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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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08KYIV2187UKRAINE: 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 14:40:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN ECON SOCI UP
08KYIV2188UKRAINE: 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 15:06:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON UP
08KYIV2191RADA 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 16:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN UP
08KYIV2198IMF 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 17:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2207UKRAINE: 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 12:59:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2211TYMOSHENKO 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 07:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2212KUCHMA 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 07:43:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV2221UKRAINE: 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 13:29:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON UP
08KYIV2223CONGRATULATORY 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 09:16:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC OVIP PREL UP
08KYIV2224NBU 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 09:56:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2241NATO 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 16:11:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS NATO PARM PREL UP
08KYIV2242UKRAINIAN 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 05:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2243ANTI-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 15:00:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI UP
08KYIV2245NO 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 16:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2259UKRAINE: 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 15:02:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PGOV PINR RS UP
08KYIV2263EXPECT 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 15:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI ECON UP
08KYIV2265UKRAINE: 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 11:31:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV2269NATO 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 16:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2289SCENESETTER 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 17:05:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PHUM PREL UP
08KYIV2294UKRAINE: 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 14:48:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2297UKRAINE: 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 08:35:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PGOV RS UP
08KYIV2303UKRAINE: 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 14:17:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEINV 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 14:28:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL ETRD ECON UP
08KYIV2305NEGOTIATIONS 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 15:15:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2323SUBJECT: 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 11:52:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI UP
08KYIV2339U.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 16:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM MASS PREL UP
08KYIV2340UKRAINE: 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 05:32:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN 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 05:22:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PGOV KPAI KPAO RS UP
08KYIV2358UKRAINE'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 13:16:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEINV ENRG EPET PINR PREL UP
08KYIV2383AND 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 15:53:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2412UKRAINE 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 16:32:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2413UKRAINE "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 16:49:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2414UKRAINE: FIRTASH MAKES HIS CASE TO THE USG
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-10 07:52:00Embassy KyivSECRETEINV ENRG EPET PINR PREL POL UP
08KYIV2417UKRAINE: 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 11:42:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV PGOV WTRO UP
08KYIV2424LYTVYN 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 16:43:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2434UNSTEADY 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 15:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2439UKRAINE: 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 15:40:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON UP
08KYIV2440PARTY 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 17:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2441UKRAINE'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 18:35:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SOCI UP
08KYIV2460UKRAINE: 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 14:50:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV2464UKRAINIAN 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 13:57:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
08KYIV2485CHERNOMYRDIN: 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 11:35:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD PINR RU UP
08KYIV2486SNAPSHOT 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 12:52:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 16:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2518TYMOSHENKO 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 15:33:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2520CORRECTED 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 08:28:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
08KYIV2530WAY 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 14:07:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 15:25:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN 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 10:48:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV283UKRAINE: 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 11:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV285UKRAINE/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 12:15:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPKO SU UP
08KYIV286ROSUKRENERGO CRUNCHED BY CENTRAL ASIAN COLD SPELL?
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-05 12:15:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EFIN ECON ENRG UP
08KYIV299UKRAINE: 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 05:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS OSCE RS UP
08KYIV303UKRAINE: 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 12:56:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 14:33:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
08KYIV334UKRAINE: 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 10:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMCAP MARR PREL MOPS NATO KPKO PINR UP
08KYIV336UKRAINE 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 14:05:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
08KYIV34UKRAINE: 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 12:06:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR UP
08KYIV358UKRAINE: 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 12:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV359UKRAINE: 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 12:56:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV361UKRAINE: 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 13:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV365UKRAINE 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 13:14:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL GG RU YI UP
08KYIV366UKRAINE 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 13:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE UP
08KYIV386UKRAINE: 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 10:15:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV401UKRAINE: 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 12:16:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF UP
08KYIV404UKRAINE 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 13:11:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV408UKRAINE: 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 13:39:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL UP
08KYIV417UKRAINE: 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 13:06:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV418UKRAINE: 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 13:13:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA UP
08KYIV419UKRAINE: 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 13:19:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
08KYIV449UKRAINE: 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 11:28:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV APER ABUD UP
08KYIV450UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NAFTOHAZ
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 11:28:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
08KYIV451UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NAFTOHAZ
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 11:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
08KYIV453UKRAINE: 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 12:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV455UKRAINE: 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 10:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV456UKRAINE: 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 10:43:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV461UKRAINE: 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 13:29:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EFIN ECON ENRG UP
08KYIV469UKRAINE: 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 11:33:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EFIN ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV471UKRAINE: 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 08:04:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV474UKRAINE: 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 13:59:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV483UKRAINE: 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 09:48:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV503UKRAINE 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 11:19:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV504UKRAINE: 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 12:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV522UKRAINE: 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 06:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV527UKRAINE: 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 11:56:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO UP
