnistrian and Russian press have reported that Transnistrian "Foreign Minister" Valery Litskai has been temporarily replaced by his First Deputy Vladimir Yastrebchak, who was officially named "Acting Foreign Minister" on June 26. Yastrebchak had informally begun assuming Litskai's du [...]	2008-07-01 07:11:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV PINR MD
08CHISINAU753	MOLDOVA DOWNPLAYING GUAM BUT NO PLANS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Moldovan FM Stratan, President Voronin's failure to attend the GUAM Summit in Batumi was an attempt to reassure the Russians, rather than a signal of Moldovan plans to leave GUAM. Moldova was trying to downplay GUAM participation in hopes of securing Russian suppor [...]	2008-07-15 13:58:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MD
08CHISINAU762	SOVA WANT 5-PLUS-2 TO TACKLE STATUS [...] (C) Minister for Reintegration Sova believes 5-plus-2 needs to begin work on the status of Transnistria. He had hoped for concrete results in time for Moldova's elections and was disappointed with the slipping time frame. Sova reports that the fire has gone out of Smirnov's eyes, and that t [...]	2008-07-18 11:37:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PBTS MD
08CHISINAU781	FM STRATAN SAYS BALL IS IN ROMANIAN, UKRAINIAN, AND EUROPEAN [...] (C) Summary: At his April 21 meeting with EUR DAS Merkel and CDA Perina, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan stressed that Moldova had worked hard to make progress with Romania (on border and political treaties and consulates),Ukraine (on power plants and the D [...]	2008-07-24 13:54:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV PBTS MD
08COLOMBO754	POLICE DETAIN SUSPECT IN JUNE WHITE POWDER [...] (SBU) Summary - The Sri Lanka Police Service (SLPS),working at the behest of RSO Colombo, located and detained a subject believed to have delivered the envelope containing the white powder (ref B and C) that closed AmEmbassy Colombo for normal business for a week in June. Subsequent to his de [...]	2008-08-13 09:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER AMED
08GENEVA1003	JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN FEDERATION HOSTED [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: Monday, November 17, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 7:50 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Russian JCIC Delegation hosted a reception on November 17, 2008, at the Russian M [...]	2008-11-21 15:57:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA254	UKRAINE TO PROPOSE RESOLUTION ON "HOLODOMOR" AT [...] (SBU) In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Ukraine's Kyiv-based ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Mykola Maimeskoul, said his government was interested in proposing a resolution at the September session of the UN Human Rights Council on the Holodomor, the Great Famine of the early 1930s. Mai [...]	2008-04-04 10:45:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHRC
08GENEVA601	JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING TO DISCUSS [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-016. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 23, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on July 23, 2008 to discuss the [...]	2008-07-25 14:46:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA991	JCIC-XXXIII: HEAD OF DELEGATION MEETING ON THE [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 17, 2008 Time: 3:45 P.M. - 5:15 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 17, 2008, to c [...]	2008-11-20 12:54:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08ISTANBUL263	UNDP SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR BSEC PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary. UNDP Business Development Advisor Lovita Ramguttee is seeking USG support for UNDP's on-going business development work with the organization for Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) as well as for possible future initiatives. She provided background information on UNDP's on- [...]	2008-05-20 07:46:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PREL TU
08KYIV101	UKRAINE: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, PART [...] Ref A contained part one of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Part two of the ICS continues below. Begin Text of Part II: A.7. Protection of Property Rights MORTGAGES During the last few years, Ukraine's policymakers have launched several initiatives to develo [...]	2008-01-17 07:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
08KYIV102	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FEELING CONFIDENT [...] (C) Summary. With an eye toward reelection in early 2010, President Yushchenko is asserting himself more confidently now with coalition partner Tymoshenko as Prime Minister than he did when faced with Yanukovych. The President has issued numerous public statements instructing the government o [...]	2008-01-17 11:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1038	ENCOURAGING UKRAINE TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has delivered points contained in refs B-D regarding the President's Global Food Security Initiative and agricultural trade issues. On May 21, the GOU moved to cancel restrictions on grain exports. We continue to work with Ukraine on introducing a regulatory framework to [...]	2008-05-28 15:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TBIO UP
08KYIV1045	UKRAINE SUPPORTS U.S POSITIONS FOR ICAO AVIATION [...] (SBU) Post delivered talking points in reftel to the State Aviation Authority on May 22. On May 29 Deputy Econ Counselor and EconOff met with Ukrainian State Aviation Administration (SAA) officials to follow up. Deputy Head of the Aviation Security Department Valeriy Baranov confirmed that th [...]	2008-05-29 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER UP
08KYIV1047	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF COMMERCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Ukraine comes as the fragile two-vote majority coalition struggles to move ahead with an ambitious agenda as dissension between the two parties increases. All eyes are on whether Prime Minister Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko can work together better than they [...]	2008-05-29 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV EINV UP
08KYIV1056	UKRAINE CONTINUES DIALOGUE WITH PHARMACEUTICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOU held a public roundtable on May 28 to discuss IPR enforcement issues of importance to the pharmaceutical industry. GOU reps said they were now implementing the data exclusivity provisions agreed to as part of Ukraine's accession to the WTO, but admitted that generic dru [...]	2008-06-02 07:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV1063	UKRAINE: SE GRAY AND DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH DPM [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the Kyiv Energy Security Summit May 22-23, Special Envoy Gray and DAS Bryza met with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Hryhoriy Nemyrya to discuss US-EU-Ukraine cooperation on energy security, including the Ukrainian proposal to expand gas transit through Ukraine [...]	2008-06-03 09:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG PINR PGOV UP
08KYIV1064	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO POISONING REVISITED [...] (C) Summary. In the heat of a spat between President Yushchenko's team and former financial and political backer David Zhvaniya, the issue of Yushchenko's poisoning in September 2004 has once again become subject of political accusations. After the Presidential Secretariat initiated a case t [...]	2008-06-03 16:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1077	UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES WTO-REQUIRED CUSTOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament adopted a bill on June 3 to lower Ukraine's tariff rates in line with commitments made during WTO accession negotiations. The law as adopted, however, delays tariff reductions for a large number of goods until 2009, in contradiction to accession commitments. The bil [...]	2008-06-04 08:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PGOV UP
08KYIV1085	UKRAINE: LOW-KEY REACTION TO DUMA STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The June 4 Russian Duma statement calling for termination of the 1997 Ukraine-Russia Friendship Treaty in response to Ukrainian NATO membership has elicited relatively restrained responses in Kyiv. President Yushchenko, on the eve of his departure for the CIS Summit in St. Pete [...]	2008-06-05 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL RS UP WTO
08KYIV1087	UKRAINE: BALOHA CASTS COALITION IN NEGATIVE LIGHT [...] (C) Summary. Head of the Presidential Secretariat Viktor Baloha told the Ambassador on June 3 that the coalition was struggling forward and would continue to work together, but that they were nearing the breaking point. He criticized Tymoshenko for being unconstructive and populist, with pol [...]	2008-06-05 14:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV109	UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO TO LEAD DELEGATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yushchenko has asked Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to lead the Ukrainian delegation for the January 20 inauguration of Georgian President Elect Mikhail Saakashvili. Although some here were surprised that Yushchenko was not attending himself, both he and Tymoshenko [...]	2008-01-18 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	UP PGOV PREL GG
08KYIV1105	UKRAINE: COALITION TEETERING [...] (C) Summary. The June 6 announcement by two relatively unknown MPs -- one from BYuT and one from OU-PSD -- that they are withdrawing from the coalition leaves the coalition in an unclear legal status and without enough votes to push through legislation. BYuT and OU-PSD faction leaders, as wel [...]	2008-06-06 13:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1108	UKRAINE: AVIATION HEAD DISCUSSES PROGRESS ON AIR [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukrainian State Aviation (SAA) officials discussed progress on outstanding issues including an upcoming International Civil Air Organization (ICAO) safety assessment scheduled for June 17. The SAA hopes that a positive ICAO assessment will fast-track it for an FAA safety reass [...]	2008-06-06 13:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER UP
08KYIV1127	DEEP IN A UKRAINIAN COAL MINE: CLOSER TO HELL THAN ANY [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's coal mines remain dangerous and grueling workplaces for the miners who depend on them for their livelihood. Two recent accidents that included fatalities underscore the severity of the situation. Econoff visited one mine in eastern Ukraine and experienced first-hand t [...]	2008-06-11 12:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ELAB EAID UP
08KYIV1144	UKRAINE: NATO INFORMATION CAMPAIGN GAINS MOMENTUM [...] (SBU) Summary. There has been no official launching ceremony, but a combination of recent NATO-related Presidential decrees, Cabinet adoption of a multi-year Euroatlantic information campaign, and passage of amendments to the 2008 state budget have given critical mass to Ukraine's NATO informa [...]	2008-06-11 15:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV1182	UKRAINE: RADA COUNTING DOWN TO SUMMER RECESS [...] (C) Summary. The consensus in the Rada across the political spectrum on June 17 was that regardless of the legal status of the coalition, the reality is that the parliament will not accomplish anything significant in its remaining month in session and all are now looking to the fall for chang [...]	2008-06-17 15:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1200	UKRAINE: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST VOWS TO CARRY ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Dmytro Groisman, a prominent Ukrainian human rights activist, told Emboff on June 12 that he had recovered fully from a beating by unknown assailants on May 23 (reftel). He suspected that he was attacked because of his public criticism of Ukraine's State Penal Depar [...]	2008-06-20 14:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UP
08KYIV1201	UKRAINE: NATO SYG/NAC VISIT [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The June 16-17 visit to Kyiv and Ukraine's regional capitals by NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) was seen as a strong positive by the MFA and Ukrainian pro-NATO political forces. Extensive positive press coverage, the constr [...]	2008-06-20 14:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV1202	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT VETOES FLAWED CUSTOMS TARIFF [...] On June 20, President Viktor Yushchenko vetoed a bill amending the Law "On the Customs Tariff of Ukraine," which Ukraine's Rada (parliament) had adopted on June 3. While the original draft law was meant to lower Ukraine's tariff rates in line with commitments made during WTO accession negotia [...]	2008-06-20 15:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO PGOV UP
08KYIV1219	UKRAINE: VANCO CASE SENT TO CONSTITUTIONAL COURT, [...] (SBU) On June 18, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko issued a decree aimed at suspending the Cabinet of Ministers (CabMin) resolution which annulled the production sharing agreement (PSA) with Vanco. Yushchenko's decree temporarily suspends the CabMin resolution only until the Constitution [...]	2008-06-23 06:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PREL ENRG PINR UP
08KYIV1226	UKRAINE: FAMILY OF SLAIN JOURNALIST IHOR [...] (C) Summary: The son of journalist Ihor Aleksandrov, killed in 2001 for his critical reporting on officials in Donetsk Oblast, told EmbOffs that he and his family continue to seek justice in his father's case and that he now fears for his and his family's safety. Both the lawyer of Mryoslav [...]	2008-06-23 15:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREF UP
08KYIV1256	UKRAINE: MIGRATION AUTHORITY TRANSFERRED TO MOI [...] (C) Summary: On June 18, the Cabinet of Ministers issued a decree transferring authority on asylum issues from the State Committee on Nationalities and Religion (SCNR) to the Ministry of Interior (MOI). UNHCR Kyiv, which has taken a neutral position on the change, told us that although the M [...]	2008-07-01 10:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UP
08KYIV1257	UKRAINE: BILATERAL COOPERATION ON MAN-PORTABLE AIR [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy for MANPADS Threat Reduction, Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., visited Kyiv June 17-19. During his visit, Bloomfield explained the special concern with which the U.S. Government regards trade in MANPADS and urged Ukraine to strengthen its cooperation with the [...]	2008-07-01 11:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
08KYIV1268	UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is a reply to a Blue Lantern action request (reftel). 2. Post was requested to conduct a pre-license check on DDTC license application number 050104685 for the export of rifles to Ukraine (applicant: Marlin Firearms Co., 100 Kenna Drive, North Haven, CT). The foreign end-user is Europa [...]	2008-07-01 15:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC UP
08KYIV13	UKRAINE: HIGHER GAS PRICE WON'T SLOW ECONOMY, BUT COULD HIT HOUSEHOLDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 07:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
08KYIV1300	UKRAINE: YATSENYUK, RISING POLITICIAN [...] (C) Summary. Rada Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk has become one of the most interesting senior politicians in Ukraine to watch. Only 34 years old, Yatsenyuk has already served not only as chair of the parliament, but Foreign Minister, Minister of Economy, and Acting Governor of the National Bank. [...]	2008-07-03 14:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1330	UKRAINE CONSIDERING ITS ROLE IN RUSSIA'S WTO [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's lead WTO negotiator Valeriy Pyatnytskiy told us on July 4 that Ukraine did not intend to block Russia's WTO accession, and was not planning to request any tariff concessions from Russia, but would likely make some requests of Russia given the importance of their bilater [...]	2008-07-07 13:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO PGOV RS UP
08KYIV1342	UKRAINE: LAST WEEK OF RADA STARTS OFF BADLY [...] (C) Summary. Party of Regions on July 8 shook up the planned agenda for the Rada's last week in plenary by moving forward with efforts to hold a no confidence vote on Prime Minister Tymoshenko. In response, her BYuT faction blocked the Rada rostrum and Speaker Yatsenyuk was forced to close t [...]	2008-07-08 16:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1353	UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is a reply to a Blue Lantern action request (ref B). 2. Post was requested to conduct a pre-license check on DDTC license application number 05-050103848 for the export of power modules to Ukraine via Russia (applicant: International Rectifier Corporation, 233 Kansas Street, El Segundo, [...]	2008-07-10 14:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC UP
08KYIV1356	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO SAFE, NO CONFIDENCE VOTE FAILS [...] (C) Summary. In a nail-biting vote, Prime Minister Tymoshenko was given a reprieve after Party of Regions' resolution of no confidence in the Cabinet failed, garnering only 174 votes. After a lengthy diatribe from Regions MP Azarov, Tymoshenko gave an impassioned defense of her government's [...]	2008-07-11 14:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1411	UKRAINE: USG-FUNDED IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING [...] Summary: Post, in cooperation with CLDP (Commerce),on July 9-10 held an IPR enforcement workshop for Ukrainian judges, the second in a series of events that are part of a STATE/INL-funded, IPR training initiative. Seventeen judges, mostly from southern Ukraine, as well as representatives fro [...]	2008-07-22 10:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV1413	UKRAINE: UPDATE ON REPORTED RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Attache received an update on July 21 from Ukraine's nuclear regulatory officials regarding a potential radioactive material smuggling incident (ref B). GOU experts have now finished a detailed analysis of the seized material and have determined that it is of NO prolifera [...]	2008-07-22 14:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM PINR UP
08KYIV142	UKRAINE: SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES BIOLOGICAL THREAT [...] (SBU) Summary/Comment: Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) pressed for progress on implementing the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) in separate meetings January 15 with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko, an [...]	2008-01-22 07:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM TBIO EAID EAGR PREL OREP US UP
08KYIV1455	UKRAINE: DAS MERKEL HEARS SKEPTICISM ON UNITED [...] (C) Summary. During his July 24-25 visit to Kyiv, DAS David Merkel heard from representatives of several political forces that the way forward on internal politics was unclear, but that a great deal depends on President Yushchenko and how he decides to proceed. Secretary of the National Secur [...]	2008-07-29 13:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV146	UKRAINE: CHINESE SOLID ROCKET MOTOR EXPERTS AND [...] (S - REL UP) We met January 22 with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos to provide reftel information regarding the possibility that four individuals from China's Fourth Academy, which develops and manufactures solid rocket motors for Chinese [...]	2008-01-22 13:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE PINR CH UP
08KYIV1461	UKRAINE: GOU SIGNALS INTEREST IN TRILATERAL BYPASS PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Deputy Energy Minister Volodymyr Makukha signaled interest to DAS Matthew Bryza on July 24 in a possible EU/USG/GOU project to boost gas transit capacity through Ukraine in exchange for increased transparency in Ukraine's energy sector by constructing the Bohorodchany-Uzhgorod bypass pipe [...]	2008-07-30 12:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV1510	UKRAINE: VISIT OF PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW SPURS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodoxy, arrived in Ukraine on July 24 for a five day visit to celebrate the 1,020th anniversary of the christianization of the Kyivan Rus. Although he has no jurisdiction over other Orthodox patria [...]	2008-08-04 14:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UP
08KYIV1516	UKRAINE: HATE CRIMES CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Since the beginning of 2008, human rights NGOs have reported over 40 apparently racially motivated attacks in Ukraine, five of which proved fatal. While the Government introduced new initiatives in 2007 and 2008 aimed at intensifying efforts to combat racism and intolerance, the [...]	2008-08-06 08:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UP
08KYIV1553	UKRAINE: ICRC TO CLOSE ITS DELEGATION IN KYIV [...] (C) Summary: The Head of the Kyiv Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross/Red Crescent (ICRC) informed Post on August 7 that it will close its Kyiv delegation later this year. The reasons given were its strategy to consolidate regional operations, position itself [...]	2008-08-12 07:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UP
08KYIV1557	UKRAINE: IMPACT OF GEORGIA CRISIS ON DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Events in Georgia have triggered front page charges/countercharges between Moscow and Kyiv -- including dueling MFA statements on Russian deployment of its Black Sea Fleet (BSF) off the Georgian coast and Russian attacks on Ukrainian arms sales to Tbilisi. While DFM [...]	2008-08-12 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS UP
08KYIV156	UKRAINE: NEW ENERGY MINISTER TOUTS WESTINGHOUSE-ENERGOATOM [...] (SBU) Summary: New Energy Minister Yuri Prodan told the Ambassador on January 21 that the GOU hoped to use a possible visit by President Bush in the near future to sign a contract with Westinghouse for the delivery of fuel to Ukraine's nuclear reactors. Acknowledging that the contract propose [...]	2008-01-25 06:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL UP
08KYIV158	UKRAINE/SUDAN: UKRAINIAN HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID [...] (C) Visiting EUR A/S Daniel Fried raised the issue of helicopter assets for the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID, ref A) during a January 24 meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Khandohiy. (Note: FM Ohryzko was unavailable due to his travel in Davos, Switzerland.) Fried t [...]	2008-01-25 12:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPKO SU UP
08KYIV162	TYMOSHENKO TURNS UP HEAT ON GAS MIDDLEMAN UKRHAZENERHO [...] (SBU) Summary. Tymoshenko's new government recently launched its first strike against intermediaries connected to RosUkrEnergo (RUE) in the gas trade with Russia. The National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) of Ukraine limited UkrHazEnerho's (UHE) (Note: a joint venture between RUE a [...]	2008-01-25 12:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL UP
08KYIV1624	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT'S BSF DECREES HEIGHTEN DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The issuance on August 13 by President Yushchenko of two decrees regulating Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) and other military units' entry into Ukraine and deployments from Ukrainian territory has triggered another sharp exchange between Kyiv and Moscow (ref. A). The [...]	2008-08-15 13:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS UP MARR
08KYIV1627	TFGG01 Ukrainian Media on Georgian Conflict [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukrainian media is split on its coverage of the conflict in Georgia, which occupied the front page of Ukrainian newspapers this week and featured prominently on broadcast and on-line media. Pro-Western and pro-presidential periodicals denounced Russia's support for separatist r [...]	2008-08-15 14:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL PGOV KPAI GG UK
08KYIV1630	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO POISONING REMAINS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko,s 2004 poisoning has resurfaced as a major issue being examined both at at the Prosecutor General,s Office (PGO) and in the press, with many seeing the Presidential apparatus working the issue as a potential vote getter in the upcoming presidential campaign. [...]	2008-08-18 13:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV1631	UKRAINE: OFFER OF MISSILE WARNING COOPERATION MORE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On August 16, Ukraine's MFA announced that Ukraine was ready to develop active cooperation on early warning and missile monitoring systems with "European countries." It also stated that President Yushchenko on August 13 ordered Ukraine's withdrawal from a 1992 miss [...]	2008-08-18 16:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PINR PREL UP
08KYIV1672	UKRAINE: PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT ALLEGES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On August 19, Deputy Presidential Secretariat Head Andriy Kyslynskiy publicly accused PM Tymoshenko of colluding with Russia in exchange for Moscow's support of her expected run for the presidency in 2009/2010. On August 21, acting head of the Security Service of Ukr [...]	2008-08-23 10:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV1673	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE VICE [...] (SBU) Summary.... [...]	2008-08-23 10:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL UP
08KYIV1706	UKRAINE: GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Ukraine has made strong public statements condemning Russia's decision to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In both public statements and in meetings with the Ambassador, Democratic Coalition leaders remain committed to Euro-Atlantic collective security and [...]	2008-08-28 11:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS UP