08KYIV528UKRAINE: 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 13:01:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV580UKRAINE: 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 12:54:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV606UKRAINE: 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 13:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM OVIP UP
08KYIV612UKRAINE: 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 03:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KDEM NATO UNMIK KV UP
08KYIV632UKRAINE: 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 12:35:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON UP
08KYIV706UKRAINE/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 13:14:00Embassy KyivSECRETPARM ETTC MARR MTCRE PREL SY CH UP
08KYIV709UKRAINE: 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 12:15:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV722WILL 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 08:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALETRD WTRO PGOV UP RS
08KYIV729UKRAINE'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 12:19:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO PGOV UP
08KYIV756UKRAINE: 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 07:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV760UKRAINE: 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 13:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV768UKRAINE: 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 08:58:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM PTER KNNP KCRM KGIC US UP
08KYIV771UKRAINE: 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 12:53:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV774UKRAINE: 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 11:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ETRD IR IZ ZR ZP UP
08KYIV782UKRAINE: 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 12:32:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
08KYIV784UKRAINE: 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 09:01:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEUN PHUM PREL UP
08KYIV801UKRAINE: 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 10:27:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON ENRG PREL UP
08KYIV803UKRAINE: 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 12:09:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV807UKRAINIAN 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 02:37:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR WTRO UP
08KYIV821UKRAINE: 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 07:49:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR ECON UP
08KYIV828UKRAINE 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 11:40:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR UP
08KYIV832UKRAINE: 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 12:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV835WHOOPS: 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 02:33:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR WTRO UP
08KYIV851UKRAINE: 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 15:16:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP MARR ETRD EINV NATO UP
08KYIV873UKRAINE: 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 14:29:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV874UKRAINE: 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 08:33:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PGOV ETRD EIND UP
08KYIV876UKRAINE 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 15:04:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL UP
08KYIV902UKRAINE: 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 16:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV915UKRAINE 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 16:00:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO PGOV UP
08KYIV922UKRAINE: 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 14:56:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV924UKRAINE: 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 14:59:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
08KYIV951UKRAINE: 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 16:01:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EINV ENRG PGOV UP
08KYIV953UKRAINE: 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 11:05:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM UP
08KYIV954UKRAINE: 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 11:11:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV955UKRAINE: 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 14:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PBTS PINR BO UP
08KYIV960UKRAINE: 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 13:33:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV962UKRAINE: 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 15:40:00Embassy KyivSECRETPARM ETTC MNUC TSPA PREL MTCRE IN UP
08KYIV965UKRAINE: 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 08:17:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
08KYIV97UKRAINE: 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 13:06:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UP
08KYIV975UKRAINE: 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 14:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV980UKRAINE 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 05:40:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR WTRO UP
08KYIV99UKRAINE: 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 02:59:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
08LISBON2379PORTUGAL BRIEFS SENATOR GREGG ON RUSSIA, CAUCASUS,
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Portuguese MOD State Secretary Joao Mira Gomes told Senator Judd Gregg (R, NH) that Russia's illegal actions in Georgia required a diplomatic solution in which the West needed to stand firm on principle (including Georgia's territorial integrity) and suspend military cooperati [...]
2008-09-04 16:50:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP PREL GG AF RS IR UP PO KV EUN
08LJUBLJANA323SLOVENIAN 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 15:35:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EUN IR SO SU CD ZI UP
08LONDON2055UK 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 15:27:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV EUN ETRD IR UP FR UK
08LONDON2159TFGGO1: 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 15:49:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM MOPS GG RU UP UK
08LONDON2211UK WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT GEORGIA; “ON 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 17:13:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALECON EAID UNSC PREL PGOV FR GG UK UP
08MOSCOW1330MAYOR NON GRATA: MOSCOW REACTS
[...] (U) Amid ample press reports on "Mayor Non Grata," the MFA issued a statement on May 12, expressing puzzlement over Ukraine's decision to bar Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov from entering Ukraine, following his speech during the May 12 celebrations of the 225th anniversary of the Russian Black Sea [...]
2008-05-13 13:19:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP RS
08MOSCOW147RUSSIAN 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 16:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO KCFE UP RS
08MOSCOW1570RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AIDE-MEMOIRE REGARDING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 03:47:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ
08MOSCOW1645JCIC-DIP-08-003 PASSED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-10 10:35:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ
08MOSCOW1769MARGELOV REFLECTS ON MEDVEDEV - PUTIN
[...] (C) Summary: Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mikhail Margelov assured EUR DAS David Merkel June 18 that the GOR's unhappiness over Abkhazia was at bottom economic and that any friction would abate as the Sochi Olympics approached." Margelov comments on Iran were similar [...]
2008-06-20 13:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RS GG UP
08MOSCOW1770DAS MERKEL'S MEETING WITH DUMA CHAIRMAN KOSACHEV
[...] (C) In a June 19 meeting, DAS Merkel and Duma International Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev discussed missile defense, NATO enlargement, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and the EU, and Russia's foreign policy structure. DAS Merkel briefed Kosachev on the status of missile de [...]
2008-06-20 14:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP GG MD RS
08MOSCOW1772U/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN
[...] (C) Summary. Prior to the CTWG Core Group consultations, on June 19, U/S Burns met with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and covered Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus, Moldova and Nagorno-Karabakh. Karasin described to U/S Burns Russia's reaction to the increasing distance between Russia and Ukraine [...]
2008-06-20 14:57:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON GG UP MD RS
08MOSCOW1811RUSSIAN ANALYST WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES IF UKRAINE
[...] (C) Summary: Dmitriy Trenin of the Moscow Carnegie Center told NSC Senior Director for Russia Mary Warlick and EUR/RUS Office Director Ian Kelly on June 19 that there was nothing the U.S. could do to convince Russia to accept Ukrainian membership in NATO. He thought that the GOR could abide by [...]
2008-06-24 20:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR GG UP RS
08MOSCOW1951THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF RUSSIA'S REGIONS: VIEW
[...] (C) Summary: Regional governments in Belgorod and Kursk work closely with their Ukrainian and Belarusian counterparts, and are minimally affected by any disputes their national governments may have. Local officials meet to discuss ways to promote cross-border trade, cultural exchanges, and w [...]
2008-07-08 14:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL EIND ETRD MD PBTS PGOV RS SNAR UP BO
08MOSCOW1960RUSSIA - 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 12:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP RS
08MOSCOW2261UNORTHODOX 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 14:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL RS UP CASC KIRF SOCI
08MOSCOW2411TFGG01: 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 15:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS GG RS UP
08MOSCOW2460MFA 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 06:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG UP RS
08MOSCOW2603FORMER PM KASYANOV DOWNBEAT ON COSTS OF WAR,
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 28 meeting, Ambassador and former PM Mikhail Kasyanov discussed the Russian-Georgian conflict, its economic consequences, and the future electoral prospects for liberal opposition parties. Kasyanov, who heads the liberal Russian People's Democratic Union (RNDS) part [...]