08KYIV1707	UKRAINE: GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Ukraine has made strong public statements condemning Russia's decision to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In both public statements and in meetings with the Ambassador, Democratic Coalition leaders remain committed to Euro-Atlantic collective security and [...]	2008-08-28 11:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS UP
08KYIV1760	UKRAINE: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 12:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UP
08KYIV1804	ORANGE COALITION CRISIS: NO SIGN OF RECONCILIATION [...] (C) The Orange coalition has shown no movement toward reconciliation since the September 2 vote by President Yushchenko's "Our Ukraine" party to withdraw. PM Tymoshenko, reportedly surprised by Our Ukraine's sudden exit, expressed willingness to meet with Yushchenko to try and work out a deal [...]	2008-09-11 17:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV183	UKRAINE: IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) We provided ref A update on the state of U.S.-Iraq negotiations to develop a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) January 28 to Third Territorial Department Middle East Division Acting Director Mykola Leshchenko and Iraq Desk Officer Mykola Radchenko. In response to our question, Leshchenk [...]	2008-01-28 13:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS UNSC IZ UP
08KYIV1860	ORANGE COALITION ENDS; CLOCK STARTS ON NEW [...] (C) As expected, on September 16 Rada Speaker Yatsenyuk announced the termination of the Orange Coalition, starting the 30-day clock on formation of a new coalition and, failing that, providing the option for President Yushchenko to call new elections. With parties continuing to jockey for ad [...]	2008-09-17 15:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1869	UKRAINE: PASSAGE OF JOINT STOCK COMPANY LAW A [...] Summary: Ukraine's parliament passed a new Joint Stock Company Law on September 17. The law was among the top priorities of any list of desperately needed economic reforms, and its passage, by a large bipartisan majority, is a remarkable piece of good news at a time of intense political infig [...]	2008-09-19 10:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV PGOV UP
08KYIV1875	UKRAINE'S NEXT STEP TOWARD THE EU: A "DEEP" FREE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine and the EU have launched negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA),which would slash bilateral tariffs and reduce a range of other non- tariff trade barriers. Ukraine's chief negotiator told us that the talks are not true "negotiations," as they are focused on how U [...]	2008-09-22 12:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN PREL EUN UP
08KYIV1891	HIJACKING OF CARGO SHIP FAINA: INITIAL UKRAINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-27 19:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP
08KYIV191	UKRAINE: RADA SESSION CLOSES WITH A WHIMPER [...] (C) Summary. The final weeks of the new Rada's first session ended disappointingly with the Party of Regions blockading the rostrum and the coalition unable to muster a majority to pass any legislation or make personnel appointments. With over 700 draft bills at some stage of the legislative [...]	2008-01-29 11:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV192	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO PUSHES AHEAD WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko is moving forward with his plans to further amend the constitution in an effort to clarify poorly written articles, but constitutional experts are not convinced that this process will succeed. Yushchenko issued a decree in late December 2007 forming the Nat [...]	2008-01-29 12:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV194	UKRAINE: SENATOR LUGAR HEARS THAT ENERGY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In Kyiv meetings with Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) January 15-16, President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko, opposition representatives and local business leaders all discussed the importance of energy issues for Ukraine. President Yushchenko talked in detail about ways to transport Cen [...]	2008-01-29 13:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON PGOV UP
08KYIV1943	RADA UPDATE: COALITION TALKS INCONCLUSIVE; DROP [...] (C) Negotiations continue between President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) to re-form the Orange coalition in conjunction with potential new partner, the Lytvyn Bloc. This would avoid early elections, a goal PM Tymoshenko appears st [...]	2008-09-29 15:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1950	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ CONTINUES TO FACE MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary. NaftoHaz, Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas enterprise, continues to face major financial challenges as Russia and Ukraine continue highly-anticipated 2009 gas negotiations. In addition to debt owed to its gas suppliers, NaftoHaz faces various other financial difficulties, inc [...]	2008-09-30 14:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PREL ENRG PINR UP
08KYIV1959	UKRAINE SNEEZES, HAVING CAUGHT THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC COLD [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite Ukraine's expansion in trade and industry over the past several years, the global financial crisis has generated knock-on effects, potentially harming the country's economic prospects. In contrast to the first quarter of 2008, when analysts pointed to risks of rampant [...]	2008-10-02 04:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON XH UP
08KYIV196	UKRAINE: NEW GOU PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON VAT, OPIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-30 08:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND UP
08KYIV1966	TYMOSHENKO CALLS YUSHCHENKO'S BLUFF [...] (C) On October 1, PM Tymoshenko announced that her BYuT faction would accept all Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) ultimatums and conditions in order to form a three-party coalition, keep orange forces together, and avoid early elections. At the same time, Tymoshenko predicted Yushc [...]	2008-10-02 15:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1968	ICRC RECONSIDERS DECISION TO CLOSE DELEGATION IN [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told us that it was reconsidering its plan to close the ICRC delegation in Kyiv (Reftel) and said that they perceived a high level of tension among the ethnic Russian, Crimean Tatar, and Ukrainian communit [...]	2008-10-03 12:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV1995	UKRAINIAN CURRENCY IN SLIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's external vulnerabilities - including a substantial slowdown in capital flows, worsening terms of trade, and a large current account deficit (reftel) - have caught up with the economy, leading to a swift hryvnia (UAH) depreciation in recent days. Although the National [...]	2008-10-07 12:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON XH UP
08KYIV1999	KOSOVO ISJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA: UKRAINIAN MFA VIEWS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche, on Serbia's resolution to refer a question on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence to the ICJ, to First Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Khandogiy on October 7. Khandogiy replied that Ukraine had not yet taken a position on the issue. [...]	2008-10-08 12:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UN KV UP
08KYIV200	UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED HEARS ABOUT FRAGILE [...] (C) Summary. In A/S Fried's meetings with top Ukrainian leaders, all dominated by discussions about Ukraine's pending request for a NATO MAP (septel),the internal political subtext was fragility, distrust, and creeping dissatisfaction from all parties about the current government and its pos [...]	2008-01-31 06:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV2002	NBU INTERVENES TO SLOW HRYVNIA CURRENCY SLIDE [...] (U) Responding to the weakening hryvnia (UAH),National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Council Chairman Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday announced that the official exchange rate for this year would be changed to UAH 4.95/$ plus or minus 8 percent from the previous UAH 4.85/$ plus or minus 4 percent. Despi [...]	2008-10-09 06:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UP XH
08KYIV2008	UKRAINE: CHERNOMYRDIN CRASHES KYIV ENERGY [...] (U) Summary. An animated Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian Ambassador to Ukraine since 2001, provided a spirited presentation on Ukraine's energy sector on October 7 at the "Ukrainian Energy Forum," a three-day event organized by Adam Smith Conferences. According to Chernomyrdin, reliability is [...]	2008-10-09 12:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG EPET PINR PREL UP
08KYIV2012	YUSHCHENKO DISSOLVES RADA, CALLS NEW ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) In a widely expected move, President Yushchenko on October 8 issued a decree dissolving the Rada and setting pre-term parliamentary elections for December 7. Contacts in Prime Minister Tymoshenko's BYuT party have told us they may attempt to block the decree in court, but are prepared to [...]	2008-10-09 13:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2017	1ST MEETING OF U.S.-UKRAINE TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Ukraine Trade and Investment Council, created by our new bilateral Trade and Investment Cooperation Agreement (TICA),took place on October 2. Deputy U.S. Trade Representative John Veroneau led the U.S. delegation; Minister of Economy Bohdan Da [...]	2008-10-10 06:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PREL UP
08KYIV2022	AKHMETOV HOLDS FORTH ON UKRAINIAN POLITICS AND [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on October 8, billionaire industrialist and Party of Regions MP Rinat Akhmetov expressed support for President Yushchenko's plans to dissolve the Rada, saying elections were the only "democratic" way forward for the country. Akhmetov said that Regions woul [...]	2008-10-10 13:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
08KYIV2024	PARTY OF REGIONS APPEARS UNITED FOR EARLY ELECTION [...] (C) The Party of Regions appears united around the upcoming election challenge. Fundraising and organizing for the pre-term election started in early September. Deputies will soon start heading to the oblasts for campaigning. Regions expects to increase its share of Rada seats by focusing i [...]	2008-10-10 15:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2025	PARTIES JOCKEY FOR POSITION; SNAP ELECTION COULD [...] (C) A day after President Yushchenko's decree dissolving the Rada and setting a snap election for December 7, PM Tymoshenko's BYuT blocked the Rada rostrum to prevent a vote on election legislation. Deputy PM Nemyria told the Ambassador that the election could "get ugly" with provocations and [...]	2008-10-10 15:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2028	UKRAINE: NBU INTERVENES TO SLOW HRYVNIA CURRENCY SLIDE [...] (U) Responding to the weakening hryvnia (UAH),National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Council Chairman Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday announced that the official exchange rate for this year would be changed to UAH 4.95/$ plus or minus 8 percent from the previous UAH 4.85/$ plus or minus 4 percent. Despi [...]	2008-10-14 06:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UP XH
08KYIV2030	UKRAINIAN NATIONAL BANK IMPOSES CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (U) Summary. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU),pressed to stop a run on deposits in commercial banks, sharply tightened capital controls on October 13. The measures effectively prevent Ukraine's banking system, which has relied heavily on foreign borrowing to fuel its breakneck growth in [...]	2008-10-14 14:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV XH UP

08KYIV2031	UKRAINE-RUSSIA: BLACK SEA FLEET ISSUES [...] (C) Significant Black Sea Fleet (BSF) basing issues remain unresolved, despite nine years of working group negotiations. Outstanding issues include: rules on deployment in crisis situations, troop movements on Ukrainian territory outside Fleet facilities, inventory and assessment of real prope [...]	2008-10-15 06:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP UP RU
08KYIV2034	ELECTION BATTLE SHIFTS TO THE COURTS AND ELECTION [...] (C) On October 10, a Kyiv District Administrative Court suspended President Yushchenko's decree dissolving the Rada and ordered the Central Election Commission (CEC) to halt election preparations. In response, Yushchenko appealed the decision to the Administrative Court of Appeals, fired the [...]	2008-10-15 14:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2080	REGIONS-BYUT COALITION DEAL: WHY IT FELL APART [...] (C) The Party of Regions and Prime Minister Tymoshenko's party (BYuT) narrowly failed to form a majority coalition in the Rada after the ruling coalition disintegrated on September 3. They had agreed to a broad pro-European foreign policy that included continued cooperation with NATO. Ultimat [...]	2008-10-17 12:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2097	UKRAINE IMF VISIT HIGHLIGHTS DEEPENING BANK CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not commenting on the substance of its ongoing discussions with the government of Ukraine (GOU) on a possible support program, but its representatives told us on October 17 that the delegation's stay in Kyiv was open-ended. PM Tymoshenk [...]	2008-10-17 17:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2105	UKRAINE'S BUSINESSES TENSE; IMF AND NSDC DELIBERATE [...] (SBU) Summary. With ongoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations and an emergency session of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) as the backdrop, Ukraine's politicians swapped jabs, while businesses scrambled to cover their mounting losses. No announcement was made abo [...]	2008-10-20 15:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2106	TYMOSHENKO MEGA-COALITION PROPOSAL FALLS FLAT [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Tymoshenko on October 19 proposed creating a unity coalition of all parties in the parliament to address the effects of the international financial crisis. She asked President Yushchenko to rescind his order for early parliamentary elections and support her proposal. Most [...]	2008-10-20 15:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV2111	TYMOSHENKO APPEALS TO USG: UKRAINE HAS "HOURS, NOT [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See Summary and Paragraphs 11 and 12. Summary ------- 2. (C) At a late night meeting on October 20, Prime Minister Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that Ukraine had "hours, and not days" to restore confidence in the country's financial system. The situatio [...]	2008-10-21 14:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP
08KYIV2112	TYMOSHENKO BLOC IN EFFORT TO REUNITE ORANGE CAMP; [...] (C) President Yushchenko announced on October 20 the suspension of his decree dissolving the parliament, but still called for early parliamentary elections December 14. Yushchenko also called on the Rada to pass a package of legislation to combat the worsening economic situation and to amend t [...]	2008-10-21 15:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2113	UKRAINE CRISIS MEASURES PASSED TO UN-DISSOLVED RADA [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) approved a series of as yet unpublished anti-crisis proposals on October 20, designed to stave off a worsening financial emergency. President Viktor Yushchenko temporarily lifted his decree on parliament's dissolution to a [...]	2008-10-21 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2127	MV FAINA: UKRAINIAN REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 13:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
08KYIV2128	POLITICS CONTINUE TO TRUMP ECONOMICS IN UKRAINE [...] (C) Continuing political turmoil threatens to hold up potential IMF assistance to Ukraine. On October 23, PM Tymoshenko's government submitted anti-crisis legislation, and demanded that any election legislation be shelved until emergency economic measures were in place. President Yushchenko' [...]	2008-10-23 14:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD UP
08KYIV2130	UKRAINE CURRENCY DOWN 20 PERCENT; RADA DIVIDED ON [...] (SBU) Summary. While Rada factions were busy haggling over three competing versions of anti-crisis measures, the hryvnia exchange rate slipped dramatically on October 23. Embassy contacts in the real estate and transportation sectors report more dismal news, indicating general woes throughou [...]	2008-10-23 15:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2138	THE RADA FIDDLES... [...] (C) On October 24, the Rada was again unable to reach consensus on legislation to address Ukraine's looming economic crisis. Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) MPs once again blocked the rostrum to prevent voting on any anti-legislation tied to election funding -- and even allegedly disabled some Rada vo [...]	2008-10-24 14:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD UP
08KYIV2139	EBRD: UKRAINE NEEDS $20 BILLION IMF PACKAGE "TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 15:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP
08KYIV2141	UKRAINE: HRYVNIA CONTINUES ITS SLIDE AS [...] (SBU) The hryvnia continues its slide against the dollar, having crossed the psychologically important barrier of 6 UAH/$ on October 24-25. It appears that demand for dollars by ordinary Ukrainians, fearful of further devaluation and inflation, is beginning to drive movements in the market, a [...]	2008-10-25 14:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PREL ECON ETRD XH UP
08KYIV2142	HISTORICAL IMF PACKAGE IMMINENT, MAY NOT BE ENOUGH [...] (C) Summary. IMF chief envoy Ceyla Pazarbasioglu told the Ambassador on October 25 that Ukraine,s IMF package may amount to the second largest ever in IMF history and would be likely finalized soon, possibly as early as this weekend. She stated that implementation of the assistance package wo [...]	2008-10-25 18:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2166	ANTI-CRISIS LEGISLATION PASSES FIRST READING; [...] (C) Rada faction leaders on October 29 broke a legislative impasse by agreeing to consider IMF required anti-crisis legislation before President Yushchenko's early election amendments package. The anti-crisis package passed, drawing unanimous support from the Prime Minister and President's bl [...]	2008-10-29 16:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2172	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CRIMEA'S POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, along with a small American business delegation, traveled to Crimea October 19-20 for an annual investment forum. The Ambassador also met with Crimea's political leadership while there. Local leaders characterized the September 19 vote by the Crimean Rada (parlia [...]	2008-10-30 11:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV RS UP
08KYIV2173	UKRAINE: TOO EARLY TO WRITE OFF ROSUKRENERGO (RUE) [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko has repeatedly promised to remove all intermediaries in the gas trade with Russia, but Russia appears to be making direct gas dealings contingent upon obligations that Ukraine may not be able to fulfill. Tymoshenko and Russian PM Putin have signed a mem [...]	2008-10-30 11:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EPET PINR PREL UP
08KYIV2174	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORKER VISIT TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Your November 8-10 visit to Ukraine comes during an unfolding domestic economic crisis and an ongoing struggle between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko over whether to hold snap parliamentary elections. Yushchenko on October 8 dissolved Ukraine's parliament (the Rada) a [...]	2008-10-30 15:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL UP
08KYIV2185	START TREATY: JCIC-DIP-08-007: SATISFYING ARTICLE [...] (S) Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note on October 30 to Ambassador Oleksandr Nykonenko, Director of the Arms Control and Military and Technical Cooperation Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nykonenko agreed that the November Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) [...]	2008-11-03 13:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM KACT START JCIC UP
08KYIV2187	UKRAINE: KYIVITES BRACE FOR INCREASED PUBLIC [...] (SBU) In the midst of Ukraine's heightened economic instability, the Kyiv City Council on November 1 approved steep rate hikes for public transportation (metro, busses, and trams). Public transportation rates have not increased in Kyiv since 2000, when the cost was raised from 30 kopecks ($0. [...]	2008-11-03 14:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON SOCI UP
08KYIV2188	UKRAINE: U.S. AMBASSADOR VISITS SUMY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Taylor on September 25 became the first U.S. Ambassador to officially visit the Sumy Oblast (region) in northeastern Ukraine. The Ambassador met with the Governor and the Mayor of the city of Sumy before attending Sumy's International Economic Forum. He also spoke [...]	2008-11-03 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON UP
08KYIV2191	RADA PASSES FINAL ANTI-CRISIS LEGISLATION: [...] (C) On October 31 the Rada passed compromise anti-crisis legislation, a critical step towards Ukraine's receipt of a $16.5 billion IMF assistance package (Ref A). PM Yuliya Tymoshenko's BYuT and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) voted with a majority of Lytvyn Bloc MPs to pass the le [...]	2008-11-03 16:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN UP
08KYIV2198	IMF SET TO APPROVE UKRAINE PACKAGE, DESPITE [...] (C) Summary. The IMF and the government of Ukraine (GOU) "have agreement" on the provisions of a $16.5 billion stand-by package. The IMF's Kyiv-based resident representative is "relatively positive" Ukraine's anti-crisis legislation will pass muster for the IMF Executive Board, when it consi [...]	2008-11-04 17:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2207	UKRAINE: PROMINVESTBANK FAILURE TEST CASE FOR NBU [...] (C) Summary and comment: Liquidity problems, a run on deposits, and a possible corporate hijacking at Prominvestbank, Ukraine's sixth largest bank, last month contributed to the run on other Ukrainian banks, which were already jittery due to the world financial crisis (refs). The Acting Chai [...]	2008-11-06 12:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2211	TYMOSHENKO CONTINUES TO PUSH ORANGE COALITION [...] (C) Prime Minister Tymoshenko continues to push for a renewed Orange coalition. She believes President Yushchenko will block any new coalition and maintain his pursuit of early parliamentary elections in the hope of reaching a deal with the Party of Regions (Regions) to secure a second term i [...]	2008-11-07 07:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2212	KUCHMA AND KRAVCHUK ON ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Ambassador recently sounded out former Presidents Kuchma and Kravchuk on Ukraine's dual economic and political crises. Kuchma worries most about the potential for large-scale unemployment in the metal, mining, chemical and construction sectors. Kravchuk's focus is more on the political [...]	2008-11-07 07:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV2221	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ TURNS OFF TAP TO DELINQUENT GAS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company Naftohaz Ukrainy has refused to supply gas to some of its subsidiary companies until debts to Naftohaz are paid. The socially unpopular decision has resulted in the closing of some schools and public buildings due to a lack of heat. Th [...]	2008-11-07 13:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
08KYIV2223	CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM UKRAINIAN REGIONS PARTY [...] (U) Below is text of congratulatory letter addressed to President-elect Obama from Ukrainian Regions Party Leader (and former PM) Viktor Yanukovych: (Begin text) Dear Senator Obama: Accept my sincerest congratulations in connection with your convincing victory at the Presidential Elec [...]	2008-11-10 09:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC OVIP PREL UP
08KYIV2224	NBU STABILIZES HRYVNIA, BUT FURTHER WEAKENING NECESSARY [...] (SBU) The hryvnia has stabilized in the past week as a result of the National Bank of Ukraine's new policy to sell unlimited amounts of dollars at an exchange rate that it resets daily. The strategy is probably draining the NBU's reserves, which stood at $31.9 billion on October 31, but the NB [...]	2008-11-10 09:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2241	NATO PFP TRUST FUND DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) The Ambassador on November 10 delivered reftel demarche regarding the NATO PfP Trust Fund to Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko and Deputy Minister of Economics Natalia Boitsun. Ohryzko and Boitsun both noted they would review the demarche non-paper provided by the Ambassador, but did [...]	2008-11-12 16:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS NATO PARM PREL UP
08KYIV2242	UKRAINIAN RADA SPEAKER YATSENYUK OUSTED [...] (C) Rada speaker Yatsenyuk was ousted during a fractious parliamentary session on November 12, which included two legally questionable votes and a physical confrontation between MPs. The Party of Regions, Lytvyn Bloc, Communist party and a handful of Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense bloc MPs [...]	2008-11-13 05:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2243	ANTI-XENOPHOBIA UNIT: OFF TO A SLOW START [...] (C) The Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) Department to Combat Xenophobia has been in operation for about a year, investigating 120 cases. Officials highlighted the achievement of three criminal convictions (for inciting ethnic hatred) during that time. Extremist groups have contributed t [...]	2008-11-13 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI UP