2008-08-29 15:34:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS BO UP
08MOSCOW265NYET MEANS NYET: RUSSIA'S NATO ENLARGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Following a muted first reaction to Ukraine's intent to seek a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the Bucharest summit (ref A),Foreign Minister Lavrov and other senior officials have reiterated strong opposition, stressing that Russia would view further eastward expansion as [...]
2008-02-01 14:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO UP RS
08MOSCOW2655RUSSIA: 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 14:54:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON RS UP GG
08MOSCOW2720RUSSIA-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 14:05:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV ECON UP RS
08MOSCOW2843RUSSIA FIGHTS BACK AGAINST ISOLATION
[...] (C) Summary. While reactions to the Secretary's September 18 speech have been fairly muted, with the exception of the customary harangue from the MFA, the Russian leadership is at pains to show that Russia is not isolated following the events in Georgia. Moscow is seeking to push back on clai [...]
2008-09-23 13:47:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO GG UP XH RS
08MOSCOW2907RUSSIA HAS NO PLANS TO INTERVENE IN HIJACKING OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-01 11:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP
08MOSCOW3051RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO SOMALI PIRACY REMAINS UNCERTAIN
[...] (C) Contradictory statements to the press by Russian naval officials have further frustrated attempts to understand Russian intentions to respond to the hijacking of the M/V Faina or the larger issue of Somali piracy: 2. (U) ITAR-TASS reported on October 13 that a high-ranking MOD official [...]
2008-10-15 10:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO UP RS
08MOSCOW3211DIP NOTE PASSED: U.S-PROPOSED AGREEMENT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 13:20:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
08MOSCOW3395ANNUAL 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 14:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL UP RS
08MOSCOW3396RUSSIA 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 03:52:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UP RS
08MOSCOW3419DFM 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 09:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RS AZ UP MD IZ
08MOSCOW3472ANNUAL START SLCM DELCARATION DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 13:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPARM BO KACT KZ RS UP US START JCIC
08MOSCOW353DFM KARASIN ON UKRAINE, GEORGIA, TRANSNISTRIA,
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Karasin strongly cautioned against the Ukrainian government's push for NATO membership, underlining that a decision by the Alliance would be met with counter measures that would test our strategic relationship. Karasin urged the [...]
2008-02-08 16:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG UP MD AM BO RS
08MOSCOW364JCIC DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 13:46:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ
08MOSCOW3719GOR 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 12:59:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UP RS GG
08MOSCOW587RUSSIA-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 13:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UP RS
08MOSCOW806RUSSIA'S EXPECTATIONS FOR NATO SUMMIT DEPEND ON
[...] (C) Summary. According to the head of the NATO section at the MFA, Putin's swan song at the NATO Summit in Bucharest was envisioned to be "constructive" and to call for more NATO-Russia cooperation, but recent U.S. statements of support for a Membership Action Plan offer for Ukraine and Georg [...]
2008-03-25 04:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR PARM KCFE UP GG RS
08MOSCOW911RUSSIA-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 10:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP RS
08MUNICH61A/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 16:26:00Consulate MunichCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PARM MARR GM UP
08NAIROBI2290WHITHER M/V FAINA'S TANKS?
[...] (S-NF) A shipment of 33 Ukrainian T-72 tanks and other ammunition and equipment aboard the M/V Faina, currently under the control of pirates off the coast of Somalia, has raised questions and controversy in Kenya about their final destination. It is a poorly kept secret that the tanks are boun [...]
2008-10-02 15:46:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNMASS PTER PHSA KE UP SO SU
08NAIROBI2596SOMALIA - PIRACY CONTINUES AS INTERNATIONALS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-14 10:17:00Embassy NairobiSECRETEWWT PGOV PREL SO UP
08PARIS114SARKOZY, KOUCHNER ADVISERS ON NATO, RUSSIA, IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 16, Joseph Wood, Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs, met with Philippe Errera, strategic affairs adviser to FM Kouchner, and Francois Richier, strategic affairs adviser to President Sarkozy. Errera and Richier provided their views on [...]
2008-01-23 14:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO FR RU IR GG UP AG
08PARIS1380FRENCH VIEWS ON JULY GAERC: UKRAINE, ZIMBABWE,
[...] (C) Summary: On July 18, MFA Deputy Office Chief for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona reviewed the agenda items for the July GAERC meeting. Carmona said that the French Presidency had, at FM Kouchner's request, proposed a reduced list of topics, but that other member [...]
2008-07-21 15:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV EUN IR SO SU CD IZ UP GG FR
08PARIS2341FRANCE ON POSSIBLE RUSSIA - UKRAINE GAS SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS
[...] (SBU) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the Russia/Ukraine gas dispute with MFA Acting Director for Economic and Financial Affairs Philippe Meunier on 12/30. Meunier said guidance issued by the MFA on 12/22 remained extant: France had been in touch with other EU member states as well as t [...]
2008-12-30 16:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PREL UP EU FR
08PARIS338SARKOZY PROMISES UKRAINE POSITIVE SIGNAL AT
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: Damien Loras, President Sarkozy's Counselor for Ukraine (as well as Russia, Central Asia, the Balkans, the Caucasus and the Americas),told us on February 25 that Sarkozy told Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko during their meeting in Paris on February 20 that he will seek [...]
2008-02-26 16:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO MARR PREL UP FR
08PARIS763AFTER THE NATO SUMMIT: GOF LOOKS AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary. President Sarkozy is reportedly "very satisfied" with his first NATO summit, a meeting which demonstrated to the world the change in France's approach to the Alliance. President Bush's endorsement of a strong European defense in Bucharest gave the GOF the green light it wanted [...]