08KYIV2245	NO CONSENSUS YET ON NEW SPEAKER: RADA CLOSES [...] (C) On November 13, a day after the Ukrainian Parliament (Rada) voted to remove Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk in a tumultuous session (Ref. A),the Rada was unable to find consensus on a replacement candidate and recessed until November 18. Rada contacts told us that Volodymyr Lytvyn, leader of t [...]	2008-11-13 16:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2259	UKRAINE: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CRIMEAN ECONOMY, [...] (U) This is the first of two cables on the economy in Crimea. The second cable will focus on Russia's influence on the Crimean economy and will examine the city of Sevastopol. 2. (SBU) Summary: Economic development in Crimea has fallen behind other parts of Ukraine despite great potential, [...]	2008-11-17 15:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PINR RS UP
08KYIV2263	EXPECT SOCIAL UNREST AND GROWTH OF RADICAL [...] (C) A disaffected but influential Party of Regions MP told the Ambassador that an additional three million Ukrainians could lose their jobs in the next few months and that the country's leaders do not comprehend the magnitude of the economic crisis. He predicted the Party of Regions would be [...]	2008-11-18 15:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON UP
08KYIV2265	UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: GOU, Embassy, and industry representatives discussed efforts to combat counterfeit agrochemicals at a November 14 IPR Enforcement Cooperation Group (ECG) meeting. Constructive GOU-industry dialogue on this topic continued several days later under the auspices of the European Bu [...]	2008-11-19 11:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV2269	NATO MAP: UKRAINE BEGINS LOWERING EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] (C) The Presidential Secretariat has begun to de-emphasize the importance of receiving a MAP invitation at the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministers' meeting in Brussels. Deputy Secretariat Head Honcharuk on November 18 said failure to receive MAP in December would not be a "tragedy." MFA cont [...]	2008-11-19 16:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2289	SCENESETTER FOR ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S VISIT TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Your November 22-23 visit to Kyiv will be an important sign of continuing USG support for international recognition of the Holodomor, the Great Famine of 1932-1933, which has been a top priority for President Yushchenko. Your visit will come at a time of an unfolding economic crisis and [...]	2008-11-20 17:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL UP
08KYIV2294	UKRAINE: FIRTASH USES CRISIS TO EXPAND INTO BANKING [...] (C) Summary. Dmitry Firtash, one of Ukraine's most wealthy and notorious oligarchs, plans to buy a controlling stake in Nadra Bank, Ukraine's seventh largest bank. The acquisition of Nadra, which will join Firtash's international holding company (Group DF) when the deal is final, would be Firtash's [...]	2008-11-21 14:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2297	UKRAINE: THE CRIMEAN ECONOMY, PART II - RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to be the largest foreign investor in Crimea, although there is disagreement over whether Russian investment is mainly commercially motivated, and hence good for development, or whether the Kremlin directs it for political purposes. Crimean authorities support Ru [...]	2008-11-24 08:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV RS UP
08KYIV2303	UKRAINE: RUSSIA DEMANDS UKRAINE PAY ITS GAS DEBT, [...] (SBU) Summary. As annual gas negotiations between Ukraine and Russia intensify, Russian President Medvedev weighed in on Ukraine's gas debt in Ukrainian press reports, hinting at gas cutoffs if Ukraine does not pay its debt by the end of the year. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller added an additional [...]	2008-11-24 14:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EPET PINR PREL UP
08KYIV2304	VISIT OF SENATOR CORKER TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) visited Kyiv November 8-10; and met with Foreign Minister Ohryzko, Deputy Ministers of Energy Pavlush, Deputy Minister of Economy Boitsun, and Rada Committee Chair for Taxation and Customs Teriokhin. Discussions focused on Ukraine's NATO aspirations, domestic [...]	2008-11-24 14:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ETRD ECON UP
08KYIV2305	NEGOTIATIONS ON NEW RADA SPEAKER AT A STALEMATE [...] (C) As Ukraine nears the two-week mark since the November 12 removal of Parliament (Rada) Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk, negotiations over his replacement are at a stalemate, claimed Speaker contenders and other political leaders in meetings with the Ambassador. None described a clear way out of t [...]	2008-11-24 15:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2306	UKRAINE - DISPOSITION OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 3, 2008, a DOE delegation from the National Nuclear Security Administration,s (NNSA) Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) met with Academician Boris Paton, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU),to discuss possible USG assistance on th [...]	2008-11-24 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG KNNP MNUC PTER TRGY UNVIE
08KYIV2323	SUBJECT: UKRAINE'S MAIN EXTREMIST GROUPS [...] (U) Extremist groups in Ukraine espouse a wide range of ideologies. Groups such as the UNA-UNSO and Patriot of Ukraine are ultra nationalists while the Ukrainian National-Labor Party and the Ukrainian Movement Against Illegal Immigration have a neo-Nazi following. The group Bratsvo has an a [...]	2008-11-26 11:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI UP
08KYIV2339	U.S.-UKRAINE COOPERATION ON SCUD MISSILE [...] (C) Following up on proposals made by the U.S. delegation at the July 30-August 1 U.S.-Ukraine Non-Proliferation Working Group discussions (reftel),a State Department delegation met with Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and National Security and Defense Council officials in Kyiv on November 18. [...]	2008-11-26 16:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MASS PREL UP
08KYIV2340	UKRAINE: DOLLAR AUCTIONS TO OFFSET FALLING HRYVNIA [...] (SBU) The hryvnia traded around 6.7/$ on the interbank market on November 26, down roughly 3 percent from the previous day and falling from 6.0/$ a week ago. On Kyiv streets, dollar bids started around 6.65/$ with offers topping 7.0/$. Speculation about a developing black market filtered into [...]	2008-11-28 05:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2354	UKRAINE'S MEDIA MONITORS DECRY CURRENT STATE OF MEDIA IN [...] Summary: At a November 20 luncheon hosted by Ambassador Taylor, ten Ukrainian media monitors and observers shared their views on the current state of media in Ukraine. Participants agreed that, despite great expectations, Ukraine's media development had been disappointingly slow in the years s [...]	2008-12-02 05:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PGOV KPAI KPAO RS UP
08KYIV2358	UKRAINE'S DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. The ongoing gas price discussions for 2009 once again highlight Ukraine's strong dependence on energy imports from Russia: Ukraine depends on Russia for 80 percent of its natural gas, 61 percent of its oil, 100 percent of its nuclear fuel, and for the disposal of all the fuel it [...]	2008-12-02 13:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EPET PINR PREL UP
08KYIV2383	AND THE BAND PLAYED ON: RADA STALEMATE CONTINUES [...] (C) On December 4 the Ukrainian parliament (Rada) voted to invite President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko to an extraordinary session on December 9 to discuss the "situation in the country." The Rada once again was unable to find consensus on a new Speaker, and voted to close the session afte [...]	2008-12-04 15:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2412	UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTER'S PECULIAR AVOWALS [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's Minister of Finance Viktor Pynzenyk told the Ambassador on December 4 that a change of leadership at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is necessary to stabilize the country's faltering economy. Alluding to what he said was an inept inter-agency anti-crisis team, he d [...]	2008-12-09 16:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2413	UKRAINE "NOT YET THERE" ON 2009 BALANCED BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Finance has granted a preview of the draft 2009 budget to the IMF and World Bank. The World Bank told us the GOU foresees a 2009 budget deficit equal to 0.3 percent of GDP. After studying the draft, however, the World Bank puts the deficit at 0.8 percent of G [...]	2008-12-09 16:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2414	UKRAINE: FIRTASH MAKES HIS CASE TO THE USG [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 07:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	EINV ENRG EPET PINR PREL POL UP
08KYIV2417	UKRAINE: PROGRESS ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT REFORM [...] Summary: Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers on November 19 issued new provisions to regulate the country's government procurement system. Experts, including from the World Bank, agree that the new provisions are an improvement after several years of GOU backsliding on procurement reform. The pro [...]	2008-12-10 11:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV PGOV WTRO UP
08KYIV2424	LYTVYN ELECTED NEW SPEAKER, ANNOUNCES NEW [...] (C) A rumored super-majority coalition of PM Tymoshenko's BYuT and Party of Regions failed to materialize in the Ukrainian parliament as the Rada on December 9 elected Volodymyr Lytvyn as its new Speaker. Lytvyn announced that his Lytvyn bloc, BYuT, and a majority of Our Ukraine-People's Self [...]	2008-12-10 16:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2434	UNSTEADY UKRAINE RESPONSE WORRIES IMF TEAM [...] (C) Summary. An IMF team led by Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, in Kyiv to assess Ukrainian implementation of the Fund's $16.4 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA),offered mixed reviews of GOU anti-crisis efforts during her December 10 meeting with the Ambassador. Pazarbasioglu complimented Minister of [...]	2008-12-11 15:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2438	UKRAINE ON LRTAP CONVENTION AND PROTOCOLS [...] (SBU) Post delivered the reftel demarche to the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine, the body responsible for LRTAP issues and protocols, and sent a formal query with attached information on the U.S. LRTAP position, translated into Ukrainian. 2. (SBU) According to Olga Zverev [...]	2008-12-12 15:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV
08KYIV2439	UKRAINE: KYIVITES FACE HOT WATER CUTOFFS AS GAS DEBTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Thousands of Kyivites woke up to no hot water on December 12. For now, the cutoff has not affected the center of Kyiv, but is focused on outlying residential areas characterized by high-density block apartments. Kyivenergo, Kyiv's largest heat producing company, reported it was [...]	2008-12-12 15:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
08KYIV2440	PARTY OF REGIONS GEARS UP TO OPPOSE NEW COALITION [...] (C) Opposition Party of Regions appears resigned to the new three faction coalition led by PM Tymoshenko's bloc, announced December 9. Regions contacts note that even if the parties are able to sign a coalition agreement, they lack a solid voting majority in the Rada. Regions MPs expressed l [...]	2008-12-12 17:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2441	UKRAINE'S SKINHEAD SUBCULTURE [...] (SBU) Ukrainian skinheads congregate in small and poorly organized groups in a number of larger cities. They tend to be divided on thematic lines, such as neo-Nazis, anti-fascists, and football hooligans. Some are involved in hate crimes and have links with skinheads abroad, particularly Ru [...]	2008-12-12 18:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SOCI UP
08KYIV2460	UKRAINE: USG-FUNDED IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING [...] Summary: Post on December 5 held a workshop on combating internet piracy primarily for Ukrainian police, the fourth in a series of events that are part of a STATE/INL-funded, IPR training initiative. Some thirty police officials, from the Kyiv central office and the regions, and one prosecuto [...]	2008-12-17 14:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV2464	UKRAINIAN HRYVNIA IN FREEFALL AS NBU BOTCHES POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. A casualty of the worsening financial crisis, Ukraine's currency has lost another 12 percent of its value in recent days. Following an interim visit by the IMF to monitor GOU progress in implementing the $16.4 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA),the National Bank of Ukraine (N [...]	2008-12-18 13:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2485	CHERNOMYRDIN: UKRAINE MUST PAY GAS DEBTS [...] (C) Viktor Chernomyrdin, in a meeting with the Ambassador, highlighted the importance of Ukraine paying its gas debts. He stressed that Russia was unwilling to subsidize Ukraine, adding: "if you like them, help them." Chernomyrdin is convinced Ukrainian leaders, mired in power struggles, are [...]	2008-12-19 11:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PINR RU UP
08KYIV2486	SNAPSHOT OF THE NEW RADA COALITION [...] (C) The new Rada coalition is a small step in the right direction toward greater political stability in Ukraine. Based on discussions with coalition members, it appears the grouping is likely to continue Prime Minister Tymoshenko's broadly pro-Western policies and would be more amenable to US [...]	2008-12-19 12:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2487	"CYNICAL" PM BLASTS "INFLEXIBLE" UKRAINE BANK CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko lashed out at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on December 18, calling for the resignation of NBU Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh and lobbing stinging criticisms at NBU exchange rate policy. Although Tymoshenko has denounced the NBU chief [...]	2008-12-19 16:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2518	TYMOSHENKO ON THE ATTACK [...] (C) On December 19 PM Tymoshenko upped the ante in her ongoing political battle with President Yushchenko when she declared herself in open opposition to him. Accusing him of currency manipulation and other destructive activities in concert with the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU),Tymoshenko [...]	2008-12-23 15:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2520	CORRECTED COPY: COALITION AGREEMENT SIGNED - [...] (SBU) With the support of 37 out of 72 Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) MPs, deputy faction leader Borys Tarasyuk on December 16 signed a coalition agreement with PM Yuliya Tymoshenko's BYuT and Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn's bloc. Two of President Viktor Yushchenko's closest allie [...]	2008-12-24 08:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2530	WAY FORWARD ON THE SEPARATIST REGIONS OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladymir Khandogiy on December 29. Khandogiy thanked the Ambassador for the consultation. He noted that Ukraine's position on Abkhazia and South Ossetian "independence" has been clear: Ukraine categorically opposes reco [...]	2008-12-30 14:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG UP
08KYIV2532	IMF NEGATIVE ON UKRAINE BUDGET BOMB [...] (SBU) Summary. The local IMF office has unofficially told us that the 2009 budget is "quite negative" and likened the budget's failure to reign in pension outlays to an "exploding bomb." According to the IMF, the 2009 budget is based on unrealistic macroeconomic projections and a 2.97 percent [...]	2008-12-30 15:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2538	UKRAINE PRESIDENT AND PM APPEAL TO IMF [...] (SBU) Summary. In an unusual display of cooperation, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko sent a joint letter (full text below) to IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on December 30, confirming their intention to adhere to IMF conditionalities. S [...]	2008-12-31 10:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV283	UKRAINE: RADA MANAGES TO OPEN NEW SESSION AND [...] (C) Summary. The Rada got off to a rocky start on February 5 with more blockading and fistfights, but Speaker Yatsenyuk did manage to close the old session and open the new one as required in the constitution, although the President's planned "state of the nation" address to the Rada was post [...]	2008-02-05 11:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV285	UKRAINE/SUDAN: UKRAINIAN HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID [...] (C) Summary/recommendation: Ambassador continues to raise the urgency of the UN request for military helicopters to support the UN African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),most recently in separate February 4 meetings with DefMin Yekhanurov and FM Ohryzko. Both officials stated the Ukrainian [...]	2008-02-05 12:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPKO SU UP
08KYIV286	ROSUKRENERGO CRUNCHED BY CENTRAL ASIAN COLD SPELL? [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 12:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG UP
08KYIV299	UKRAINE: READY TO WORK WITH FINLAND AS OSCE [...] (C) Summary: Unlike their Spanish predecessors, the Finns appear ready to take on the problem of Russia in the OSCE context, judging by Finnish Foreign Minister Kanerva's January 15-16 visit to Kyiv in his capacity as OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO). Kanerva met with President Yushchenko, FM O [...]	2008-02-07 05:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS OSCE RS UP
08KYIV303	UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO MAKES THE PITCH FOR MAP AT [...] (C) Summary: PM Tymoshenko made a more convincing case for her personal commitment to Ukraine's request for a MAP at Bucharest during a February 5 meeting with visiting HFAC Europe Subcommittee Chairman Wexler (D-FL). She told Wexler that the letter requesting MAP signed by the President, PM [...]	2008-02-07 12:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV314	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PROMISES TO PAY GAS DEBT, [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko took Ukraine's gas dispute with Russia (ref A) public on February 11. She acknowledged that NaftoHaz owed gas intermediaries RosUkrEnergo (RUE) and UkrHazEnergo (UHE) $1.07 billion for gas deliveries in October-December 2007, and said Ukraine w [...]	2008-02-11 14:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
08KYIV333	SUBJECT: UKRAINE: DELIVERY CONFIRMATION -- FORMAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 10:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI
08KYIV334	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER YEKHANUROV PICKS UP THE [...] (C - REL NATO) Summary: New Defense Minister, and former Prime Minister, Yuriy Yekhanurov is an experienced bureaucratic insider with close ties to President Yushchenko who will be an ardent supporter of Ukraine's request for a NATO MAP and movement toward European standards and interoperabili [...]	2008-02-13 10:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MARR PREL MOPS NATO KPKO PINR UP
08KYIV335	UKRAINE: WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED [...] Post delivered WIREC invitation letter on February 13 to Minister of Foreign Affairs Volodymyr Ohryzko, with copies to the Ministries of Fuel and Energy, Environmental Protection and Economy. 2. Econoff spoke with Dmitry Shevchenko of the MFA Americas Desk regarding the conference. Shev [...]	2008-02-13 12:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI
08KYIV336	UKRAINE CLAIMS VICTORY IN GAS DEAL THAT WILL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko are both calling the gas deal struck on February 12 in Moscow a victory for Ukraine. Yushchenko and President Putin announced the deal moments before the deadline set by Gazprom to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine expired. Ukrai [...]	2008-02-13 14:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
08KYIV34	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO HITS THE GROUND RUNNING [...] (C) Summary. At a time when most of Kyiv slows down for the holidays, Prime Minister Tymoshenko has pushed full-steam ahead in her first month in office to get Ukraine's financial house in order, fulfill key election promises, and get her team on the ground and working. Tymoshenko was confir [...]	2008-01-11 12:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR UP
08KYIV358	UKRAINE: RUSSIAN ACTIONS ANSWER MEDVEDEV'S [...] (C) Summary and Comment: For many Ukrainians, Vladimir Putin's February 12 threat that membership in NATO could result in Russian missiles pointed at Ukraine answered Russian presidential candidate Dmitry Medvedev's question about Russia's neighbors posed during a January 22 campaign appearan [...]	2008-02-15 12:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV359	UKRAINE: RADA COMES IN, VOTES, STALLS AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. The Rada managed to overcome political differences on February 12 to vote on social and economic issues, but then immediately sunk back into an impasse. After several Coordinating Council meetings early in the week, on the morning of February 12 leaders from BYuT and Party of Reg [...]	2008-02-15 12:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV361	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM FROM THE [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Stavnichuk and Justice Minister Onishchuk confirmed to us recently that the President's team is moving ahead with its plans to amend the constitution in the first half of the year. Stavnichuk described the National Constitutional Counc [...]	2008-02-15 13:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV365	UKRAINE OPPOSES, BUT DOUBTS THAT RUSSIA WILL [...] (C) As requested, PolCouns delivered the demarche contained reftel to Oleksandr Tsvetkov, Acting Director of the MFA's Political Department (with primary responsibility for the Kosovo issue) and Sergiy Kyslytsya, Director of the MFA's UN and Other International Organizations Department on Febr [...]	2008-02-15 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU YI UP
08KYIV366	UKRAINE WILL NOT SUPPORT INVOKING BERLIN MECHANISM [...] (C) As requested, on February 15, Polcouns conveyed reftel demarche to Sergiy Kyslytsya, Director of the MFA's UN and Other International Organizations Department, and urged Ukraine not to support Serbia's plan to invoke the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism immediately after an anticipated declaration [...]	2008-02-15 13:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE UP
08KYIV386	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO CONFIDENT ABOUT MAP AND [...] (C) Summary: During a February 18 meeting with the Ambassador, President Yushchenko made the case that Ukrainians are ready for MAP and closer ties with NATO, providing polling data showing that only a small portion of the population wanted a referendum on membership in NATO now. In response [...]	2008-02-19 10:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV401	UKRAINE: UNHCR APPEALS FOR RELEASE OF CHECHEN [...] (U) This is an action request - See paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary. The UNHCR informed the Embassy about its appeal to President Yushchenko to prevent the extradition of Chechen Refugee Lema Susarov to Russia and to release him from detention so that he can be resettled to Finland. Susarov [...]	2008-02-21 12:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF UP
08KYIV404	UKRAINE IPR: 2008 SPECIAL 301 -- POST INPUT [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy recommends Ukraine remain on the Special 301 Priority Watch List, which is statutorily accompanied by Section 306 monitoring (ref A),although the Government of Ukraine continues to move in the right direction on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) prot [...]	2008-02-21 13:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV408	UKRAINE: REGIONS PROPOSES PACKAGE TO UNBLOCK RADA, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Rada failed to open as scheduled on February 21 with Regions continuing to blockade the rostrum. However, opposition leader Yanukovych proposed an end to the blockade in exchange for positive Rada consideration of ten legislative initiatives. A parliamentary rou [...]	2008-02-21 13:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
08KYIV417	UKRAINE: STILL CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION, BUT [...] (C) As requested, Ambassador conveyed the points reftel to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Ohryzko February 22, and asked that Ukraine move ahead with recognition of Kosovo. Ohryzko said that Ukraine was "checking all possibilities," but cautioned that the process would "take some time." The FM w [...]	2008-02-22 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV418	UKRAINE: NOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] As requested, Polcouns delivered notification contained reftel on February 21 to Yuriy Nikytyuk, Chief of the Americas Desk at MFA. 2. Visit Embassy Kyiv's classified website: www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/kiev. Taylor [...]	2008-02-22 13:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA UP
08KYIV419	UKRAINE: VERDICT AND SENTENCING IN GONGADZE CASE [...] (C) Summary: Lawyer Valentyna Telychenko, who represents the wife of slain journalist Georgiy Gongadze, told us that she expected a verdict and sentencing for the three men accused of killing Gongadze by early March; according to press reports, March 3 could be the final day of the trial. Th [...]	2008-02-22 13:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
08KYIV449	UKRAINE: INPUT FOR NEW REQUIRED REPORTS TO [...] (U) The following is Embassy Kyiv's response to reftel. Information in paragraph 2 of this cable responds directly to questions found in paragraph 4 parts A-D of reftel. 2. (U) A. At Embassy Kyiv, the Economic Section takes the lead on handling energy matters related to oil, gas, electrici [...]	2008-02-27 11:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD UP
08KYIV450	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NAFTOHAZ [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 11:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
08KYIV451	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NAFTOHAZ [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 11:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
08KYIV453	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH PUSHING FOR NEW COALITION, [...] (C) Summary. During a February 25 meeting, Party of Regions leader Yanukovych reiterated to the Ambassador all his old points about Ukraine's relations with NATO not requiring a MAP at this juncture, then proceeded to lay out three scenarios for the Rada, all of which would change the current [...]	2008-02-27 12:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV455	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR IN LVIV HEARS VIEWS ON EURO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a February 19-21 visit to the city of Lviv in western Ukraine, the Ambassador met with the First Deputy Oblast Governor Valery Pyatak, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadoviy, and a group of young local politicians representing the political parties Pora, Svoboda, Ukrainian [...]	2008-02-28 10:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM UP

08KYIV456	UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FUNDS PROGRAM STARTS WITH [...] (U) Summary: Post, in cooperation with CLDP (Commerce),launched a new IPR training initiative -- funded by STATE/INL -- with an IPR enforcement workshop for Ukrainian judges February 12-14. The event drew strong participation from 26 judges representing nearly all of Ukraine's geographical re [...]	2008-02-28 10:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV461	UKRAINE: GAZPROM AGAIN THREATENS UKRAINE OVER DEBT, [...] (U) Summary. Gazprom has indicated it had grown tired of Ukraine's inability to sign and implement the February 12 gas agreement announced by Putin and Yushchenko and threatened to reduce gas supplies to Ukraine by 25 percent beginning on March 3, moving up a previously announced deadline of M [...]	2008-02-29 13:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG UP
08KYIV469	UKRAINE: GAZPROM MAKES GOOD ON THREAT--REDUCES GAS [...] (U) At 9:34 a.m. Kyiv time, NaftoHaz press officials told us that the state-owned gas pipeline operator Ukrtranshaz had received an official telegram from Gazprom confirming that gas supplies to Ukraine would be reduced by 30 million cubic meters (mcm) per day for an unspecified time. The ann [...]	2008-03-03 11:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV471	UKRAINE: GAZPROM REDUCES GAS TO UKRAINE BY ANOTHER [...] (SBU) On March 3, hours after informing NaftoHaz by telegram that gas supplies had been reduced by 25%, Gazprom sent a second telegram announcing an additional 10% reduction in gas supplies, which Gazprom said brought the total reduction to 40 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas per day. NaftoHa [...]	2008-03-04 08:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV474	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT CALLS FOR COALITION [...] (C) Summary. Meetings with Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Roman Bezsmertniy, Deputy Prime Minister Hryhoriy Nemyria, Regions MP Andriy Klyuyev, and Regions financier Rinat Akhmetov in the past week revealed that efforts are being made to reformat the coalition, but opinions varie [...]	2008-03-04 13:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV483	UKRAINE: MARCH 5 UPDATE ON GAS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. A day after Gazprom reduced gas supplies to Ukraine by 35%, Gazprom tacked on an additional 25% reduction at 19:00 Kyiv time on March 4. Before reductions began, Ukraine's state gas and oil company, NaftoHaz, received 152.7 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas per day, but now re [...]	2008-03-05 09:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV503	UKRAINE IPR: GOU TRYING TO IMPROVE HOLOGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission hosted an IPR roundtable on March 5 with participation from the GOU and rights holders to discuss the hologram sticker program for optical discs. Industry reps laid out their concerns regarding the technical design of the hologram sticker, the process of [...]	2008-03-07 11:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV504	UKRAINE: COALITION STABLE FOR NOW, RADA GETS BACK [...] (C) Summary. The Rada returned to work on March 6 after nearly a month's impasse, while Presidential Chief of Staff Baloha reassured the Ambassador that there was no plan to undermine the Prime Minister. Baloha said that he believed that Tymoshenko was conspiring against Yushchenko and he mad [...]	2008-03-07 12:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV522	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO CONFIRMS COALITION UNITY, [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador and President Yushchenko met late March 11 to discuss Ukraine's bid for a NATO MAP at the April 2-4 Bucharest Summit. The Ambassador told President Yushchenko that President Bush was talking to NATO Allies about MAP for Ukraine and that the U.S. believes that unity [...]	2008-03-13 06:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV527	UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO READY TO DO EVERYTHING IN [...] (C) Summary: PM Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that she would do "everything in her power" to get a MAP for Ukraine at Bucharest, during a 90-minute March 13 meeting. Tymoshenko said that she understood that it was important that her statements about wanting something positive at Bucharest not [...]	2008-03-13 11:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UP
08KYIV528	UKRAINE: IP RIGHTS HOLDERS STILL DISSATISFIED WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The recording industry remains concerned about public performance piracy -- the failure of intellectual property users to make royalty payments -- in Ukraine. The industry regards Ukrainian TV stations as particularly problematic. Industry reps would like to see increased crim [...]	2008-03-13 13:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV580	UKRAINE: TERMS OF RECENT GAS AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) On March 13, Ukrainian news service "Ukrainska Pravda" published what it called the latest authentic version of the March 12 gas agreement between Gazprom and NaftoHaz entitled "Agreement on the Development of Gas Sector Relations." To date, no government officials have denied the authen [...]	2008-03-18 12:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV606	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE [...] (C) Summary. Your visit to Kyiv provides a historic opportunity to acknowledge the democratic transformation that has occurred in Ukraine since the Orange Revolution and to encourage further steps to consolidate reform and bring Ukraine fully into Europe. You will encounter intense interest i [...]	2008-03-21 13:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP UP
08KYIV612	UKRAINE: KOSOVO - GOVERNMENT HOLDS ITS GROUND, [...] (C) Summary: At a March 21 meeting, the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) determined that Ukraine should not change the nature of its participation in Kosovo peacekeeping activities in the wake of a March 17 incident in Mitrovica, Kosovo, during which a Ukrainian policeman was killed [...]	2008-03-25 03:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM NATO UNMIK KV UP
08KYIV632	UKRAINE: CUSTOMS HEAD SERIOUS ABOUT REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The head of Ukraine's Customs Service Valeriy Khoroshkovskiy outlined his plan for Customs reform during an introductory meeting with Ambassador on March 21. Khoroshkovskiy boasted of the early success of his anti- smuggling campaign, which was meant to increase customs revenues [...]	2008-03-27 12:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON UP
08KYIV706	UKRAINE/MTCR/WASSENAAR: SYRIAN MILITARY ENGINE [...] (S-REL UP) We provided ref A talking points April 7 to MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Oleh Belokolos during an previously planned meeting. Belokolos said he would distribute our information regarding Motor Sich's contract to overhaul Syrian military aircraft engi [...]	2008-04-07 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM ETTC MARR MTCRE PREL SY CH UP
08KYIV709	UKRAINE: RADA REOPENS, BUT TENSIONS PERSIST [...] (C) Summary. The Rada reopened in plenary session April 8 after a two-week break and immediately went into a long recess amid recriminations that various factions were plotting against each other. However, all sides managed to find a temporary solution to the disagreements of the day, allowi [...]	2008-04-08 12:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV722	WILL UKRAINE JOIN RUSSIA'S WTO WORKING PARTY? [...] (C) Summary: A GOU official recently told the press that Ukraine did not plan to join Russia's WTO Working Party, even though Ukraine looks set to join the WTO within a matter of months, well ahead of Russia. (Note: Ukraine's parliament April 10 ratified the protocol of accession, details sep [...]	2008-04-10 08:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO PGOV UP RS
08KYIV729	UKRAINE'S PARLIAMENT RATIFIES ITS WTO PROTOCOL OF [...] The Ukrainian Rada (parliament) on April 10 ratified Ukraine's protocol of accession to join the WTO. The ratification followed approval of the protocol by the WTO's General Council on February 5. Out of the 450 total Members of Parliament (MPs) in the Rada, 411 voted in support of the access [...]	2008-04-10 12:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO PGOV UP
08KYIV756	UKRAINE: NO SPLIT IN PARTY OF REGIONS EXPECTED - [...] (C) Summary. Although tensions exist between the Akhmetov and Yanukovych wings of the Party of Regions, the party shows no immediate signs of splitting. Moreover, by taking a stand against a NATO MAP for Ukraine at the Bucharest Summit and playing on rumors of possible Rada elections in late [...]	2008-04-15 07:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV760	UKRAINE: DAS BRYZA'S DISCUSSIONS ON ENERGY WITH [...] (C) Summary: In meetings April 4 with PM Tymoshenko and April 5 with Minister of Fuels and Energy Prodan, DAS Matt Bryza explored ways the USG could work with the GOU to bolster Ukraine's energy security. Tymoshenko said Ukraine needed to get direct access to central Asian gas, produce more [...]	2008-04-15 13:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV768	UKRAINE: UNODC Nuclear Legislation Workshop - A Model for [...] The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department's Nuclear Smuggling Outreach Initiative (NSOI) office worked with the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to hold a "Legislative Drafting Expert Workshop on the Criminal Law Aspects of the Universal Legal Framework Against Nuclear Terrorism" i [...]	2008-04-16 08:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER KNNP KCRM KGIC US UP
08KYIV771	UKRAINE: CRACKS IN THE COALITION [...] (C) Summary. Although the President, Prime Minister, OU-PSD, and BYuT all say they want the democratic coalition to last, public infighting, growing distrust, and mutual recriminations are making the tenuous majority even shakier. An April 16 spat erupted over the vote for the President's law [...]	2008-04-16 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV774	UKRAINE: VISITS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE AND STABLE MID [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Although recent high-level Ukrainian visits to the Middle East seem to suggest a growing GOU interest in the region; when viewed in context, however, the visits are the most recent in a string of Middle East initiatives long on grandiose announcements of increased co [...]	2008-04-17 11:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD IR IZ ZR ZP UP
08KYIV782	UKRAINE: NATO/PFP TRUST FUND DESTRUCTION PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns, Polmiloff, and DATT met April 16 with Deputy Defense Minister Valeriy Ivashchenko to discuss the status of the NATO PfP Trust Fund destruction project and deliver the corresponding non-paper (ref A),and raise the possible mid-May visit of the Special Envoy for MANPAD [...]	2008-04-18 12:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
08KYIV784	UKRAINE: DEMARCHE: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (U) On April 18, Ambassador delivered ref A demarche and non-paper to First Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymr Khandohiy conveying the USG position on the Prisoners of Conscience Declaration. Khandohiy thanked Ambassador for the points. Post will continue to track this issue. 2. (U) Visit Em [...]	2008-04-21 09:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL UP
08KYIV801	UKRAINE: GOU ANNOUNCES NATURAL GAS PRICE HIKES [...] (SBU) On April 14, the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers (CabMin) published a resolution recommending a 3-5% monthly increase in natural gas prices for individual consumers beginning in May. The move was unexpected, as the media and most energy experts predicted that PM Tymoshenko would not rais [...]	2008-04-24 10:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV803	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO ENTERS CONSTITUTIONAL GAME [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Tymoshenko has begun speaking publicly and forcefully for transforming Ukraine into a parliamentary system, possibly as part of an effort to force President Yushchenko into cooperation and to take away the President's lead in reforming the constitution. She first r [...]	2008-04-24 12:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV807	UKRAINIAN GOVT LIFTS QUOTAS ON GRAIN EXPORTS [...] (U) Summary: The GOU announced an end to grain export restrictions, long a sore spot for grain traders and WTO members, on April 23. The GOU also announced a relaxation of restrictions on sunflower oil, although quotas on sunflower oil and seeds do remain in place. The move was likely in par [...]	2008-04-25 02:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR WTRO UP
08KYIV821	UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION GROUP [...] Summary: GOU, Embassy and industry representatives discussed copyright issues and GOU inter-agency cooperation at an April 23 Enforcement Cooperation Group (ECG) meeting. The GOU officials present agreed to push for a Cabinet of Ministers Resolution to raise the stature of the government's IPR [...]	2008-04-25 07:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV828	UKRAINE 2008 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] Deputy Econ Counselor delivered reftel points on the 2008 Special 301 report to Valentin Chebotaryov, Deputy Chairman of the State Department of Intellectual Property (SDIP),on April 24. Chebotaryov thanked the USG for its recognition of progress made in recent years and was delighted to lea [...]	2008-04-25 11:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR UP
08KYIV832	UKRAINE: KYIV MAYOR'S RACE HEATS UP [...] (C) Summary. With early Kyiv mayor and city council elections scheduled for May 25, and 150 candidates already declared, the race to control the capital city is being seen as an early showdown in the run-up to the presidential elections in late 2009/early 2010. Prime Minister Tymoshenko's BY [...]	2008-04-25 12:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV835	WHOOPS: UKRAINIAN GOVT REVERSES LIFTING OF GRAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: In contradiction to a public announcement by Prime Minister Tymoshenko on April 23, a government decree released on April 25 failed to eliminate grain export restrictions, only relaxing the quotas instead. The flip-flop was a complete surprise and followed an outpouring of inte [...]	2008-04-29 02:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR WTRO UP
08KYIV851	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER ON REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Ambassador, Defense Attache, and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief met with Minister of Defense Yuriy Yekhanurov at his request. Minister Yekhanurov came with a list of issues to discuss that concerned both relations with Ukraine's neighbors and internal mil [...]	2008-04-30 15:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR ETRD EINV NATO UP
08KYIV869	UKRAINE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - DEMARCHE ON [...] (SBU) We confirmed on May 7, per ref A inquiry, that Ukraine is seeking re-election to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) with Iryna Kachenko, UN Desk Officer for elections in the MFA's International Organizations Division. We also conveyed the USG position expressing deep concern about the [...]	2008-05-07 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC
08KYIV873	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL GAME HEATS UP [...] (C) Summary. Rada Speaker Yatsenyuk and adviser to the Prime Minister Zadorozhniy separately described to the Ambassador that BYuT-Regions collaboration on a new constitution was a reality that would move along quickly and that cooperation between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymo [...]	2008-05-07 14:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV874	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO/TYMOSHENKO RIVALRY HITS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOU's ambitious privatization plans have fallen victim to the political rivalry between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko (Refs A and B). Following the latest iteration of their drawn out privatization battle characterized by dueling decrees, court rulings [...]	2008-05-08 08:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV ETRD EIND UP
08KYIV876	UKRAINE MOSTLY AGREES ON CANDIDATES FOR WIPO [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points regarding upcoming elections for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General to Elena Shcherbakova, head of the International Relations Division at the State Department of Intellectual Property (SDIP),on May 6. Shcherbakova said [...]	2008-05-08 15:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL UP
08KYIV902	UKRAINE: COALITION TEETERING, BUT ALTERNATIVES [...] (C) Summary. Cracks in the coalition appeared to widen May 12-13 as the two sides faced off in the Rada and in public comments from President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko. Privately, Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that coalition was de facto dead, because the President had set hi [...]	2008-05-13 16:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV915	UKRAINE BECOMES WTO MEMBER ON MAY 16, BUT FAILS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine joins the WTO on May 16, marking a major success for the country's economic reform efforts. Accession is marred, however, by Ukraine's failure, due to domestic political turmoil, to pass five laws promised as part of accession negotiations. One of the five is the law de [...]	2008-05-15 16:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PGOV UP
08KYIV922	UKRAINE: STAYING FOCUSED ON THE LONG-TERM [...] (C) Summary: Official Kyiv appears determined to sink into another round of political turmoil and infighting (reftels) that could last for months. It will make our work here more difficult and could damage some of our short-term goals. However, it is critical that we not lose sight of our lon [...]	2008-05-16 14:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV924	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MIGRATION, [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador, Oleksandr Sagan, recently-appointed Chairman of the State Committee of Nationalities and Religions, discussed a wide variety issues including inter-ethnic relations, the status of religious freedom, and migration policy -- all of which fall [...]	2008-05-16 14:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
08KYIV951	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY BOYDEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit to Ukraine comes as the fragile two-vote majority coalition struggles to move ahead with an ambitious agenda as dissension between the two parties increases. All eyes are on whether Prime Minister Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko can work together better than they [...]	2008-05-19 16:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG PGOV UP
08KYIV953	UKRAINE: INCIDENCE OF FORCED/CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] Summary: Cases of adult forced labor are extremely rare in Ukraine, and child labor, while still in existence, is not prevalent. The GOU has adopted standards on child labor in line with international norms and has made some progress in recent years in tackling the problem. Most child labor [...]	2008-05-20 11:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM UP
08KYIV954	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO GETS HIS CABMIN LAW [...] (C) Summary. President Yushchenko won a tactical victory on May 16, when Prime Minister Tymoshenko's faction in the parliament backed down after a week's stand-off and agreed to vote for the new law on the Cabinet of Ministers, which the President has been pushing for since December. Yushchen [...]	2008-05-20 11:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV955	UKRAINE: RENEWED THOUGHTS OF ENGAGING BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador strongly discouraged Ukrainian plans for an "informal" meeting between Ukrainian President Yushchenko and Belarusan President Lukashenko in meetings with Foreign Minister Ohryzko on May 18 and Presidential foreign policy advisor Oleksandr Chaliy on May 20. Ambassador stresse [...]	2008-05-20 14:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS PINR BO UP
08KYIV960	UKRAINE: COALITION TOGETHER FOR NOW, BUT [...] (C) Summary. For now, Ukraine's fragile coalition is holding itself together -- barely-- for a variety of reasons and in spite of the public bickering and threats, and could continue to muddle along for weeks or months. All parties are reluctant to return to expensive and time-consuming new [...]	2008-05-21 13:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV962	UKRAINE: YUZHNOYE AND ISRO PROPOSED ROCKET [...] (S) We drew on ref A points during a May 21 meeting with MFA Arms Control Department Deputy Director Valeriy Kravchenko to urge Ukraine to provide detailed information to the MTCR Partners via the MTCR Point of Contact in Paris on the proposed Yuzhnoye-ISRO rocket coooperation. At the same ti [...]	2008-05-21 15:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM ETTC MNUC TSPA PREL MTCRE IN UP
08KYIV965	UKRAINE: GONGADZE KILLERS APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT, [...] (C) Summary. Valentyna Telychenko, the attorney for the widow of slain journalist Georgiy Gongadze, told EmbOff that she was satisfied with the March 15 convictions of three former police officers, but that she would request reduced sentences for two of the defendants when they make their fi [...]	2008-05-22 08:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
08KYIV97	UKRAINE: SENATOR LUGAR MEETS NEW GOVERNMENT; [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's plan to request a MAP at the April NATO Bucharest Summit dominated discussion during visiting Senator Richard Lugar's January 15 meetings with President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko and opposition representatives. Yushchenko expressed the strong hope that Ukraine's request [...]	2008-01-16 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV975	UKRAINE: KYIV MAYORAL ELECTION REMAIQHIGHLY [...] (C) Summary. With the May 25 elections for the Kyiv mayor's office and city council drawing nearer, heated accusations of cheating and sabotage among the major players are increasing as all prepare for the vote, the outcome of which is still unpredictable. Also troubling, a majority of mem [...]	2008-05-23 14:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV980	UKRAINE LIFTS QUOTAS ON GRAIN EXPORTS - THIS TIME WE'RE NOT [...] Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk announced to the press on May 21 that the GOU had decided to lift export restrictions on grain. (Note: Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko had made a similar announcement in April (ref C),but the government then in fact only loosened the restrictions, rather than a [...]	2008-05-27 05:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR WTRO UP
08KYIV99	UKRAINE: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, PART I [...] As requested reftel, below is Part I of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Post is transmitting the ICS in two separate parts due to its large size. Post will send the ICS in Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA by email. Begin Text: A.1. Openness to Foreign Invest [...]	2008-01-17 02:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
08LISBON2689	(C) WHY PORTUGAL IS SOFT ON RUSSIA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Portugal has shown itself to be notably reluctant to criticize Russian misbehavior in recent months. There is no single reason for this, but rather a combination of Portugal's new economic diplomacy, a desire to find a "balance" on tough issues, and some preconceptions on the [...]	2008-11-03 16:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON RS PO
08LJUBLJANA323	SLOVENIAN RESPONSE FOR JULY 22-23 GAERC [...] (SBU) On July 17, Emboffs met with Aljaz Arih, Head of the CFSP Unit at the MFA, to deliver reftel points in advance of the July 22 - 23 for the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. IRAN ---- 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Emboff urged the Government of Slovenia (GOS),[...]	2008-07-18 15:35:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EUN IR SO SU CD ZI UP
08LONDON2055	UK PLEASED WITH FIRST MONTH OF FRENCH PRESIDENCY; [...] (C) Summary. France has "listened to" London during the first month of the French Presidency of the EU, especially on issues of current importance to the UK such as Zimbabwe and Iran, and the FCO tells us HMG is optimistic about prospects for the remainder of the Presidency. Despite initial concer [...]	2008-08-06 15:27:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV EUN ETRD IR UP FR UK