2008-04-22 09:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR MOPS FR AF GG UP UK MK GR
08PARIS858USD/P EDELMAN,S APRIL 28 MEETINGS WITH ELYSEE AND
[...] (C) Summary. On April 28, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman met with Francois Richier, Elysee Counselor for Strategic Affairs, and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Defense. Richier and Miraillet said France is satisfied with the outcomes of [...]
2008-05-02 08:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MCAP MNUC EUN IR LE SY UK UP
08PRAGUE809CZECH COMMENTS ON GAS DISPUTES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs spoke with Czech Ambassador at large for Energy Security Vaclav Bartuska as well as additional MFA officials regarding potential gas supply disruptions between Russia and Ukraine. While the Czechs have considered and discussed a number of possible scenarios with their EU [...]
2008-12-30 16:58:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEUN EZ EG PGOV PREL ENRG EPET UP
08RIGA492TFGG01: PM GODMANIS ON VISIT TO GEORGIA
[...] (C) On... C O N F I D E N T I A L RIGA 000492 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/14/2018 TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS RS GG UP LG [...]
2008-08-14 13:13:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS RS GG UP LG
08RIGA549LATVIAN LEADERS STEPPING UP TO ADDRESS ENERGY
[...] (C) One of the outcomes of the Georgia crisis seems to be a focus among top Latvian leaders to address the country's energy security issues. President Zatlers was clear with the Ambassador that Latvia needed to turn away from gas as the source for electricity production. After expanding an e [...]
2008-09-11 07:59:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG PGOV ECON PREL BO UP SW LG
08ROME1269YUSHCHENKO DISAPPOINTED BY ITALY'S TEPID SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary. During his October 8 visit to Rome, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko pressed for strong Italian support of Ukraine's MAP aspirations, EU integration and recognition of the Holodomor. Yushchenko's GOI interlocutors, President Napolitano and PM Berlusconi, told Yushchenko that [...]
2008-10-16 10:53:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO UP RS IT
08ROME178COESPU AT THE TWO-YEAR MARK: 1,000 PEACEKEEPERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two years after its inception, the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU) in Vicenza, Italy, is well on its way to achieving its goal of training 3,000 gendarme/carabinieri-style police officers and trainers by the end of 2010. Since November 2005, Italian Cara [...]
2008-02-08 16:00:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT ID NI UP CM IN
08STATE103511NOTIFICATION 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 03:33:00Secretary of StateSECRETEWWT MOPS PREL PHSA XA SO RS LG BH UP
08STATE106585EUR 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 15:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID UP GG MD AJ
08STATE108096NUCLEAR 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 20:55:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNGA NPT IAEA UP
08STATE111716UKRAINE: 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 20:08:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP
08STATE112253JCIC-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 23:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ
08STATE112382UKRAINE: TIP ACTION GUIDE TO COMBAT TIP
[...] This is an action request (see para 5). 2. The 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report rates countries as Tier 2 when host governments are not meeting the minimum standards to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA),but are making signif [...]
2008-10-22 13:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN KTIP PHUM PREL SMIG UP
08STATE114173NORDIC AND BALTIC POLITICAL DIRECTORS, OCTOBER 2
[...] (C) Summary. On October 2, political directors and other senior officials from the nine members of the Expanded Partnership in Northern Europe (E-PINE),including EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried, met in Vilnius for semi-annual consultations. The principal issues discussed were Georgia, U [...]
2008-10-27 16:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKNEI PREL EUR BO GG RS UP XG SW NO LG LH IC EN FI
08STATE114399ACCEPTING MONTENEGRO AS A MEMBER IN THE
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: At the Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial Coordinating Committee (SEDM-CC) meeting held September 25, 2008, Bulgaria, Greece, and Italy indicated they would not support Montenegro's joining SEDM without Serbia [...]
2008-10-27 20:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR AL BK HR MK MW SR TU BU SI RO UP
08STATE118534URGING 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 21:09:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO PARM PREL UP
08STATE123068OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HEAD OF OFFICE COORDINATOR IN UKRAINE
[...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 20 meeting of the Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is, indeed, a pleasure to welcome Ambassador Kopaj back to the Permanent Council, and to thank him for his very comprehensive repo [...]
2008-11-19 23:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OSCE UP PREL
08STATE125684JCIC-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 01:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START JCIC
08STATE126516FOLLOW-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 21:30:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC UP CH
08STATE129943FINDING 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 22:25:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO PARM PREL UP
08STATE130187FINDING 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 16:20:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO PARM PREL UP
08STATE130899DIPLOMATIC 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 22:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL UP
08STATE132581SITE 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 19:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL UP
08STATE21209GUIDANCE FOR AZERBAIJANI UNGA RESOLUTION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See Para. 2. 2. Action request: Department requests that USUN urge Azerbaijan's mission to the UN to work on an UNGA resolution that stresses that Kosovo is not a precedent for Nagarno-Karabakh (NK) or any other conflict. In order to secure U.S. supp [...]
2008-02-29 22:59:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNGA PREL AM AJ RU GE UP PBTS
08STATE32521PSI 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 22:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KTIA PHSA PARM PREL EWWT UP
08STATE34695UKRAINE: 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 18:01:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP
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 17:38:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP IN
08STATE56861E-PINE POLITICAL DIRECTORS, APRIL 30TH MEETING IN
[...] (C) Summary. Senior U.S., Nordic, and Baltic officials met in Washington D.C. on April 30th for the eleventh Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (e-PINE) Political Directors' meeting. They agreed: that MAP for Georgia and Ukraine in December is desirable, but may be problematic; that the cu [...]