08LONDON2159	TFGGO1: FM MILIBAND'S AUGUST 27 VISIT TO KYIV DESIGNED TO SHOW UK SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE [...] (C/NF) FM Miliband will travel to Kyiv on August 27 to reinforce support for Ukraine's European and Transatlantic aspirations, and to demonstrate British solidarity with the Ukrainian people during a difficult period, as he did with the Georgians during his August 20 visit to Tbilisi (septel). The [...]	2008-08-20 15:49:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM MOPS GG RU UP UK
08LONDON2211	UK WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT GEORGIA; â€œON THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. The United Kingdom agrees that South Ossetian and Abkhazian representatives should not participate in UN Security Council (UNSC) meetings on Georgia, according to Mariot Leslie, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Director General (DG) for Defense and Intelligence. Leslie told th [...]	2008-08-28 17:13:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID UNSC PREL PGOV FR GG UK UP
08MINSK151	EMBASSY MINSK SUBMISSION FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] (U) This is Embassy Minsk's submission for the eighth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. 2. (SBU) This report identifies anti-TIP NGOs and international organizations by name. However, for security reasons, post requests that the Department protect their identity and not p [...]	2008-02-29 14:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BO
08MINSK224	LUKASHENKO'S POPULARITY STABLE, BUT OPPOSITION TO POLICIES [...] (SBU) According to independent nationwide polling data from March 2008, while the popularity of Aleksandr Lukashenko remained around 40 per cent, opposition to some of his regime's policies -- like benefit cuts, the travel ban and the introduction of atomic energy -- was significant. Though d [...]	2008-03-31 09:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI PINR BO
08MINSK32	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - January 18, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - More Entrepreneur Leaders Jailed (para. 2) - BKGB Detains Journalists, Raids Apartment (para. 3) - Activist Journalist Banned From Travel (para. 4) - BPF Invites Persp [...]	2008-01-18 15:28:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08MINSK34	BFIF PROPOSAL FROM BELARUS [...] Embassy Minsk applies for funding under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund for two proposals. First, post proposes a catalog show at an agricultural products exposition. Second, post proposes accompanying an International Buyers Program (IBP) delegation to CONEXPO in Las Vegas, March 1 [...]	2008-01-18 18:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ABUD BTIO AMGT EAGR EINV ETRD BO
08MOSCOW1073	RUSSIA UNMOVED BY CONCERNS OVER PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In April 18 conversations with First Deputy Foreign Minister Denisov and Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Prikhodko, the Ambassador conveyed reftel concerns and urged Russia to repeal its Presidential Instructions and engage directly with Georgia to reduce tensions. Denisov p [...]	2008-04-18 10:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW147	RUSSIAN OPPOSITION TO UKRAINIAN NATO MAP UNCHANGED [...] (C) Russia's reaction to Ukraine's announcement that it would seek a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the NATO Summit in Bucharest (reftel) has been negative, but relatively low-key, reflecting the GOR's assessment that MAP is unlikely. MFA Counselor for NATO issues Gregoriy Sumkin told us Ja [...]	2008-01-18 16:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO KCFE UP RS
08MOSCOW1517	RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS MONOPOLIZED BY [...] (C) Summary: The consensus here is that Yushchenko's "clearly anti-Russia" agenda and his "blind pursuit" of NATO membership have hijacked Russian-Ukrainian relations. MFA officials confirmed that Russia's top issue in bilateral contacts with Ukraine, including Lavrov's meeting with Ukrainia [...]	2008-05-30 06:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1771	DAS MERKEL'S MEETING WITH TRANSNISTRIA NEGOTIATOR [...] (C) In a short June 19 meeting, GOR Special Negotiator for the Transnistria conflict Valeriy Nesterushkin briefed EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Merkel on recent developments. Nesterushkin said that the conflict was entering an "exciting" period, and highlighted Security Council Deputy Secre [...]	2008-06-20 14:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MD RS
08MOSCOW1960	RUSSIA - UKRAINE RELATIONS: STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. In recent conversations, both the MFA and the Ukrainian Embassy characterized the Russia - Ukraine bilateral relationship as at an all time low. Ukraine's NATO aspirations dominate and negatively affect all aspects of the relationship. Other disputes, including the sluggish, c [...]	2008-07-09 12:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
08MOSCOW2261	UNORTHODOX POLITICS CONTRIBUTE TO MOSCOW-KIEV [...] (C) Summary. While newly arrived Ukrainian Amb Konstyantyn Gryshchenko told Charge on August 1 that relations with Russia were serious, MFA Director for the Second Department of the CIS Countries (Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine) Sorokin told us on August 1 that Yushchenko was responsible for [...]	2008-08-04 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RS UP CASC KIRF SOCI
08MOSCOW2351	TFGG01: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT SITREP 4 [...] (C) Summary. An American journalist was reported injured in South Ossetia and taken to North Ossetia for medical treatment. Post is working to contact him. PM Putin said Russia would continue its mission to "its logical end," and lashed out at the West, and the U.S. in particular, for suppo [...]	2008-08-11 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2411	TFGG01: EFFECTS OF RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT ON GOR [...] (C) Summary: The war of words between Russia and Ukraine has intensified with the war in Georgia. Russia has decried Ukrainian announcements, including a presidential decree, calling for the Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) command to notify Ukraine about ships and aircraft returning to the Ukrainian [...]	2008-08-14 15:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS GG RS UP
08MOSCOW2460	MFA SAYS RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE STRAINED, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary. While continuing to accuse Ukraine of supplying weapons to Georgia, and objecting to Kyiv's recent decrees on the Black Sea Fleet (BSF)(ref A),the MFA insisted to us that Russian relations with Ukraine were not threatened. Saying that Russia and Ukraine were interdependent in t [...]	2008-08-19 06:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG UP RS
08MOSCOW2596	LATEST SALVO IN OLIGARCH FRIDMAN'S DISPUTE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A $2.8 billion judgment against Norwegian telecom company Telenor in a Khantiy Mansiisk court is the latest salvo from oligarch Mikhail Fridman in his years-long battle with Telenor for control of VimpelCom, Russia's second biggest mobile phone provider. Given the dubious nature [...]	2008-08-29 11:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV ETRD ECON RS
08MOSCOW2655	RUSSIA: MIXED MESSAGES ON UKRAINE; IRE OVER [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials have sent mixed signals regarding their commitment to Ukraine's territorial integrity and the future of Russian-Ukrainian relations. While Putin reassured the international community that Russia had no intention of redefining borders with Ukraine, Medvedev po [...]	2008-09-04 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS UP GG
08MOSCOW2689	RUSSIA WILL ATTEMPT TO BLOCK UKRAINIAN RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) We delivered demarche on the U.S.'s human rights priorities at the UNGA Third Committee on September 5 to MFA Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights First Secretary Aleksey Goltyayev, who told us that Russia would continue to oppose country specific human rights resolut [...]	2008-09-08 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL UN UK RS
08MOSCOW2720	RUSSIA-UKRAINE TRADE RELATIONS STRAINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In what many observers see as a sign of Russia's increasingly belligerent trade policies, Russian First Deputy PM Shuvalov announced September 1 that Russia would consider imposing restrictive trade measures on Ukraine now that Ukraine had acceded to the WTO. The GOR is consider [...]	2008-09-10 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON UP RS
08MOSCOW2915	MIXED REACTION TO 2008 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary. The release of the 2008 International Religious Freedom report sparked criticism from Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs; however, off-the-record, officials in the Russian Human Rights Ombudsman's office expressed approval, agreeing on the accuracy and validity of the majority [...]	2008-10-01 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF RS
08MOSCOW3127	HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS DUMA IRC CHAIRMAN KOSACHEV: [...] (SBU) Summary: Duma International Relations Committee Chair Kosachev told House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Berman October 14 that the difficult state of U.S.-Russian relations was due to Russia's "disappointment" over European security structures following the end of the Cold War. He [...]	2008-10-23 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNDP NATO MARR PARM OREP GG IR RS
08MOSCOW3395	ANNUAL GAS ROW WITH UKRAINE HEATS UP [...] (C) Gazprom's Director of Foreign Relations, Ivan Zolotov, told us November 24 that, despite press reports, there is "no serious discrepancy" between Russia and Ukraine on the amount of the outstanding gas debt, which he claimed is approaching $3 billion. He said negotiations to resolve debt r [...]	2008-11-24 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL UP RS
08MOSCOW3396	RUSSIA RESISTING YUSHCHENKO'S BAIT, MOSTLY [...] (C) Summary: Russian political circles see Ukrainian president Yushchenko attempting to bait Russia in order to improve his domestic popularity and gain support from the West. However, mindful of the strong economic ties between the countries, Russia has so far limited itself to sniping bac [...]	2008-11-25 03:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UP RS
08MOSCOW3419	DFM KARASIN ON IRAQ, GEORGIA, UKRAINE, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 25 meeting, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin sought further information on the alleged November 19 collision between a U.S. convoy vehicle and a Russian embassy vehicle in Baghdad (reftel). He called the November 23 shooting near the Georgian and Polish pre [...]	2008-11-26 09:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS AZ UP MD IZ
08MOSCOW3547	RUSSIA REACTS TO THE NATO MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: The reaction by Russian officials to the December 2 NATO Ministerial was largely muted, with the MFA welcoming a "return to realism" as NATO decided to resume a political dialogue with Russia. GOR officials expect NATO to make the first step in reestablishing ties with Russia, a [...]	2008-12-08 15:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS NATO
08MOSCOW3597	SENIOR ANALYST WARNS OF THE DANGER OF IGNORING [...] (SBU) Summary: Moscow Carnegie Center Director Dmitri Trenin provided an overview of Russia-U.S. relations for visiting Representatives Bill Delahunt and Dana Rohrabacher, explaining that Moscow was troubled by U.S. indifference toward Russian security concerns, and that Washington failed to [...]	2008-12-12 11:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP RS
08MOSCOW3719	GOR CALM ABOUT U.S.-UKRAINE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: In a December 22 meeting, MFA Ukraine desk Director Vyacheslav Yelagin told us that the GOR had not yet developed a formal position on the proposed U.S.-Ukraine strategic partnership agreement, but noted Ukraine had the right to conclude treaties with any country it wanted to. H [...]	2008-12-22 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UP RS GG
08MOSCOW587	RUSSIA-UKRAINE RELATIONS: YUSHCHENKO AND [...] (C) Summary. After many last-minute changes and rescheduling involving Tymoshenko's visit, the February 12-13 Putin-Yushchenko Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) convened without Tymoshenko's participation. GOR officials expressed dismay at the complicated dynamics between Yushchenko and Tymoshenko [...]	2008-03-01 13:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UP RS
08MOSCOW605	GAZPROM REDUCES GAS SUPPLIES TO UKRAINE BY 25% [...] (C) Gazprom announced on March 3rd that it had reduced gas supplies to Ukraine by 25% because of non-payment of debts. Gazprom contacts told us March 3rd that the decision was purely commercial and would not hamstring Ukraine economically but would send a "strong signal" that Ukraine must pay [...]	2008-03-04 04:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW623	GAZPROM CUTS GAS TO UKRAINE BY ANOTHER 25%; [...] (SBU) Gazprom has announced that as of 8:00 pm Moscow time on March 4th it had cut gas supplies to (not through) Ukraine by another 25%, bringing the total reduction of gas to Ukraine in the latest episode of its ongoing dispute (reftels) to 50%. Gazprom demands payment of some $600 million i [...]	2008-03-05 13:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW637	GAS DISPUTE WITH UKRAINE RESOLVED, FOR NOW [...] (C) Gazprom restored full gas shipments to Ukraine March 6 in the wake of an agreement brokered by Presidents Putin and Yushchenko. However, all sides to the dispute as well as industry watchers believe that a long-term solution will prove elusive and more disputes may follow. ------------- [...]	2008-03-06 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW911	RUSSIA-UKRAINE: NATO AND HOLODOMOR [...] (C) Summary. FM Lavrov, during his April 2 address to the Duma, characterized NATO enlargement as "artificial and unnecessary," while arguing that NATO members could no longer solve important tasks without Russia's help. While the Duma held a special hearing on the friendship agreement with [...]	2008-04-03 10:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
08MOSCOW976	GAZPROM OFFICIAL SEES NO END SOON TO NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Gazprom's International Affairs Director Ivan Zolotov believes an agreement with Ukraine on 2009 gas prices is unlikely before December and complained about its refusal to agree to the long-term contract Gazprom seeks. He claimed Gazprom is flexible on all provisions, including the elimin [...]	2008-04-09 13:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MUNICH61	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH UKRAINIAN DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried discussed Ukraine's NATO aspirations with Defense Minister Yekhanurov February 9, in particular Ukraine's interest in a NATO offer of a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the April Bucharest Summit. Fried highlighted the challenge of getting NATO agreement on MAP, given [...]	2008-02-12 16:26:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PARM MARR GM UP
08STATE101233	NATIONAL SECURITY AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 23:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL PARM
08STATE103511	NOTIFICATION OF AFFECTED STATES: HIJACKING OF BELIZE-FLAGGED [...] (SBU) This message is NIACT due to potential fast-breaking events, and urgent action is required from action addressees. 2. (U) Classified by Acting DAS James Knight, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 3. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4-7. OBJECTIVES ---------- 4. (S/Rel to Ukrai [...]	2008-09-27 03:33:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP
08STATE103919	REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS TRAINING SESSION, [...] (SBU) The State Department,s Bureau of Economics and Energy (EEB) and Embassy Athens will host a conference on Eurasian Energy with energy officers from the region October 14-15 in Athens. The purpose of this meeting will be to provide energy officers a forum to discuss energy developments i [...]	2008-09-29 19:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET
08STATE106338	BACKGROUND AND TALKING [...] (SBU) The United States supports reducing Russia's dominance in European gas markets through development of a Southern Corridor bringing gas from the Caspian region through Turkey to European markets. Nordstream bolsters Gazprom's position in European gas markets and could negatively impact [...]	2008-10-04 00:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET GM SW RS
08STATE106585	EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED'S 9/23/2008 MEETING WITH [...] (U) September 23, 2008; 2:00 p.m.; New York, New York. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried UNGA Senior Area Advisor for Europe William Pope Robert Gonzales (EUR/UMB Notetaker) GUAM GUAM Secretary General Valeri Chechelashvili Georgian Foreign Minister Eka [...]	2008-10-06 15:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UP GG MD AJ
08STATE108096	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): DEMARCHE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (C) ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney called in Ukrainian Embassy officials on October 2 to request that Ukraine not move forward in proposing in the UN First (Disarmament) Committee (UNFC) its draft resolution on the Nonp [...]	2008-10-08 20:55:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNGA NPT IAEA UP
08STATE110691	ELIMINATION OF UKRAINIAN SCUD MISSILES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) Background: At the July 31-August 1 U.S.-Ukraine Nonproliferation Working Group (NPWG) meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine indicated its readiness to move forward to eliminate its SCUD missiles and related equipment. (NOTE: In 1994 the U. [...]	2008-10-16 19:23:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE PARM PREL
08STATE111716	UKRAINE: REPORTING ON THE NONPROLIFERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the July 31 and August 1, semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine Nonproliferation Working Group (NPWG) meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukraine demonstrated improvement in addressing nonproliferation issues. While Ukraine has shown incremental improvements over the past three years, this meeting [...]	2008-10-20 20:08:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP
08STATE112253	JCIC-DIP-08-007: SATISFYING START TREATY ARTICLE [...] (U) This is an action cable (See paragraph 5). 2. (U) BACKGROUND: In accordance with paragraph 2 of Article XVII of the START Treaty, no later than December 5, 2008, the United States, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine must "meet to consider" whether the START Trea [...]	2008-10-21 23:00:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ
08STATE112510	INSTRUCTIONS TO SUPPORT INSCRIPTION OF HOLODOMOR [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request. See the objectives listed in para 2. Department requests Mission to coordinate with the Ukrainian Mission to the United Nations and offer support to their efforts to inscribe an agenda item on the Great Famine in Ukraine for the 63rd General Assembly, [...]	2008-10-22 17:25:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM

08STATE118534	URGING UKRAINE TO RESUME THE NATO PFP TRUST FUND [...] This is an action request for Embassy Kyiv and USNATO, see paragraphs 2 and 7. 2. (C) Summary: The U.S.-led phase one of the NATO-Partnership for Peace (PfP) demilitarization project in Ukraine could fail due to lack of agreement within the Government of Ukraine on its commitment to dest [...]	2008-11-06 21:09:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL UP
08STATE125684	JCIC-DIP-08-006: ANNUAL START SLCM DECLARATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: When the START Treaty was signed, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to provide annual declarations concerning their planned deployments of nuclear sea-launched cruise missiles (SLCMs) for the duration of the [...]	2008-11-27 01:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START JCIC
08STATE126516	FOLLOW-UP ON COOPERATION BETWEEN UKRAINIAN FIRM [...] This is an action request. Embassy Kyiv, please see paragraph 2. 2. (S) Background and Action Request: Since November 2007, the U.S. has alerted the Government of Ukraine (GOU) to cooperation between the Ukrainian firm Arsenal Design Bureau and entities associated with China's Sanjiang S [...]	2008-12-01 21:30:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC UP CH
08STATE129943	FINDING A WAY FORWARD ON UKRAINE NATO PFP TRUST [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Kyiv and USNATO, please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: Despite months of senior-level demarches, the Government of Ukraine (GoU) has not agreed to resume small arms/light weapons (SA/LW) destruction under the NATO-Partnership for Peace (PfP) d [...]	2008-12-10 22:25:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL UP
08STATE130187	FINDING A WAY FORWARD ON UKRAINE NATO PFP TRUST [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Kyiv and USNATO, please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: Despite months of senior-level demarches, the Government of Ukraine (GoU) has not agreed to resume small arms/light weapons (SA/LW) destruction under the NATO-Partnership for Peace (PfP) d [...]	2008-12-11 16:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL UP
08STATE130899	DIPLOMATIC NOTE ADDING THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Background: The November 18 U.S.-Ukraine missile destruction talks in Kyiv provided an opportunity to exchange information and review next steps for moving forward to eliminate Ukraine's SCUD missiles and related equipment (Ref B [...]	2008-12-12 22:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL UP
08STATE132581	SITE SURVEY PURSUANT TO ELIMINATION OF UKRAINIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Background: The November 18 U.S.-Ukraine missile destruction talks in Kyiv provided an opportunity to exchange information and review next steps for moving forward to eliminate Ukraine's SCUD missiles and related equipment (Ref B) [...]	2008-12-18 19:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL UP
08STATE17336	INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] (U) This is an immediate action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) GUIDANCE FOR BERLIN, BRASILIA, CANBERRA, LONDON, OTTAWA, PARIS, ROME, TOKYO, BEIJING, KYIV, MOSCOW, PRAGUE, COPENHAGEN, TEL AVIV, SANTIAGO, WARSAW, SEOUL, THE HAGUE, AND NEW DELHI, USNATO (FOR NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCI [...]	2008-02-21 05:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA
08STATE32521	PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] Summary: U.S. and Ukrainian negotiating teams discussed the major areas of disagreement regarding the draft Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) shipboarding agreement during a second round of talks in Washington, DC on February 13, 2008. Major issues identified for near-term follow-up i [...]	2008-03-28 22:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA PHSA PARM PREL EWWT UP
08STATE34695	UKRAINE: REPORTING ON THE NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: On February 14-15, the U.S. and Ukraine held the semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine Nonproliferation Working Group (NPWG) meeting in Washington, DC. This marks at least nine years of cooperation between the U.S. and Ukraine on important nonproliferation issues. Both [...]	2008-04-03 18:01:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP
08STATE49277	URGENT DARFUR DEMARCHE FOR AVIATION SUPPORT AND [...] This is an action request. See para 2. Aviation assets are needed to support UN-AU hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur (UNAMID). Following is a list of the aviation assets for which UNAMID still lacks any contributions: -- 4 attack helicopters close air support -- 18 utility [...]	2008-05-09 02:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR KPKO UK CE PA JO BG
08STATE52312	(S) REQUESTING THAT THE GOU PROVIDE ADDITIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kyiv please see paragraph 5. 2. (S//REL UKRAINE) Background: Since September 2004, the United States has discussed with Ukrainian authorities information indicating that the Ukrainian firm Yuzhnoye - a company with expertise in missile and space l [...]	2008-05-16 17:38:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP IN
08STATE62235	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of power modules to Ukraine via Russia. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern chec [...]	2008-06-10 14:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC FI KOMC RS UK UP
08STATE63378	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050104685 for the export of rifles to Ukraine. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern c [...]	2008-06-12 14:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC UP
08STATE72687	REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON UKRAINIAN [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Kyiv. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: According to Ref A, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry in the Cherkasy region detained two men attempting to sell cesium and enriched uranium for five million U.S. dollars. According to the report, [...]	2008-07-07 21:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY UP XH PINR
08STATE73794	DEMARCHE REQUEST TO GAIN ALLIES' AND UKRAINIAN [...] (U) This is an action request to alert NATO Allies and Partner Ukraine that NATO agreed on July 1 to expand the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I),to encourage Allies and Ukraine to provide additional resources to support new training tasks in response to the newly expanded mission, and to ur [...]	2008-07-09 22:33:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO IZ
08STATE75702	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 22-23 [...] (U) Classified by Jeffrey Giauque, Senior Political Officer, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on [...]	2008-07-15 14:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV IR SO SU CD ZI UP