2008-05-28 15:08:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKNEI PREL EUR BO GG PL RS UP XZ ZB SW NO LG LH IC
08STATE62235BLUE 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 14:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC FI KOMC RS UK UP
08STATE63378BLUE 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 14:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC UP
08STATE69235UKRAINE: DEMARCHE REQUEST REGARDING THE REMOVAL
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: This is an action message. Ambassador is requested to approach the Government of Ukraine at the highest appropriate level to request that the GoU accept John Demjanjuk, AKA Ivan Demjanjuk (DPOB 03 April 1920, Dubovye Makharintsky, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist [...]
2008-06-27 14:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG UP
08STATE71264REPLY: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE MV LEHMANN
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Drawing from the points in paragraph 3 below, Department requests Posts respond to diplomatic notes from the Embassy of Estonia (received 24 June, 2008) and from the Embassy of Ukraine (received 23 June, 2008) requesting supplies and assistance to Ukrainia [...]
2008-07-02 18:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHSA BM CY EN GM NATO RS SO UK UP
08STATE72687REQUEST 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 21:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY UP XH PINR
08STATE75702APPROACHING 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 14:27:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV IR SO SU CD ZI UP
08STATE83009GUAM 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 15:56:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP
08STATE83014EUR 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 16:06:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP
08STATE83017EUR 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 16:13:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO UP RS BO GM PHUM PGOV MARR
08STATE83366ISN LETTER OF THANKS TO UKRAINE PSI PRESENTER
[...] SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: On May 29, 2008, the United States hosted a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Outreach Workshop in Washington, attended by representatives of 21 countries that have not yet endorsed the PSI, as well as most of the 92 PSI participating states. The workshop provi [...]
2008-08-04 12:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL UP
08STATE99654SEEKING 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 20:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PHSA PREL UP
08TALLINN231TALLINN DELIVERS MV LEHMANN TIMBER DIP NOTE RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Conoff delivered reftel's points verbally and in the form of a letter from Charge to acting Director General of the Estonian MFA's Consular Affairs Division, Kerli Veski. In the letter, CDA reaffirmed the USG's commitment to combating piracy and to assist the GoE's efforts to resolve the [...]
2008-07-07 14:02:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHSA BM CY GM NATO RS SO UK UP EN
08TALLINN354ESTONIA: A/S FRIED VISITS TALLINN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During EUR A/S Dan Fried's October 1 visit to Tallinn, Estonian government and political leaders urged that NATO military commanders update NATO's Article 5 contingency planning in the wake of Russia's invasion of Georgia. Estonia's President, Prime Minister and Foreign Ministe [...]
2008-10-07 10:30:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS RU GG AJ MD UP EN
08TORONTO168YUSHCHENKO WELL RECEIVED IN TORONTO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko concluded a three day trip to Canada with business meetings and a speech to the prominent Economic Club of Toronto. Yushchenko's speech was well-received, even though it was heavy on themes and short on specifics. Several hundred people were [...]
2008-05-30 19:00:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON CA UP
08TRIPOLI650LIBYA SEEKS TO PURCHASE 130,000 KALASHNIKOVS FOR UNKNOWN END-USERS
[...] (C) UK Embassy PolOff told P/E Chief on August 10 that HMG's Embassy in Tripoli had recently received a request from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to vet a request for a license to export to Libya a sizeable quantity of automatic rifles. UK company York Guns, acting as the intermediary betwe [...]
2008-08-18 16:15:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PARM KNNP LY UK UP CD SU
08TRIPOLI829AL-QADHAFI: TO RUSSIA, WITH LOVE?
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-17 14:46:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS LY BO RS UP VZ
08TRIPOLI868U.K. DENIES LICENSE FOR EXPORT OF KALASHNIKOVS TO LIBYA; GOL POTENTIALLY SEEKING ALTERNATIVE SELLERS
[...] (C) U.K. Embassy PolOff told P/E Chief on October 30 that HMG had decided not/not to approve a license for U.K. company York Guns to export to Libya 130,000 Kashnikov automatic rifles. Per ref A, York Guns was to have acted as intermediary between an unidentified Ukrainian party and procurement of [...]
2008-11-06 08:08:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL PGOV MARR UK LY UP SU RO
08TRIPOLI870AL-QADHAFI'S RUSSIA TRIP SIGNALS DESIRE FOR FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 17:17:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR TRGY EPET RS BO UP LY
08UNVIEVIENNA223NPT: UKRAINIAN CHAIRMAN PREVIEWS PREPCOM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Schulte discussed the forthcoming NPT PrepCom with Ukraine PrepCom Chair Yelchenko on April 16. Yelchenko is intent on getting procedural issues out of the way, and seeks to have a productive outcome but did not insist on consensus - he preferred a strong Working Paper [...]
2008-04-18 11:37:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPARM AROC KNPP UP
08USNATO155NATO-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 16:33:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO MARR UP
08USNATO217APRIL 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 14:26:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL PGOV UP
08USNATO225HOW UKRAINIAN, GEORGIAN MAP IS PLAYING AT NATO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-27 18:39:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNPREL NATO UP GG
08USNATO239RUSSIA 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 07:37:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL PGOV MOPS AADP RS AF KV UP
08USNATO244UKRAINIAN 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 10:21:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO UP
08USNATO310UKRAINE 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 08:21:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU UP
08USNATO314RUSSIA 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 17:12:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU UP SP BO SR
08USNATO366RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TARGETS NATO, UN AND UKRAINE AT
[...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin took center stage at the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Ambassadorial meeting on Wednesday, October 8, taking out his anger over the situation in Georgia on NATO, the UN and Ukraine. In between rants by Rogozin, which generally [...]
2008-10-10 08:34:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PGOV PREL RS UP GG
08USNATO391ACTION 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 15:19:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO PARM PGOV UP
08USNATO434UKRAINIAN FM TO NATO - GIVE US MAP OR RUSSIA WINS
[...] (C) Summary: Ukrainian FM Ogryzko briefed the NATO-Ukraine Commission on November 19. He called on Allies to provide the Membership Action Plan (MAP) to his country in order to strengthen the forces of democracy in Ukraine, and dissuade Russia from further destabilizing actions. Some Allied [...]
2008-11-20 18:46:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF RU UP
08USNATO456NATO POST-MINISTERIAL COMMUNIQUE READOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-08 10:04:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO MARR ECON PGOV UN XG XA AF GG UP
08USNATO469THE 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 18:41:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO PARM KCFE MARR GG UP RS
08USNATO89NATO-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 13:09:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR UP
08USUNNEWYORK976UKRAINE: 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 21:00:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNGA RS UP
08VATICAN23HOLY SEE OFFICIAL DISCUSSES ORIENTAL CHURCHES,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The institutional arrangements that the Holy See has with "Oriental Churches" can serve as a model for further rapprochement between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. In communion with the Pope, Oriental Churches conduct masses following the Byzantine rite and administer the [...]
2008-02-14 16:26:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KIRF IS UP VT
08VATICAN68VATICAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS GEORGIA CRISIS, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, Vice Presidential Advisor Joseph Wood, accompanied by the DCM , held separate meetings with two senior Vatican officials to seek views from the Holy See on the situation between Russia and Georgia. Vatican officials raised humanitarian issues as the primary conc [...]
2008-09-19 13:56:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF GG RS UP IR KZ VT
08VILNIUS1047YUSHCHENKO 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 15:01:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL XG UP LH
08VILNIUS552LITHUANIA WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT NTM-I TRAINERS;
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-15 13:14:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO LH UP
08WARSAW1350POLAND: 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 15:12:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV AJ BO GG UP PL
08WARSAW1409POLAND: A NATURAL U.S. ALLY ON EASTERN POLICY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Like us, Poland seeks to draw key countries on the eastern boundary of Europe, like Ukraine and Georgia, towards Western institutions. An increasingly active regional player, Poland has evolved since 1989 from aid-recipient to donor, helping us to spur reforms in the region. Warsaw [...]
2008-12-12 06:45:00Embassy WarsawSECRETPREL PHUM PGOV BO GG UP RS PL
09ASHGABAT1104TURKMENISTAN: 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 09:39:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD TX UP
09ASHGABAT1135TURKMEN GAS TO UKRAINE; FORWARD TO THE PAST?
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A number of Turkmen media reports recently speculated that Ukrainian President Yushchenko will discuss the possibility of importing natural gas directly from Turkmenistan during his visit to the country scheduled f [...]
2009-09-08 09:53:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV TX UP
09ASHGABAT1189TURKMEN, 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 11:27:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV EINV UP TX
09ASHGABAT1215TURKMENISTAN: 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 07:41:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL TX UP
09ASHGABAT1444TURKMENISTAN: 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 13:13:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALAMED KFLU PGOV SOCI TX UP
09ASTANA2050 KAZAKHSTAN: PREPARATIONS FOR DFM UMAROV'S VISIT --
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (S) SUMMARY: At the request of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),PolOff met on November 13 with the Director of the Multilateral Cooperation Department, Barlybai Sadykov, whose Department is responsible for all non- [...]
2009-11-17 11:10:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPARM PGOV PINR PREL KNNP START IR RS UP UZ KZ
09ASTANA348KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR DENIES ANY CHINESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Cheng Guoping told the Ambassador on February 24 that he expects China will agree to participate in the Northern Distribution Network (NDN) for commercial shipment of non-lethal supplies to Afghanistan. He described China's principal objective in [...]
2009-02-25 08:18:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR CH AF RS KG UP KZ
09ATHENS1551SEDM: GREECE WELCOMES U.S. POSITION
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel to the Greek MFA's Southeastern Europe Directorate the morning of October 16. Greece supports the membership of both Serbia and Montenegro in the Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial and welcomed our message, calling it a most positive development. The MFA will [...]
2009-10-16 09:36:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR GR RO TU SR UP SI MW IT BU HR
09ATHENS83GREEK VIEWS ON JANUARY GAERC ISSUES
[...] (C) DepPolCouns discussed ref A and B GAERC issues with newly arrived MFA European Correspondent Niki Kamba. Kamba said the Czech EU Presidency had decided on a policy of downsizing GAERC agendas and focusing more intently on one or two issues. Thus, they had eliminated most of the issues co [...]
2009-01-22 13:32:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV ZL AFIN SU ZI UP BO GR
09BAGHDAD3294IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTRY DEAL WITH UKRAINE RAISES
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Government of Iraq (GOI) and the Government of Ukraine (GOU) announced an arms deal for armored personnel carriers, light transport aircraft, and helicopter repair. The deal is valued at $560.1 million, but was announced as a $2.5 billion commitment, with the additional [...]
2009-12-22 08:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MARR EFIN IZ UP
09BEIJING2596SEPTEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS, INDIA
[...] Key points at the September 10 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes any country accepting Uighur detainees after their release from Guantanamo. The individuals should be repatriated to China as soon as possible. -- China and India were making joint efforts to "safeguard peace and tranquili [...]
2009-09-10 23:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS KN IR IN JP LG UP MP YI
09BEIJING2597SEPTEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS, INDIA
[...] Key points at the September 10 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes any country accepting Uighur detainees after their release from Guantanamo. The individuals should be repatriated to China as soon as possible. -- China and India were making joint efforts to "safeguard peace and tranquili [...]
2009-09-10 23:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS KN IR IN JP LG UP MP YI
09BERLIN1414GERMANY SUPPORTS MONTENEGRO FOR MAP AT DECEMBER
[...] (C) Drawing on ref B, post outlined the U.S. position on NATO enlargement for the December 3-4 NATO foreign ministerial with MFA NATO Office Director Bernhard Schlagheck and Deputy Gunnar Denecke on November 2. Confirming what we had heard earlier from the Chancellery, Schlagheck said that Ge [...]