08STATE76294	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will conduct its annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 29 through October 10 in Warsaw. Based in part on embassies' input (reftel),which the Department appreciates, this demarche conveys USG concerns on host government [...]	2008-07-16 15:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM
08STATE83009	GUAM BATUMI SUMMIT STRESSES TRADE, TRANSPORTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 1, the Black Sea port of Batumi played host to the 2008 Summit of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, familiarly known as GUAM for its members Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova. Georgia assumed the year-long GUAM presidency from Azerbaijan under [...]	2008-08-01 15:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP
08STATE83014	EUR DAS MERKEL,S MEETINGS WITH THE GUAM NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Merkel met with the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) National Coordinators and Secretary General in advance of the GUAM Summit in Batumi on July 1. DAS Merkel also discussed GUAM and the conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia in a separate meeting on June [...]	2008-08-01 16:06:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP
08STATE83017	EUR DAS MERKEL,S JULY 1 MEETING WITH UKRAINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the Batumi GUAM Summit, Ukrainian Foreign Minsiter Ogryzko told EUR DAS Merkel that the most important factors affecting Ukraine,s NATO aspirations are Germany and Russia. The Foreign Minister said that Ukraine is trying to work with Russia but will not accept a [...]	2008-08-01 16:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO UP RS BO GM PHUM PGOV MARR
08STATE87773	TFGG01 GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (S/NF) Although Russian forces remain in and around Gori, Georgian police forces have begun re-establishing control over the city. (TF/EUCOM e-mail) 2. (S/NF) Russian aircraft reportedly are confining their activity to Russian airspace and naval forces have moved north toward Sukhumi. ( [...]	2008-08-15 08:06:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE99654	SEEKING PROGRESS ON PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) OBJECTIVES: Washington remains committed to completing a bilateral shipboarding agreement with Ukraine under the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and is prepared to send an interagency team of experts to Kyiv to resolve remaining differences between the Ukraine-proposed and U.S.- [...]	2008-09-17 20:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PHSA PREL UP
08STATE99701	DEMARCHE REQUEST TO NATO ALLIES AND PARTNERS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request to alert NATO Allies and select NATO Partners -- particularly those that are departing the Iraq Coalition -- that Prime Minister Maliki has asked the Alliance to maintain the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) through at least 2009. We would urge Allies and Partn [...]	2008-09-17 23:11:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ
08STOCKHOLM593	SWEDISH KING TO VISIT KYIV 30 SEPTEMBER [...] King Carl XVI Gustav and Queen Silvia will pay a state visit to Ukraine on 30 September to 3 October. A Swedish business delegation will also visit during this time. 2. The visit was in the planning stages from early 2007, but was delayed by domestic turbulence in Ukrainian politics, accor [...]	2008-08-28 07:04:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UK SW PREL
08TALLINN403	ESTONIA'S NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS(C-RE8-00759) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Estonia's post-Soviet political landscape has been characterized by youthful leadership. Beginning with the first post-independence Estonian government of Mart Laar in 1992 to the current Andrus Ansip government elected in 2007, young and influential decision makers have been a c [...]	2008-11-25 14:01:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EN
08TASHKENT210	MIXED PICTURE ON AMNESTIES FOR PROTESTANTS [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to several recent amnesties of human rights defenders, the government recently refused to amnesty imprisoned Pentecostal Pastor Dmitry Shestakov. On the other hand, authorities recently amnestied two other Protestants, Salavat Serikbayev and Nikolai Zulfikarov, who h [...]	2008-02-14 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT609	FORMER OPPOSITIONIST SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS' [...] (C) Summary: The grandson of a prominent oppositionist was recently sentenced to four years' imprisonment for assaulting two individuals with a knife, but we do not believe that he was targeted because of his previous involvement in opposition politics. On May 23, the independent Harakat.net [...]	2008-05-30 13:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TBILISI1372	GEORGIA: SITREP 9: RUSSIAN TROOPS REMAIN IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 11:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	GG RS PGOV PHUM PREL
08TBILISI1513	GEORGIA: SITREP 24: GEORGIANS WELCOME VICE [...] (C) Summary. President Saakashvili warmly welcomed Vice President Cheney to Georgia, with the visit receiving extensive local coverage. The September 3 announcement of a one-billion-dollar U.S. aid package was also well received, with some calling it a Marshall Plan for Georgia. The OSCE w [...]	2008-09-04 13:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TRIPOLI976	LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Economics officer and senior commercial officer met on November 30 with a representative of Bearing Point, who was in Tripoli discussing future contracts for the company with the Libyan government. Bearing Point did a Basel Core Principles assessment for Libya a few years ago, and now is [...]	2008-12-22 08:43:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND EPET ENRG PGOV LY
08USNATO155	NATO-UKRAINE AMBASSADORIAL APRIL 30: LAUNCHING [...] (C) Allied Ambassadors discussed NATO's invitation to "Intensive Engagement" with Ukrainian Ambassador Sagach in the NATO-Ukraine Commission on April 30. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer invited Allies to propose issues for consultation in the run-up to the December 2008 NATO Fore [...]	2008-05-06 16:33:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO MARR UP
08USNATO217	APRIL 16-17 NAC VISIT TO UKRAINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During its June 16-17 visit to Ukraine, the North Atlantic Council found a Ukrainian leadership team--President, Prime Minister, and Speaker of the Rada, as well as the Foreign and Defense Ministers--united on achieving a positive decision on Kyiv's application to join NATO's Memb [...]	2008-06-24 14:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL PGOV UP
08USNATO225	HOW UKRAINIAN, GEORGIAN MAP IS PLAYING AT NATO [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 18:39:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL NATO UP GG
08USNATO239	RUSSIA OFFERS PESSIMISTIC VIEWS OF AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov informed the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) during its June 25 meeting that although Afghanistan is a more civil place than in 2001, the mission in Afghanistan was failing and that much more needed to be done in the areas of counter-narco [...]	2008-07-10 07:37:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL PGOV MOPS AADP RS AF KV UP
08USNATO244	UKRAINIAN DEPUTY PM NEMYRIA STRIKES THE RIGHT NOTE [...] (C) Summary: In a thoughtful and articulate presentation, Ukrainian Deputy PM Hryhoriy Nemyria briefed the NATO Ukraine Commission on his new role in coordinating his government,s cooperation with NATO, and the political situation in Kyiv. Allies offered encouragement, but those that would like [...]	2008-07-11 10:21:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO UP
08USNATO307	UKRAINE TO NATO - RUSSIA THREATENS THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: At Kyiv's request the NATO-Ukraine Commission met August 27 to discuss Russia's intervention in Georgia and its implications for regional security. Deputy FM Konstyantyn Yeliseyev delivered a stark analysis of Ukraine's own relationship with Russia, and related Moscow's threats to [...]	2008-08-28 18:01:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU
08USNATO310	UKRAINE TO NATO - RUSSIA THREATENS THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: At Kyiv's request the NATO-Ukraine Commission met August 27 to discuss Russia's intervention in Georgia and its implications for regional security. Deputy FM Konstyantyn Yeliseyev delivered a stark analysis of Ukraine's own relationship with Russia, and related Moscow's threats to [...]	2008-08-29 08:21:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU UP
08USNATO314	RUSSIA THROWS ITS WEIGHT AROUND IN THE EAPC [...] (C) Summary: The EAPCs first meeting after the summer break featured Georgian protests about Russian action and a Russian response made memorable by a claim that, if the Russian response had been proportionate, "Tbilisi would now lie in ruins." Russia announced it has withdrawn from the PfP SOFA. T [...]	2008-09-02 17:12:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU UP SP BO SR
08USNATO326	SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES RUSSIA/GEORGIA WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senator Lugar and staff had a series of productive meetings with the NATO Secretary General, SACEUR, the principal NATO supporters of Georgia, the German Permanent Representative to NATO, and a dinner that included notable EU, NATO, and bilateral dignitaries. The Senator stres [...]	2008-09-11 10:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
08USNATO343	NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) The NATO Senior Defence Group on Proliferation (DGP) Steering Committee met at NATO HQ on September 5. The meeting was chaired by Ms. Laura Gross of the US (OSD) and Mr. Knut Jahr of the Norwegian MOD. The Chair greeted Albania and Croatia as new members of the DGP with NATO Invitee status [...]	2008-09-24 11:32:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
08USNATO368	NATO SENIOR DEFENCE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The NATO Senior Defence Group on Proliferation (DGP) held a Plenary meeting at NATO HQ on 2 Oct 08. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Joe Benkert of the U.S. (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affairs) and Mr. John Laugerud of the Norwegian MOD. Major items disc [...]	2008-10-14 09:22:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
08USNATO391	ACTION REQUEST: POSSIBLE FAILURE OF THE [...] (C) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: After ongoing failures by Ukraine to meet its obligations, the United States-led NATO Ukraine Trust Fund is one month away from becoming the first Partnership for Peace Trust Fund in NATO's history to fail. The project a [...]	2008-10-22 15:19:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO PARM PGOV UP
08USNATO448	COMMUNIQUE OF THE DECEMBER 2-3 NATO FOREIGN [...] (U) The following communique was approved and released by NATO Foreign Ministers following their December 2-3 meeting: BEGIN TEXT: MEETING OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL AT THE LEVEL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS HELD AT NATO HEADQUARTERS, BRUSSELS, ON 2-3 DECEMBER 2008 FINAL COMMUNIQUE Â [...]	2008-12-03 16:43:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PARM PHSA PTER XG ZM XA XF
08USNATO469	THE DECEMBER 3, 2008 MEETING OF THE NATO-UKRAINE [...] (U) Participants: U.S. Ambassador Volker Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried NSC Senior Director Damon Wilson NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer NATO COUNTRIES Albania: FM Lulzim Basha Belgium: FM Karel De Gucht Bulgaria: AMB Lubomir Ivanov Canada: AMB Robert McRae Croatia: [...]	2008-12-17 18:41:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO PARM KCFE MARR GG UP RS
08USNATO472	READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Secretary General (SYG) obtained North Atlantic Council (NAC) agreement to task NATO Military Authorities to provide rapid military advice on elections support prior to the next Council discussion on January 7. He asked for cooperati [...]	2008-12-18 16:14:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	AF NATO PREL
08USNATO89	NATO-UKRAINE AMBASSADORIAL MARCH 5: PREPARING FOR [...] (C) Ukrainian Ambassador Sagach discussed the broad outlines of next month's NATO-Ukraine Summit with PermReps on March 5. He reaffirmed Ukraine's request for an invitation to MAP and pressed for a Joint Statement at the Summit; both issues are controversial within the Alliance. He signaled [...]	2008-03-10 13:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR UP
08USUNNEWYORK976	UKRAINE: GENERAL COMMITTEE CONSULTATIONS POSTPONED [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. (See paras 1 and 10). Per Reftel instructions, Ambassador Wolff encouraged the Ukrainian Mission to defer a request to inscribe an agenda item for the 63rd General Assembly commemorating the Great Famine of 1932-1933 ("Holodomor"),when it became clear that Ukra [...]	2008-10-27 21:00:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA RS UP
08VILNIUS1047	YUSHCHENKO VISITS LITHUANIA, REBUFFED ON BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: President Adamkus and Ukrainian President Yushchenko met December 9 in Vilnius to sign a "roadmap" for the Joint Declaration of Strategic Partnership, previously announced in May. They also discussed Ukraine's membership in the new EU Eastern Partnership initiative, and the NATO- [...]	2008-12-18 15:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XG UP LH
08VILNIUS277	REGIME RENEWS DEMAND FOR EMBASSY STAFF CUT [...] (SBU) MFA Americas Department Chief Vadim Lazerko called in Charge April 23 to renew previous calls for mutual cuts in diplomatic staff to six -- the Ambassador and and one slot reserved for ambassadors currently on consultations. He said that the reason for such a move was the lack of readin [...]	2008-04-23 14:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CASC OFDP ASEC BO
08VILNIUS313	REGIME PNG'S TEN U.S. DIPLOMATS [...] (SBU) When Charge delivered Washington's refusal to submit to diplomatic staff cuts demanded by Belarus (refs A, B),MFA Americas Department Chief Vadim Lazerko delivered him with a list of ten U.S. diplomats declared "persona non grata" and ordered to depart the country by 1500 local time May [...]	2008-05-02 04:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CASC OFDP BO
08VILNIUS365	BELARUS: POLL POINTS OPPOSITION TOWARD BREAD AND [...] (C) An April 2008 poll commissioned by the USAID-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) demonstrated that the Belarusian public remains concerned about socio-economic issues like cuts in state benefits. Following a presentation on these data, the Presidium of the United Democratic [...]	2008-05-16 07:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM BO
08VILNIUS807	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 26, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Belarusian Christian Democrat Detained at Border (para. 2) - Opposition Activist Banned from Foreign Travel (para. 3) - Opposition Hopeful Assaulted (para. 4) - Malady [...]	2008-09-29 05:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS940	BELARUS: STATUS OF EMBASSY OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) All but four of Embassy Minsk's 35 State and other agency Americans departed post in two phases -- March 27 and May 3, 2008 -- as a result of demands by the GOB, lashing out in response to expanded USG economic sanctions. One of our highest priorities is maintaining the employment of ou [...]	2008-11-04 10:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT APER CMGT PREL ABUD BO
08VILNIUS951	BELARUS: PROSPECTS FOR REGIME APPROVAL OF INCREASE [...] (U) This message builds on ref A, which provides a report on the current status of operations at Embassy Minsk. 2. (C) Post anticipates that Lukashenka -- who is under increasing economic pressure and is now seeking a USD 2 billion loan for the IMF as reported ref B -- may soon make some [...]	2008-11-06 10:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT APER CMGT PREL ABUD BO
08WARSAW124	COHABITATION TENSIONS CONTINUE AS PRESIDENT SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: President Lech Kaczynski's often-clumsy efforts to assert the power and role of the presidency have created a bumpy record at "cohabitation" with PM Donald Tusk's government, and done nothing to increase the president's influence or his party's popularity. President Kaczynski a [...]	2008-01-30 11:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PL
08WARSAW1350	POLAND: PRESIDENT'S SECURITY ADVISOR HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 26 meeting with DCM, Wladyslaw Stasiak, the Head of the Polish President's National Security Bureau, highlighted the Presidential Administration's policy towards Poland's Eastern neighbors, emphasizing President Kaczynski's desire to revive Europe's waning inter [...]	2008-11-26 15:12:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV AJ BO GG UP PL
08WARSAW947	GOP RALLIES NEIGHBORS, EU TO CONDEMN RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland has taken on a surprisingly forceful leadership role during the Georgia conflict. President Kaczynski has coordinated regional demonstrations of solidarity with Tbilisi -- including a planned August 11 joint trip to Tbilisi along with the Ukrainian and Baltic presidents -- and l [...]	2008-08-11 16:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL
09ASHGABAT1104	TURKMENISTAN: RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE LIMITED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Ukraine and Turkmenistan no longer see eye-to-eye on political priorities, Ukrainian companies are still active in Turkmenistan, especially in the construction sector. However, restrictions on civic organizations have isolated expat Ukrainians and those who now come to [...]	2009-09-01 09:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD TX UP
09ASHGABAT1189	TURKMEN, UKRAINIAN LEADERS FAIL TO REACH GAS DEAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko visited Turkmenistan September 14-16, participating in negotiations with Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov on September 15. As expected, the two Presidents did not reach agreement on r [...]	2009-09-17 11:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV UP TX
09ASHGABAT1215	TURKMENISTAN: VISIT OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT SEEN AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yushchenko's visit to Turkmenistan provided a forum for signing high level agreements and resolving some outstanding working-level problems between Ukraine and Turkmenistan. Yushchenko attended opening ceremonies for a Ukrainian-built railway bridge and a statue of a Uk [...]	2009-09-25 07:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TX UP
09ASHGABAT1444	TURKMENISTAN: FIGHTING THE FLU WITH RASPBERRIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent days, a Turkmen state-run newspaper published two articles about methods for treating and preventing flu. The Turkmen Government appears to have changed its approach slightly by using the word "flu" for the first time publicly, but the natural remedies they recommend gi [...]	2009-11-10 13:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED KFLU PGOV SOCI TX UP
09ASTANA1015	SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL: VIEWS FROM CENTRAL ASIA [...] SUMMARY. The Summer Work and Travel (SWT) programs of Central Asia are all tiny compared to our neighbor to the north. Nonetheless, the countries of Central Asia each have interesting insights into the program. There are few commonalities among SWT experiences in the region, which is not surpr [...]	2009-06-15 08:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD KZ KG TJ UZ TX
09ASTANA1302	KAZAKHSTAN: BTA BANK OFFERS TO RESTRUCTURE ITS DEBT [...] SUMMARY: On July 24, BTA Bank, one of Kazakhstan's largest commercial banks, declared a moratorium on interest payments. This follows the bank's decision in April to cease debt principal payments. BTA's external debts are valued at $13 billion, of which the bank said it will repay $3 billio [...]	2009-08-03 09:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN ELAB KZ
09ASTANA1429	KAZAKHSTAN: WHY TO PAY SERIOUS ATTENTION [...] (S/NF) During USCENTCOM CDR General David Petraeus' August 13 meetings in Astana, senior Kazakhstani officials made more clear than ever that President Nursultan Nazarbayev wants an enhanced relationship with the United States and is offering us a logistics/transit facility for U.S. and Coali [...]	2009-08-25 04:36:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR SOCI KNNP KDEM AF
09BERLIN1406	GERMANY SUPPORTS "DOUBLE ROLLOVER" OF EU SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany agrees that Belarus has made little progress on human rights or democratization recently and therefore supports a "double rollover" of both the suspension of EU sanctions as well as the sanctions regime itself at the November 16-17 EU GAERC meeting. We made the case for [...]	2009-11-06 12:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PHUM BO GM
09BERLIN1441	GERMAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 16-17 EU GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Belarus, Germany concedes that the GAERC is likely to extend both the sanctions regime and the suspension of those sanctions until October 2010, but continues to believe that it would be better to extend them only to May 2010. Germany is eager to increase cooperation with Rus [...]	2009-11-13 16:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV MARR MOPS BO RU UP SO BK
09BERLIN1442	GERMAN VIEWS ON RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany largely supports the U.S. position laid out in reftel: continued engagement with Russia on difficult issues such as Iran and Georgia remains necessary, and the negative developments in Ukraine reinforce the need for Ukrainian leaders to work together. Despite a negative [...]	2009-11-13 16:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM EU NATO PREL RU UNSC PGOV IR UP GG
09BERLIN379	GERMANY: DOWNBEAT ABOUT PROSPECTS IN UKRAINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany views Ukraine as a significant partner, but Berlin is frustrated with the continued inability of President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko to work together. Contacts hope that the current economic crisis will force the two to stop "squabbling" and focus on the [...]	2009-03-31 15:09:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM UP
09BERLIN470	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE APRIL 27-28 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany regrets the confusion that the Czech EU Presidency has caused over the status of Belarus President Lukashenka's invitation to the May 7 Eastern Partnership Summit, and agrees that it is important to ensure that he does not attend. The German MFA says it favors inviting R [...]	2009-04-22 16:53:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV RU BM MD UP XF EZ IR TU GM
09BERLIN548	GERMANS SHARE U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT UKRAINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In meetings on April 30, 2009, David Lipton of the NSC and Eric Meyer of the Treasury Department shared concerns about Ukraine's deteriorating public finances and shaky banking sector with senior officials from the German Ministries of Economics, Finance and Foreign Affairs, as we [...]	2009-05-12 16:13:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ELAB PREL GM
09BERLIN776	GERMANY NOT SYMPATHETIC TO UKRAINIAN APPEALS ON [...] (C) Summary: Recent statements by German government officials handling energy policy indicate that Berlin continues to see Ukraine as the principal problem preventing a quick resolution of the Ukraine/Russia gas dispute. While Germany plans to attend an EU meeting in Brussels during the week [...]	2009-06-29 06:03:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL UP EU RU GM
09BERLIN806	GERMANY: FORGING A PARTNERSHIP WITH POLAND IN ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. German contacts view Foreign Minister Steinmeier's and Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski's joint trip to Kyiv as indicative of improved German-Polish relations and a significant advance in bringing German and Polish foreign policy positions more into sync. Unsurprisingly, the mini [...]	2009-07-02 15:39:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM UP
09BERN127	NATO KFOR MISSION: SWISS NOT PLANNING ANY CHANGES \ [...] (C) Acting POL-ECON Counselor and DAO representative \ delivered the reftel message on March 19 to Marlene Odermatt, \ Policy Advisor for International Relations and Strategy at \ the Swiss Federal Ministry of Defense. Odermatt said that \ Switzerland has no plans to change its current force \ con [...]	2009-03-20 16:40:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV SZ
09BRATISLAVA303	NEW DOUBTS ON INTEGRITY OF SLOVAK SECURITY CLEARANCE PROCESS [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Following months of revelations drawn from archival files that the head of the Slovak National Security Office, Frantisek Blanarik, collaborated with the Communist-era Czechoslovak intelligence services, new information has come to light casting further do [...]	2009-07-10 09:52:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA31	SLOVAKIA GAS CRISIS UPDATE, JANUARY 15 [...] (SBU) The Slovak government has quickly backed away from last week's announcement that it plans to re-start the recently closed nuclear reactor at Jaslovske Bohunice. Experts have told us there is virtually no need to restart the plant because of the gas crisis. Gas reserves are reportedly ad [...]	2009-01-15 15:28:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV PREL LO
09BRATISLAVA471	SLOVAK OFFICIALS PLAY DOWN H1N1 THREAT BUT CLOSE BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Slovak officials have been playing down the threat of an H1N1 outbreak even as they close border crossings to Ukraine, where the situation has reportedly worsened in recent days. Confirmed H1N1 infections are still few--there were three additional cases reported this week in Br [...]	2009-11-06 16:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU WHO LO