2009-11-09 06:40:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA GM UP GG MW BK
09BERLIN1441GERMAN 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 16:34:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV MARR MOPS BO RU UP SO BK
09BERLIN1442GERMAN 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 16:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM EU NATO PREL RU UNSC PGOV IR UP GG
09BERLIN158HEDGING YOUR BETS: GERMANY LEANS TOWARDS NABUCCO,
[...] (C) Summary: Germany demonstrated its growing support for the Nabucco gas pipeline by sending Economics Ministry heavyweight State Secretary Bernd Pfaffenbach to last week's Nabucco Summit in Budapest. During and after the conference the German government expressed guarded optimism regarding N [...]
2009-02-06 15:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETRD PREL UP EU RU TU GM
09BERLIN209A REVITALIZED NUCLEAR INDUSTRY MAKES A STRONG CASE FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Germany's current policy to phase out nuclear power by 2021 is coming under fire from leaders of the CDU/CSU and FDP, while Germany's nuclear industry is increasingly confident of winning an indefinite reprieve from the ban should a conservative/liberal coalition form the next go [...]
2009-02-19 15:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ETRD PREL GM RS TU UP
09BERLIN217THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S FEBRUARY 7 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 7 meeting on the margins on the Munich Security Conference, Deputy Secretary Steinberg and German MFA State Secretary Silberberg discussed a wide range of issues, including Afghanistan, Russia, missile defense, Africa, and Iraq. Also participating in the meeting [...]
2009-02-20 20:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV NATO AF RU XA IZ UP GG GM
09BERLIN303GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MARCH 16-17 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany expects a full agenda at the EU General Affairs and External Relations (GAERC) next week, with extensive discussion of the implications of the economic crisis on the eastern neighbors, recent developments in Sudan, Belarus, and the Western Balkans. Germany is highly conc [...]
2009-03-13 15:56:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL IR PGOV GM BO UP MD SU GZ IS
09BERLIN379GERMANY: 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 15:09:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM UP
09BERLIN422MEDIA REACTION: CUBA, MOLDOVA, GITMO, COUNTER-PIRACY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Cuba) Congressional Delegation in Cuba 3. (Moldova) Unrest 4. (U.S.) Renditions, ICRC Report 5. (Somalia) Fate of Pirates 6. (Environment) Bonn UNFCCC 7. (Italy) Berlusconi on Earthquake Victims 8. (Eastern Europe) Democracy [...]
2009-04-09 12:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN434GERMANY FAILS TO CLARIFY ITS POSITION ON GAS
[...] (C) Summary: Germany's stance regarding Europe's three major gas pipeline projects -- Nabucco, Nordstream, and Southstream -- has become increasingly difficult to decipher. The apparent confusion results from a German tendency to try to appease all sides on contentious and complex issues. How [...]
2009-04-14 05:30:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETRD PREL UP EU RU TU GM
09BERLIN443MEDIA REACTION: GMOs, Bagram, DPRK, Iran, Cuba, Thailand
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Germany) Ban on GMOs 3. (U.S.) Bagram Prisoners 4. (North Korea) Six-Party Talks 5. (Iran) Nuclear Program 6. (U.S.-Cuba) Relaxation of Sanctions 7. (Thailand) Revolution Cancelled  [...]
2009-04-15 12:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN448MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-Mexico, U.S.-Pakistan, Mideast,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Mexico) Obama Trip 3. (U.S.-Pakistan) Criticism of Zardari 4. (Mideast) Mitchell Trip, Peace Process 5. (U.S.) Obama's Disarmament Proposals 6. (Russia) Medvedev Interview 7. (Africa) Anti-Piracy Efforts  [...]
2009-04-16 12:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN470GERMAN 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 16:53:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV RU BM MD UP XF EZ IR TU GM
09BERLIN48MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, RUSSIA, CLINTON, EU
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Israel-Hamas Conflict 3. Russian-Ukrainian Gas Dispute 4. Secretary-designate Clinton Hearing 5. EU Monetary Union  [...]
2009-01-14 12:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDXF IS GZ RS UP US EU
09BERLIN57MEDIA REACTION:
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Israel-Hamas Conflict 3. Gas Dispute 4. Guantnamo Closure 5. Hillary Clinton Hearing 6. Afghanistan 7. Obama Inauguration 8. Osama bin Laden Tape  [...]
2009-01-15 12:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDGZ IS RS UP AF US
09BERLIN725MEDIA REACTION: Iran U.S.-Iran Iran-Internet
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Aftermath of Presidential Elections 3. (U.S.-Iran) Obama Reaction 4. (Iran) Effect of the Internet 5. (U.S.) Guantnamo Prisoners 6. (Georgia) Unomig Mission 7. (Economic) BRIC Countries Meeting  [...]
2009-06-17 12:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN776GERMANY 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 06:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL UP EU RU GM
09BERLIN806GERMANY: 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 15:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM UP
09BERLIN89GERMAN VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 26-27 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany favors only a general EU statement of support for the closing of Guantanamo, which would leave specific actions -- like accepting detainees -- up to member states to decide. Given the differing views within the German government on accepting detainees, Chancellor Merkel h [...]
2009-01-23 19:34:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV ZL ZI RU UP GM
09BERLIN90GERMAN VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 26-27 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany favors only a general EU statement of support for the closing of Guantanamo, which would leave specific actions -- like accepting detainees -- up to member states to decide. Given the differing views within the German government on accepting detainees, Chancellor Merkel h [...]