09BRATISLAVA480	SLOVAK RESPONSE TO NOVEMBER GAERC DEMARCHE [...] PolOff delivered referenced talking points on November 13 to Albin Otruba, European Correspondent at the Slovak MFA. Otruba agreed that EU cooperation with Russia is vital, and said that the Slovaks are interested in an "early warning" agreement on energy supply issues. Otruba also said that R [...]	2009-11-13 12:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EU LO
09BRATISLAVA53	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S FAREWELL TRIFECTA - FICO, [...] (C) Summary: In farewell calls on Prime Minister Fico, President Gasparovic, and Foreign Minister Kubis, Ambassador Obsitnik underscored his appreciation for U.S.-Slovak cooperation during his 13-month tenure, highlighting Slovakia's entry into the Visa Waiver Program and increasingly active [...]	2009-01-29 13:19:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA70	FICO'S ROLE MODEL: VLADIMIR PUTIN? [...] (C) Name this leader: He consolidated power and popularity during a period of unprecedented economic growth. As a hedge against any current or future challengers, he attacks the opposition and media relentlessly. He accuses NGOs of seeking to undermine the government and has supported legislati [...]	2009-02-09 08:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO RU
09BRATISLAVA89	FOREIGN MINISTER LAJCAK STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) Summary: In their initial meeting, Foreign Minister Miro Lajcak and Charge discussed a wide range of issues including bilateral relations, the global financial crisis, Afghanistan, Western Balkans (already reported reftel) and Ukraine. Lajcak opened the meeting by affirming that Slovakia [...]	2009-02-20 15:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO
09BRUSSELS1316	MOVING TOWARD GREATER U.S.-EU ENERGY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar and DOE PDAS for Policy and International Affairs Jonathan Elkind met with EU Commission officials on September 18 to discuss ways to move forward toward greater U.S.-EU Energy Cooperation on Ukraine. Both sides emphasized [...]	2009-09-30 06:06:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EUN
09BRUSSELS1385	RUSSIA FLEXES MUSCLES ON UKRAINE NUCLEAR FUEL [...] (SBU) An internal Rosatom strategy document, designed to secure the long-term supply of nuclear fuel to Ukraine, was leaked to the Ukrainian press on Monday, October 12. The document, which was provided to econoffs/energy attaches in European posts by industry sources, outlines a broad strateg [...]	2009-10-15 12:45:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG RS UP AA KTDB
09BRUSSELS31	RUSSIA/UKRAINE: PIEBALGS SEES SHADOW, PREDICTS [...] (C) Summary: EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs told Ambassador Silverberg January 9 that Russia and Ukraine agreed to accept an "international" monitoring team to restore gas deliveries through Ukraine to Europe. Gas flows should resume by Saturday, January 10. Piebalgs remains concerne [...]	2009-01-09 19:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EUN RS UP
09BRUSSELS47	EU/UKRAINE/RUSSIA: LIVING UP TO THE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 14 the EU Commission's point person on monitors for the Urkaine/Russia gas crisis, Director for Security of Supply and Energy Markets Heinz Hilbrecht, described the events leading up the current crisis and highlighted the challenges ahead. Hilbrecht believes there [...]	2009-01-14 15:11:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EUN
09BRUSSELS6	RUSSIA/UKRAINE - THE EU PERSPECTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. The EU is ramping up engagement on the Ukraine/Russia gas dispute. Today, it dispatched a fact finding mission to Kyiv and convened an extraordinary meeting of the Permanent Representatives. Later this week, the College of Commissioners and Foreign Ministers will convene in P [...]	2009-01-05 18:07:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EUN
09BUCHAREST10	ROMANIA: GAS IMPORTS HALTED, STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Imports on the second of two natural gas pipelines connecting Romania to Ukraine were halted the morning of January 7th. Romania is currently receiving no natural gas inflows from Ukraine and has declared a state of emergency. This declaration provides the Romanian Government [...]	2009-01-07 14:53:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL PGOV RO
09BUCHAREST3	ROMANIA: SUFFICIENT GAS ON TAP DESPITE AN INITIAL [...] (C) Summary. The Russia-Ukraine gas dispute resulted in an initial 30 percent decline in Romanian gas imports from Russia via the two pipelines connecting Romania to Russia. Despite this substantial drop in imports, sufficient domestic production and gas reserves exist to manage demand in the [...]	2009-01-06 10:19:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL PGOV RO
09BUDAPEST381	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL POE TO BUDAPEST, MAY 29-30, [...] (U) Embassy Budapest warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Poe to Budapest from May 29-30, 2009. We look forward to your visit and would like to provide the following information in preparation for your arrival. ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CLIMATE IN HUNGARY 2. (SBU) The global financial crisis [...]	2009-05-26 14:45:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OREP PREL EFIN OTRA HU
09CHISINAU132	SMIRNOV IN A SNIT AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: It appears that EU and U.S. relations with Transnistria are now going to take a turn for the worse. In a February 19 meeting, Ukrainian Ambassador Pirozhkov briefed us on his meeting the previous day with Transnistrian leader Smirnov. Apparently angered by the EU's recent anno [...]	2009-02-26 13:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UP MD
09CHISINAU216	VORONIN BELIEVES NDI IS FOMENTING PRO- [...] (C) Summary: Following discussions of 2-plus-1 and Transnistria, the Ambassador raised the issue of NDI in his March 19 meeting with President Voronin (ref A). Anticipating that NDI would be raised, Voronin took from his desk a "fresh" intel report dated March 19 and read it to us. The rep [...]	2009-03-20 15:07:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU268	MOLDOVA 2009 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the April 5 at-large parliamentary elections rapidly approaching, the electoral campaign is at its final stage. The most recent poll shows a relatively high 26.4 percent of voters as still undecided, and likely to make up their minds in the very last days. At this point [...]	2009-04-02 13:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MD
09CHISINAU43	MOLDOVA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Embassy Chisinau submits the Investment Climate Statement in response to reftel: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Moldova continues to take small steps toward developing a stronger economy, reforming a cumbersome regulatory framework, combating corrupti [...]	2009-01-22 10:39:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
09CHISINAU44	MOLDOVA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Russia 154.08 2. United States 102.16 3. Italy 91.30 4. Spain 82.57 5. Netherlands 80.12 6. France 79.00 7. Romania 60.14 8. Germany 50.64 9. Austria 35.20 10. Cyprus 27.54 92. Based on figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, FDI since 1992 by sectors was as a perce [...]	2009-01-22 10:42:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
09CHISINAU81	MOLDOVA'S 2009 PRIORITIES FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a January 29 meeting, Minister for Reintegration Vasile Sova outlined Moldova's program of Transnistrian reintegration priorities for 2009 and reviewed the results of recent consultations with the Russians and Ukrainians. Moldova's four priorities are: resumption of the 5-plu [...]	2009-02-06 13:41:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS RU UP MD
09DAMASCUS139	SYRIA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Anthony A. Deaton. Office telephone: (963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax: (963) (11) 3391-3999. The officer spent 35 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured to answer [...]	2009-02-17 15:24:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP PREF SMIG
09FRANKFURT2648	FRAUD SUMMARY - GERMANY - MARCH - AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 12:57:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GM
09GENEVA1012	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-VI): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VI-052. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 30, 2009 Time: 4:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. UKRAINE A/S Gottemoeller Mr. Nykonenko Amb Ries [...]	2009-11-11 08:26:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA293	MARCH 2009 INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON THE [...] Summary and next steps: On March 27, the Chairman of the WTO Working Party (WP) on the Accession of the Russian Federation (Russia) to the WTO convened an informal consultative meeting to discuss status of work and next steps in the Russian WTO accession process. WTO members also held pluril [...]	2009-04-08 11:12:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON WTRO USTR RS
09GENEVA742	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-IV): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-IV-007. 2. (U) Meeting Date: September 3, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. Russia Mr. Taylor Mr. Koshelev Mr. Johnston Mr. Malyugin - [...]	2009-09-04 17:11:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START

09KYIV1	RUSSIA CUTS OFF GAS TO UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Naftohaz officials confirmed that supplies of Russian gas had decreased substantially on January 1. The cutoff came despite Ukraine's insistence that it had paid more than $2 billion of its gas debt. In a joint statement, President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minis [...]	2009-01-01 17:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV1020	UKRAINE: INVITING IRANIAN OFFICIALS TO JULY 4TH [...] (C) Embassy confirms the invitation of Iranian Ambassador to Ukraine (Seyed Mousa KAZEMI) to the official July 4 reception in Kyiv (to be held July 2). As our invitations requested "regrets only" responses from invited guests, we may only be able to confirm Iranian attendance after the fact. [...]	2009-06-12 09:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ODIP PREL UP IR
09KYIV1023	FAILURE OF COALITION TALKS HURTS TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) Opposition leader Yanukovych's June 7 withdrawal from talks on forming a "national unity" coalition with Prime Minister Tymoshenko's BYuT faction left Tymoshenko vulnerable as her supporters learn details of concessions that she made in the negotiations. Tymoshenko's denials that she had b [...]	2009-06-12 15:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1024	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR MORNINGSTAR'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Your June 19-20 visit to Ukraine comes in the midst of a severe economic crisis and an increasingly tense political environment ahead of presidential elections in 2010. The gas supply and transit contracts signed by Naftohaz and Gazprom in January 2009 increased transparency so [...]	2009-06-12 16:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV1027	UKRAINE'S 1ST YEAR AS A WTO MEMBER: NOT MUCH OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine recently marked the end of a tumultuous first year as a member of the WTO. Although the terms of Ukraine's accession were very favorable for WTO members, Ukraine made several missteps in implementing some its accession commitments. Of most concern was a partial rollbac [...]	2009-06-15 12:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV1031	UKRAINE'S POSITION ON RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on June 2 to Ms. Dina Martina, Deputy Head of the Department for UN and Other International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who had no immediate comment. In following up with Ms. Martina, we were informed that the Government of Ukraine suppor [...]	2009-06-15 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREL UP
09KYIV1033	SEA BREEZE LEGISLATION FAILS AGAIN [...] (C) The Rada made two failed attempts on June 12 to consider legislation authorizing foreign military exercises in Ukraine, affecting Sea Breeze and ten other foreign exercises. The votes fell short as the divided OU-PSD faction which favors Ukraine's integration into Euro-Atlantic institutio [...]	2009-06-16 06:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1040	UKRAINIAN MFA VIEWS ON CORFU -- AND CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) The Ukrainian MFA agrees with U.S. views on the benefits of a "constructive dialogue" on European Security at the OSCE Corfu informal Ministerial. However, the MFA Security Department Director took the opportunity of our discussion about Corfu to reiterate concerns about Ukraine being shu [...]	2009-06-18 16:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL NATO PGOV ECON ETTC UP
09KYIV107	UKRAINE: GAS SUPPLIES RESUME, BUT QUESTIONS ON GAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 14:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1071	RADA COMMITTEE WELCOMES ANTI-CORRUPTION LEGISLATION [...] (U) ON JUNE 3, DRAFT BILLS ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY PUBLIC SERVANTS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) THRESHOLD COUNTRY PROGRAM (TCP) FOR UKRAINE MET WITH AN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE RESPONSE IN A HEARING BEFORE THE RA [...]	2009-06-22 13:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UP
09KYIV1073	UKRAINE: NO RESPONSE YET FROM SAA ON DELTA PARKING [...] (SBU) On June 22 we delivered reftel points on Delta Air Lines' request for authorization to park its aircraft overnight in Kyiv on five nights between August 8 and September 6. SAA Deputy Chairman Dmytro Babeichuk stated he would check with SAA Chairman Davydov on the proposed consultation [...]	2009-06-23 04:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER UP
09KYIV108	COOPERATION BETWEEN UKRAINIAN FIRM ARSENAL DESIGN [...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, MFA provided Embassy with the following response in both Ukrainian and English. Begin text of non-paper (Official MFA translation; grammar/usage errors in original not corrected): -- In the spirit of our nonproliferation partnership and in response to the [...]	2009-01-20 14:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC UP CH
09KYIV1086	UKRAINE: COURT BRINGS BACK 13 PERCENT IMPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's Constitutional Court issued a ruling on June 24 that could reinstate a 13 percent tariff surcharge on a wide range of imports. The Court struck down portions of a law that had given Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers authority to tinker with the 13 percent surcharge measu [...]	2009-06-25 14:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV1091	GERMAN, POLISH FOREIGN MINISTERS' ROCKY VISIT [...] (C) The German and Polish Foreign Ministers visited Kyiv on June 17 to push political cooperation in dealing with the economic crisis and the need for stability in gas transit to Europe. President Yushchenko unexpectedly put off the meeting with the FMs, sending them (unwillingly) sightseeing [...]	2009-06-29 17:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP GM PL
09KYIV1092	UKRAINE: SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR DISCUSSES GAS [...] (C) Summary. During a June 19-20 visit to Kyiv, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Ambassador Richard Morningstar urged senior Ukrainian officials to begin reforms in the energy sector in order to build confidence with both European and Russian partners. In meetings with PM Tymoshenko, Energy [...]	2009-06-30 08:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV1093	AUSTR WILSON'S VISIT TO UKRAINE: PORK BAN LIFTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant U.S. Trade Rep (AUSTR) for Europe and the Middle East Chris Wilson visited Kyiv June 22-23. AUSTR Wilson delivered a positive message on our desire to expand bilateral trade and investment. The GOU gave us some good news, lifting a ban on U.S. pork put in place due t [...]	2009-06-30 12:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV1102	UKRAINE Q1 GDP FALLS 20.3 PERCENT [...] (SBU) The Ukrainian State Statistics Committee published official 2009 macroeconomic figures on June 30. The first quarter data, which had been withheld for weeks by the government of Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, revealed a 20.3 percent contraction in GDP and a sharp fall in key sectors o [...]	2009-07-01 12:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV1131	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN REPORTS ON TORTURE, NEED [...] (SBU) Human Rights Ombudsman Nina Karpachova recently presented a report to the Rada highlighting problems with the judiciary, torture in pretrial detention, and poverty. Human rights experts we spoke with gave her some credit for raising these concerns but criticized her for being too involve [...]	2009-07-06 14:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM UP
09KYIV115	EMBASSY KYIV PROPOSED BIOTECH OUTREACH STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Kyiv requests $10,711.00 for public outreach to support USG trade and development policy positions on biotechnology. Ukraine has been listed as a "key" country for biotechnology engagement in FY 2009. Given Ukraine's robust agricultural sector and proximity to EU mark [...]	2009-01-21 14:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO ETRD EAID UP
09KYIV1153	UKRAINE MUM ON IRAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Iran Desk Officer Yuliya Yushchenko told Emboff on July 2 that while Ukraine is concerned about events surrounding the election in Iran, it has taken a position of non-interference. Ukraine has not issued any statements regarding the election or its aftermath [...]	2009-07-07 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UP IR
09KYIV117	UKRAINE: DETAILS AND QUESTIONS ON GAS DEAL STILL [...] (C) Summary. As natural gas supplies reach normal levels in Ukraine and other countries in Europe, more details on the gas deal have been released by the Prime Minister, the President, the Minister of Energy, various members of the Presidential Secretariat and Naftohaz officials. At present, [...]	2009-01-21 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1171	REGIONS RADA BLOCKADE LEAVES ISSUES HANGING [...] (C) Opposition Party of Regions continued to physically block parliament, paralyzing the Rada and keeping it from adjourning on July 10 for the summer recess. Despite a budget crisis, Regions is demanding a significant increase in pensions and wages designed to bolster its standing with vote [...]	2009-07-10 14:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1172	PATRIARCH KIRILL'S VISIT AND UKRAINE'S ORTHODOX [...] (SBU) Church leaders in Ukraine are preparing for the visit of Kirill, Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) later this month. The Ukrainian branch of the ROC hopes to avoid controversy by emphasizing the religious purpose of Kirill's visit. The second largest Orthodox community in [...]	2009-07-10 15:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL UP
09KYIV119	EMBASSY KYIV COMMENTS ON DOL DRAFT LIST OF GOODS [...] As requested by ref A, Post would like to comment on the draft list of foreign-produced goods that the Department of Labor has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor. Ref B contained Post's latest information on child labor in Ukraine, and ref C specifically addressed t [...]	2009-01-22 06:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD EIND PHUM SOCI KTIP UP
09KYIV1204	FORMER FM TARASYUK ON RUSSIA, POLITICS [...] (C) Former Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk, like other Western oriented Ukrainians, is looking for further reassurance that the "re-set" of relations with Russia will not come at Ukraine's expense. Tarasyuk regards Medvedev's security proposal as an effort to divide Europe from the US. He see [...]	2009-07-17 16:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1255	UKRAINE AND 64TH UNGA: EXPECTED ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 07:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA UP
09KYIV1259	SPECULATION SOARS WITH ARREST OF GONGADZE MURDER SUSPECT [...] (SBU) The recent arrest of former police general Oleksiy Pukach, a key suspect in the 2000 murder of investigative journalist Georgiy Gongadze, has many hoping that he will reveal who ordered this high-profile murder. Gongadze's widow told the press that senior officials from the Kuchma admi [...]	2009-07-29 13:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV UP
09KYIV1264	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER'S VISIT TO UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Your August 6-8 visit to Kyiv follows by two weeks that of the Vice President, who reassured Ukrainians that the "reset" of U.S. relations with Russia would not come at Ukraine's expense. The Vice President also called on Ukraine's leaders to put their antagonisms aside and move forward [...]	2009-07-30 14:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL RS UP
09KYIV1271	UKRAINE: FEWER SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL STUDENTS IN 2009, BUT [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. (U) Summary: Between January and June, Post interviewed 8288 Ukrainian university students aspiring to participate in the summer work and travel and camp counselor (SWT) program in the U.S. The number of SWT applicants was approximately 14 percent lower tha [...]	2009-07-31 14:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CMGT ECON UP
09KYIV1301	UKRAINE TOO STRAPPED TO ENHANCE CONTRIBUTION TO [...] (SBU) On August 4, we followed up on our earlier delivery of reftel demarche encouraging enhanced contributions to the effort in Afghanistan. Olga Timysh, Deputy Director for Afghanistan and Central Asia in MFA's Asia, Africa, Middle East Directorate, made it clear that Ukraine's economic cri [...]	2009-08-06 18:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF UP
09KYIV1302	GUAM'S UPS AND DOWNS [...] (SBU) Over the past year, GUAM has seen successes, including the opening of an impressive new headquarters in Kyiv. However, GUAM has also revealed shortcomings, most notably a lack of consensus among members about the orientation of the organization. Moldova continues to be sensitive to Russ [...]	2009-08-07 07:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1310	ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS STIR CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Election law amendments passed in late July at a special Rada session have drawn criticism from both the President's office and the NGO community. Changes to the law limit the scope and timing of court appeals, make it easier to exclude NGO election observers and increase the financial r [...]	2009-08-07 17:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV134	UKRAINE: MORE ANSWERS TO GAS DEAL UNKNOWNS [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian daily Ukrainska Pravda posted on January 22 what it claimed to be a copy of the gas supply contract signed by Ukraine and Russia on January 19. Because the gas supply contract was supposed to remain confidential neither our Ukrainian nor Russian governmental contacts co [...]	2009-01-23 14:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1345	UKRAINE MINFIN ON BANK RECAPITALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Ministry of Finance confirmed to us that recently nationalized UkrHaz and Rodovid banks, the 17th and 20th largest in Ukraine respectively, would soon receive new management and supervisory boards. The period of temporary administration would be extended at a third G [...]	2009-08-13 14:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV140	FAULTLINES IN UKRAINE'S BANKING SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary. IMF representatives indicated to us that the first diagnostic audits of Ukraine's banking sector were completed on January 22. In the IMF's view, the audits show that none of Ukraine's seventeen largest banks has enough capital to meet an expected deterioration of loan portfol [...]	2009-01-23 15:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1433	UKRAINE - RUSSIA: RELATIVE CALM PREVAILS [...] (C) Ukrainian President Yushchenko's calm response to complaints conveyed in an August 10 letter from Russian President Medvedev (ref) has been met by general approval in Ukraine. Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko's eventual response was also measured in tone, and echoed Yushchenko in strongl [...]	2009-08-20 15:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UP RU
09KYIV1434	IMF MAY EXPAND IN UKRAINE, DESPITE LACK OF REFORMS [...] (C) Summary. With Ukraine's sovereign debt reaching 30 percent of GDP, primarily in short- to medium-term instruments, and doubts increasing about Ukraine's intentions to implement macroeconomic reforms, many in Kyiv are predicting the need for continued IMF lending beyond the current program [...]	2009-08-21 15:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1438	UKRAINE: OVERTURN OF PRESIDENTIAL VETOS MARKED BY [...] (C) During the course of the August 21 extraordinary Rada session, characterized by initial squabbling, Party of Regions (PoR) and Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) factions were able to find compromises that suited each other's political needs. Both Ministry of Finance and IMF officials have priv [...]	2009-08-25 14:44:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1470	JCIC-DIP-09-007: U.S. RESPONSE TO UKRAINIAN [...] (S) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA Directorate for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Olesander Bondarenko on August 28. Bondarenko welcomed the opportunity to discuss the response and replied that the U.S. response was predictable and consistent with previous [...]	2009-08-28 14:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	KACT PARM UP
09KYIV1472	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ FOREIGN DEBT LIKELY TO BE [...] (C) Summary. Naftohaz's $500 million Eurobond, due September 30, will likely be restructured into a new $1.75 billion bond instrument backed by a sovereign guarantee. The new instrument would also incorporate $1.25 billion in bilateral debt that Naftohaz owes to four foreign banks that come [...]	2009-08-28 17:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL EREL EPET ECON ENRG UA
09KYIV1487	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PLEDGES NO GAS PRICE HIKE [...] (SBU) Summary. At a road opening event in Western Ukraine on August 25, Prime Minister Tymoshenko stated that gas prices would not increase for the population this year. Tymoshenko's statement appears to contradict her earlier commitments to international donors to raise gas prices for househ [...]	2009-08-31 15:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV1495	UKRAINE TRADE DEFICIT SHRINKS IN H1 2009 [...] (U) Summary and comment: Recently released government of Ukraine (GOU) statistics show the trade deficit narrowing 93% in the first half of 2009, with exports falling by 46.8% and imports by 53.4%. The government reported that the hardest hit import sector continues to be automotive, declining [...]	2009-09-02 09:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV UP XH
09KYIV1511	WORLD BANK ON IFI ENGAGEMENT IN UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank's Kyiv-based country director urged the international community to engage Ukraine during its pre-presidential election period, suggesting that a high-level E.U. and U.S. delegation could push authorities to abide by their commitments. He said that the opposition [...]	2009-09-04 10:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1518	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PROMISES A "GAS CHRISTMAS" [...] (SBU) Following talks with Russian Prime Minister Putin in Poland on September 1 (Ref A),Prime Minister Tymoshenko stated that Ukraine would not experience a gas crisis this January. Tymoshenko also stated that the gas transit fee charged to Russia's Gazprom would increase in 2010, contradict [...]	2009-09-04 15:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV1519	IMF SIGNALS UKRAINE PROGRAM OFF TRACK [...] (C) Summary. The IMF mission team concluded its visit in Kyiv on September 4 without a major public announcement, but close observers have acknowledged to us that the Fund's program may have gone off track. The visit was originally envisioned as a visit to provide technical assistance and o [...]	2009-09-04 15:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1531	IMF STOCKTAKING [...] (SBU) Summary. IMF's Resident Representative in Ukraine, briefing on mission director Ceyla Pazarbasioglu's "stocktaking" visit to Kyiv, commented that he has doubts about Ukraine's intention to live up to its commitments and expressed concern over Ukraine's ability meet its budget obligation [...]	2009-09-08 15:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1536	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MIKROHVYLYA LTD, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, MIKROHVYLYA LTD, KYIV, UKRAINE. The company is listed on BIS [...]	2009-09-09 15:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC UA
09KYIV1537	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: SATURN, KYIV, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, SATURN, KYIV, UKRAINE. The company is listed on BIS license a [...]	2009-09-09 15:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC UA
09KYIV1547	13% TARIFF SURCHARGE ON AUTOS AND REFRIGERATORS [...] (U) Summary. The tariff enacted by the GOU in February 2009, which applied a 13% surcharge on imports of cars and refrigerators, has expired as scheduled on September 7th. End Summary. 2. (U) Using Ukraine's trade deficit as a justification, the GOU had enacted a 13% tariff measure in Febr [...]	2009-09-11 13:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV155	IMPEACHMENT THREAT AGAINST YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) On January 15 the Ukrainian parliament (Rada) passed legislation that sets forth procedures necessary to impeach the president. President Yushchenko is expected to veto the legislation - a move the Rada will likely overturn. Rada contacts tell us that while the measure, once it becomes la [...]	2009-01-28 08:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1556	"OUR UKRAINE" LEADER GIVES INSIGHT INTO [...] (C) During a meeting with Charge, "Our Ukraine" leader Roman Bezsmertniy discussed the January 2010 presidential election and the amended law that will govern it, President Yushchenko's plans, and the future of the party. Most surprising was his assertion that Yushchenko would drop out of the [...]	2009-09-11 15:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1557	NATIONAL BANK CAUGHT IN UKRAINIAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary. The ongoing dispute between Ukrainian government authorities and the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) escalated this week, when the Ministry of Interior interrogated NBU deputy governor Anatoliy Shapovalov over recent fluctuations of the hryvnia exchange rate. Controversial Inte [...]	2009-09-11 15:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1558	UKRAINE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH SESSION [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on U.S. priorities for the Human Rights Council 12th Session on September 11. The recipient was the MFA desk officer responsible for the UN Human Rights Council, Sviatlana Tereverten. She thanked us for providing this information to the GOU in advance of [...]	2009-09-11 17:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UP UN
09KYIV1592	DFM YELISEYEV REVIEWS BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting with Charge, Deputy Foreign Minister Yeliseyev: -- urged the U.S. to agree on a format and dates for the Commission on Strategic Partnership; -- expressed the hope that there would be an encounter between the two Presidents on the margins of UNGA; -- outli [...]	2009-09-15 16:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
09KYIV1596	CRIMEAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINED BY LACK [...] (U) Summary: The global economic crisis has not spared Crimea, where unemployment was at 8% from January through March 2009, up from 4.7% in 2008. Local tourism has experienced a 14% decline since 2008, and industrial output dropped 21.6% in that same period, with production at some plants d [...]	2009-09-16 14:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD UP XH
09KYIV1597	GICNT: INFORMING PARTNERS THAT UNODC IS OBSERVER [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche welcoming the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as an official observer to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) jointly with Russian Embassy counterpart Dmitry Gurin on September 11. Delivery took place shortly after the Russian [...]	2009-09-16 15:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC PARM PREL PTER UP
09KYIV1602	TYMOSHENKO'S CONTROVERSIAL 2010 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's draft 2010 budget projects a deficit equivalent to 4% of GDP (exclusive of funds for bank recapitalization) and contains moderate increases in social spending, as well as provisions for transfers to economic sectors hit by the country' [...]	2009-09-17 13:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1604	BLOCKADE PARALYZES RADA [...] (C) The Rada has not held a regular session since its September 1 scheduled re-opening. Party of Regions MPs have physically blocked the rostrum. Seeking to appeal to voters in the run-up to the January presidential election, the Party of Regions demands passage of a bill that would raise so [...]	2009-09-17 16:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1607	Impact of Crisis: Ukrainians Suffering, But Not Rioting [...] (U) Summary. Real GDP contraction -- estimated to be 12%-15% for 2009 as a whole -- accumulating wage arrears, and a growing shadow economy have set Ukraine back in its economic development to the level of 2003, according to former Finance Minister Victor Pynzenyk. Despite increased hardship [...]	2009-09-18 12:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN
09KYIV1611	CONCERNS ON UKRAINE'S 2009 BUDGET DEFICIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Extensive government manipulation of the budget and coerced advance payment of corporate taxes have kept Ukraine in the black so far this year, but revenue from these measures is exhausted and the Government of Ukraine (GOU) has numerous outlays in the balance of the year. Anal [...]	2009-09-18 15:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1614	UKRAINE: MISSILE TRANSFER CASES; ARMS SHIPMENTS TO [...] (S) Political Counselor delivered talking points and nonpapers on arms transfers to Burma, and missile-related transfers to Pakistan and Iran (reftels) with Director for the Department of Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Nykonenko on September 18. Polcouns informed Nykonenko th [...]	2009-09-21 16:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC MARR PARM MTCRE MOPS MNUC MASS PREL PTER
09KYIV1615	JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIA'S START [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Proliferation Head Oleksander Bondarenko on September 14. Bondarenko thanked the U.S. for following up with Ukraine, and asked whether we had shared the same information with other Treaty signatories. He took the opportunity to raise now-familiar [...]	2009-09-21 16:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM START UP
09KYIV1647	UKRAINE WILL CO-SPONSOR UNHRC DRAFT ON FREEDOM OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) We received notification from the Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UN Human Rights Council, Svitlana Pereverten, that the GOU will co-sponsor the USG's draft resolution on freedom of expression (reftels). 3. (SBU) Ms [...]	2009-09-25 14:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UP UN
09KYIV1656	UKRAINE: NO EXPECTATIONS FOR A GAS PRICE INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. Despite apparent renewed pledges from Prime Minister Tymoshenko to the IMF that a 20 percent gas price increase for households would take place on October 15, the message from our Ukrainian interlocutors is that a gas price increase will not happen. Vitaliy Hayduk, head of Tymos [...]	2009-09-29 08:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV166	UKRAINE: EBRD TO SEEK EUROPEAN RESPONSE TO BANKING CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. EBRD senior advisor Piroska Nagy told us on January 28 that her bank hopes to establish a common European response to the banking crisis in Ukraine and elsewhere in central and eastern Europe. The EBRD would take equity stakes in, or provide debt financing to, the Ukrainian sub [...]	2009-01-28 14:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV167	UKRAINE: NBU GOVERNOR ON HIS WAY OUT? [...] (SBU) Summary. National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh may be on his way out. In a legally meaningless yet politically important move, the Rada voted to oust Stelmakh on January 26. The Rada's actions have incited a fresh round of accusations between Prime Minister Yulia T [...]	2009-01-28 16:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV1687	FRAUD SUMMARY-KYIV, UKRAINE [...] (SBU) The following is post's semi-annual fraud summary for the period March 1, 2009, through August 30, 2009. 2. (SBU) Country Conditions: As reported in the previous fraud summary cable (ref B),Ukraine is experiencing a severe recession, with a 14 percent expected decline in annual GDP fo [...]	2009-10-01 05:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP
09KYIV169	CORRECTED COPY: UKRAINE: NBU GOVERNOR ON HIS WAY [...] (SBU) Summary. National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh may be on his way out. In a legally meaningless yet politically important move, the Rada voted to oust Stelmakh on January 26. The Rada's actions have incited a fresh round of accusations between Prime Minister Yulia [...]	2009-01-29 07:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV1703	U.S.-UKRAINE BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary. The next round of the U.S.-Ukraine Council on Trade and Investment, scheduled to be held in Washington on October 14, will provide an important venue to address the broadest range of economic issues with Ukrainian counterparts. Issues of concern to U.S. business include Ukrain [...]	2009-10-02 07:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR TBIO USTR OPIC UP
09KYIV1714	DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING UKRAINIAN LINK OUTAGE [...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note formally to MFA on September 17. Embassy also delivered substance of the note a demarche/talking points, along with an advance copy of the note itself to MFA,s Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Directorate on Monday, September 14. Emb [...]	2009-10-02 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UP
09KYIV1715	DEMARCHE REQUEST: INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Head of MFA's Military Technical Cooperation Unit Viktor Matsko on October 2. After confirming that the flight would carry materiel to Afghanistan and the proposed flight route, Matsko noted that he would not expect there to be any issues with [...]	2009-10-03 14:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UP PL KZ RU
09KYIV1716	DEMARCHE REQUEST: INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Head of MFA's Military Technical Cooperation Unit Viktor Matsko on October 2. After confirming that the flight would carry materiel to Afghanistan and the proposed flight route, Matsko noted that he would not expect there to be any issues with [...]	2009-10-05 03:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UP PL KZ KG RU
09KYIV1719	UKRAINE: OPIC-SUPPORTED GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] OPIC does not currently operate in Ukraine due to a long-standing claim for which OPIC seeks compensation from the GOU. Although OPIC and the GOU have made recent progress to settle the matter, a number of detailed legal issues still need to be resolved and it is too early to know if and when [...]	2009-10-05 10:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN UP OPIC
09KYIV1726	UKRAINE'S LEGISLATIVE PROGRESS SINCE WTO ACCESSION [...] (U) Summary. Ukraine's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on May 16, 2008 was seen as a major step forward in the country's ongoing integration with the international economic system. With a few noted exceptions, Ukraine is living up to the terms of its WTO accession. One of ce [...]	2009-10-05 14:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA
09KYIV1727	YATSENYUK: LOSING MOMENTUM IN PRESIDENTIAL BID [...] (C) Summary. Presidential contender Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who saw a surge in popular support in the spring, now appears to be losing ground in the pre-election environment in Ukraine. Latest public opinion polls move him squarely to third place from the statistical tie he held for second place [...]	2009-10-05 15:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1728	ASD VERSHBOW IN KYIV: UKRAINIANS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, led the U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Ukraine Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC) in Kyiv September 28-29. In a series of bilateral meetings and engagements with media and academic [...]	2009-10-05 16:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UP
09KYIV1740	UKRAINE-RUSSIA: IS MILITARY CONFLICT NO LONGER [...] (C) Recent Russian actions have spurred a public discussion within the Ukrainian elite about Russian intentions toward Ukraine. The most systematic contribution to the debate has been made by former National Security Advisor Volodymyr Horbulin, who believes that internal Russian considerati [...]	2009-10-08 12:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV PNAT UP RS
09KYIV1749	BRIEFING ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN IN [...] (C) Drawing on background and points provided, Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Maryna Stroga Yermakova of the MFA Department for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation on October 6. Yermakova took notes during the discussion and paid close attention to the information provided, [...]	2009-10-09 14:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM UP
09KYIV1750	GICNT: UPDATE FOR PARTNERS ON EFFORTS TO ENHANCE [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche jointly with Russian Embassy Counselor Dmitry Gurin on October 8 to MFA Political Department Counselor Oleg Klynchenko. Klynchenko thanked both Embassies for the information, and expressed again the GoU's satisfaction with the spirit of collaboration em [...]	2009-10-09 15:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGIC PARM PREL PTER UP
09KYIV1751	FORMAL REQUEST FOR A BRIEFING FROM THE GOU ON [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation officer Oleksander Osadchiy on September 28. Following up in a meeting with Maryna Yermakova of the Proliferation Security division of the sam [...]	2009-10-09 15:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL MNUC UP
09KYIV1753	POROSHENKO CONFIRMED AS NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) The Rada approved President Yushchenko's nominee, Petro Poroshenko, as Ukraine's new Foreign Minister on October 9. The position has been vacant since March when the Rada ousted former FM Oryzhko over his vocal opposition to Prime Minister Tymoshenko's policies. Poroshenko, a wealthy bu [...]	2009-10-09 17:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1760	TYMOSHENKO'S NBU DISPUTES DEEPEN [...] (C) Summary. A dispute between the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and Prime Minister Tymoshenko's government has escalated in recent days. At stake is the future of a major Ukrainian bank under temporary administration as well as the potential for additional capital infusions into two smalle [...]	2009-10-13 13:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1761	U.S.-UKRAINE ENERGY SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine welcomes the opportunity to discuss a broad range of energy-related issues with Ambassador Morningstar and DOE co-hosts at the upcoming Energy Security Working Group meeting, tentatively scheduled for October 28. Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador-at-Large for Ener [...]	2009-10-13 13:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN EREL PINR UA
09KYIV1767	KYIV: B1B2 VALIDATION STUDY RESULTS-OVERSTAYS UP [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Kyiv concluded a validation study of B1/B2 visas issued between June 1, 2007 and May 31, 2008. During this time period, Post issued 21,331 B1/B2 visas. The validation study showed a total overstay rate of 4 percent, with a 3.8 percent margin of error. The study was intended [...]	2009-10-14 11:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP
09KYIV1772	UKRAINE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UNHRC, Svitlana Pereverten. Prior to our receipt of the cleared demarche, Pereverten had contacted the embassy to ask for the USG position on this matter. She promised to keep our position in mind as she draf [...]	2009-10-14 15:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER UP
09KYIV1777	EXTORTION, BRIBES, AND THREATS: A KYIV BANKER'S [...] (C) Summary. Second-tier oligarchs and members of the Ukrainian parliament are extorting from the country's banks and threatening bankers, said a representative of Austrian-owned Raiffeisen Aval. The powerful borrowers act with impunity, having paid off the court system to evade their debt [...]	2009-10-15 17:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1780	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ REFORMS UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with Naftohaz Chairman Oleh Dubyna and PM Tymoshenko Energy Advisor Vitaliy Hayduk in late September both stated that the structural reform of the gas sector was unlikely, even unnecessary. Dubyna stated that he would not support the unbundling of Ukraine's gas tra [...]	2009-10-16 13:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV1784	CHERKASY: WOULD-BE SWING OBLAST LEANS TOWARD [...] (C) Cherkasy, an oblast located in the center of Ukraine, has yet to be fully drawn into the presidential campaign. However, local experts speculate that Cherkasy voters will support Prime Minister Tymoshenko -- as they have in the past two Rada elections. Local observers express concerns that [...]	2009-10-16 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1817	ACTION REQUEST: SUPPORT FOR MONTENEGRO'S AND [...] (SBU) Head of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department for Military Technical Cooperation Viktor Matsko confirmed to us on October 19 that Ukraine supports Serbia's membership in the Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial, and also supports immediate membership for Montenegro. Ukraine, he add [...]	2009-10-19 11:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL UP
09KYIV1818	UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF [...] (C) With the start of the Ukrainian Presidential campaign, opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Tymoshenko are clearly in the lead to enter the second round. Arseniy Yatsenyuk remains the lone second-tier candidate in the race, although his slumping poll numbers, down more [...]	2009-10-19 17:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS UP
09KYIV1822	MINSK: OPEN TO ROAD MAP DISCUSSION WITH THE USG, [...] (C) Summary: The President's Chief of Staff, Vladimir Makey, reaffirmed to Charge on October 14 the desire of Belarus to craft a Road Map with the USG on improving US-Belarus bilateral relations. He said they welcomed a fluid discussion with the PA in the lead on the Belarusian side. Makey [...]	2009-10-20 12:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
09KYIV1826	BRAINS BEHIND TYMOSHENKO'S BANKING DECISIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite his modest title at Ukraine's Ministry of Finance, Timur Bagirov has emerged as an intellectual force in the Tymoshenko government. By his own account, he serves as the Prime Minister's personal advisor on banking sector issues and is often asked to explain detailed fin [...]	2009-10-20 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1827	KYIV: REFERRAL VALIDATION STUDY RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Kyiv recently concluded a validation study of visas issued in fiscal year 2008 based on A and B referrals. During this time period, Post issued 112 visas based on A referrals and 707 based on B referrals. The validation study showed no overstays within the statistical sampl [...]	2009-10-20 13:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP
09KYIV1828	UKRAINE: MINISTRY OF FUEL AND ENERGY ON ENERGY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Deputy Minister of Fuel and Energy Sergiy Pavlusha confirmed that Ukraine was planning to send an interagency delegation, including representatives from state-owned energy companies Naftohaz and Energoatom, to the schedule [...]	2009-10-20 14:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN EREL PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1832	PRICE FREEZE IMPOSED ON MEDICINES AND MEDICAL [...] (U) Summary. Ukraine's parliament has enacted a new law fixing prices of imported medicines and medical products at their July 1, 2008 levels. Prices of domestically produced medicines would be regulated by the GOU under the legislation. Industry analysts expect the law would negatively impa [...]	2009-10-21 14:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON UB
09KYIV1834	EU-UKRAINE FTA: STILL A WAYS OFF [...] (U) Summary. President Yuschenko's recent statements indicating that the EU and Ukraine could complete negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in the next few months are at odds with the assessments of both the EU and Ukrainian negotiators. Furthermore, the president's suggestion that U [...]	2009-10-21 14:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PREL USTR UP
09KYIV1835	KYIV POPULISM COULD TRIGGER "FISCAL DEVASTATION" [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's shaky IMF program took another direct hit, after the Rada (parliament) enacted legislation to significantly increase budget spending for pensions and public sector wages. The IMF said the measure would lead to "fiscal devastation," while the World Bank estimated an [...]	2009-10-21 15:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1837	UKRAINE: DIVERSIFYING THE NUCLEAR POWER SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's energy dependence on Russia is not limited to gas. Russia provides 100% of Ukraine's nuclear fuel and stores 60% of its spent fuel, while Ukraine's nuclear sector generates approximately half of the country's electricity. U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) assistance to [...]	2009-10-22 14:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN EREL PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1842	STILL WORKING ON OPIC'S RETURN TO UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The final details of the agreement that would allow the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to return to Ukraine are still being hammered out, despite high hopes during President Biden's visit to Kyiv in July that a final solution had been found and OPIC wo [...]	2009-10-23 13:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN OPIC EINV PREL UP
09KYIV1845	INDUSTRIAL DNIPROPETROVSK: TYMOSHENKO'S HOME [...] (C) Dnipropetrovsk, PM Tymoshenko's home region and a major contributor to the national economy, has traditionally favored Yanukoyvch and his Party of Regions (PoR). Tymoshenko's bloc (BYuT) is actively working for votes in the region, but interlocutors assess she will fail to overcome PoR's d [...]	2009-10-23 16:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP

09KYIV1873	YANUKOVYCH EMPHASIZES SOCIAL SPENDING, TIES WITH [...] (C) Opposition leader Yanukovych was nominated as the Party of Regions presidential candidate in Kyiv on October 22 at a made-for-television party congress. The congress, broadcast live in Eastern Ukraine, featured a key policy speech by Yanukovych, and three additional speakers--including o [...]	2009-10-26 15:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP

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