2009-01-26 05:59:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV ZL ZI RU UP GM
09BERLIN905MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-ISRAEL U.S.-CHINA, IRAN, RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Israel) Netanyahu-Mitchell Meeting 3. (U.S.-China) Washington Summit 4. (Iran) Western Reaction 5. (Russia) Influence on Central Asian Neighbors 6. (Moldova) Re-Election  [...]
2009-07-29 11:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN909MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA, U.S.-IRAQ, IRAQ, NIGERIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Summit in Washington 3. (U.S.-Iraq) Gates on Troop Withdrawal 4. (Iraq) Storming of Camp Ashraf 5. (Nigeria) Islamic Militants 6. (Spain) ETA Bomb Attack  [...]
2009-07-30 11:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BRASILIA193UKRAINE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN-BRAZILIAN SPACE
[...] (C) On February 6, 2009, Environment, Science and Technology, and Health (ESTH) Counselor and Assistant Air Attache delivered the USG response (REFTEL A) to the Ukrainian proposal (REFTEL B) to help the United States obtain Brazilian congressional approval of the 2000 U.S.-Brazil Technology Saf [...]
2009-02-13 19:29:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KTIA TSPA TPHY NASA UP RS BR
09BRATISLAVA189GAERC: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS DIALOGUE WITH EASTERN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff discussed ref points on the April 27-28 GAERC meeting with European Correspondent Albin Otruba on April 23. The discussion of Ukraine and Moldova, which will be held in the context of the Eastern Partnership, is the most interesting for Slovakia. Slovakia supports continu [...]
2009-04-23 14:34:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EUN PGOV UP SY MD LO
09BRATISLAVA41GAERC RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Albin Otruba, European Correspondent at the Slovak MFA on January 21. Otruba said GAERC's agenda is still subject to change, but guessed it would include Kosovo, Guantanamo, the Middle East, Russia/Ukraine, and energy security only. Slovakia will be repr [...]
2009-01-22 13:43:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF ZL SU ZI UP BO
09BRATISLAVA428SLOVAKIA'S BORDER WITH UKRAINE
[...] (U) Summary. On Monday, September 21, Embassy officers together with DHS/ICE attachi visited the Slovak-Ukraine border as the guests of the Border and Alien Police (BAP). Our purposes were (I) to assess any security changes since visa waiver accession; (ii) observe U.S.-donated inspection eq [...]
2009-10-02 15:31:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALCVIS PREL PGOV LO UP PINR
09BRUSSELS110THE EU'S ENERGY SECURITY: MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The recent dispute between Russia and Ukraine over gas supply and transit underscores yet again the precariousness of Europe's energy supply. Despite attempts by the parties to portray this as a commercial dispute, it was evident that gas was being used as a weap [...]
2009-01-27 18:17:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALECON EPET EUN RS UP TU ZB ZJ
09BRUSSELS135JANUARY GAERC - EU FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS GAZA,
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Brussels January 26, EU Foreign Ministers focused their energies primarily on recent political and economic developments affecting the EU. The General Affairs Council discussed the incoming Czech presidency's priorities and energy security, while the External Affairs [...]
2009-01-29 18:53:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EUN ETTC KTFN IR SR BO XF ZI UP RS
09BRUSSELS1385RUSSIA 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 12:45:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG RS UP AA KTDB
09BRUSSELS1569EU NOVEMBER GAERC - SELECTIONS FOR EU POSITIONS
[...] (U) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers met November 16-17 in Brussels for their biannual "jumbo" or "super" General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) that included a November 16 informal meeting with EU Defense Ministers and a November 17 meeting with EU Development Ministers. Highli [...]
2009-11-23 14:54:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN AF AL BO BK MK UP RS MOPS
09BRUSSELS1647US-EU OFFICIALS CONVENE ENERGY COUNCIL'S SECURITY
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar and RELEX North America Director Alan Seatter co-chaired the first meeting of the U.S.-EU Energy Council,s security and markets working group in Brussels on November 18, 2009. The meeting established when and how the work [...]
2009-12-08 12:40:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET PREL ECON TU IZ NI UP RU ZJ ZK XR
09BRUSSELS186EU INVESTMENT CONFERENCE FOR UKRAINE'S GAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 6 meeting DG-RELEX Energy Counselor Faouzi Bensarsa told visiting DAS Doug Hengel about EU Commission plans to host an investment conference on Ukrainian Gas Infrastructure in Brussels on March 23. Bensarsa said the fundamental key from an external policy perspec [...]
2009-02-10 09:39:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EUN UP
09BRUSSELS306LOST IN TRANSLATION - IFIS CALLING FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Econ Officers heard from Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner's Cabinet on March 4 that negotiations with Ukraine are ongoing over reforms requested by international financial institutions (IFIs) as a prerequisite for making investment commitments at the March 23 EU-sponsored investme [...]
2009-03-05 10:52:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET EUN UP EINV
09BRUSSELS31RUSSIA/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 19:07:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALECON EPET EUN RS UP
09BUCHAREST760 ROMANIAN REACTION TO PRE-NOVEMBER GAERC TALKING POINTS
[...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered Ref. non-paper November 13 to Cosmin Onisii, Director, U.S. and Canada Division. Onisii appreciated the timely delivery and noted that he would incorporate the talking points into the Romanian Foreign Minister's brief. Onisii provided no substantive feedback on the tal [...]
2009-11-13 08:20:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RS UP SO RO
09CHISINAU132SMIRNOV 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 13:29:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS UP MD
09CHISINAU556NO LIGHT AT THE END OF THE RAILROAD TUNNEL IN TRANSNISTRIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to other, more successful working groups between Chisinau and Transnistrian authorities, the newly created Working Group on Railroads, which met for the first time on July 7, has revealed the greatest difficulties: Transnistria wants the railroads to resume service, [...]
2009-07-17 06:00:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS ELTN ETRD RS UP MD
09CHISINAU81MOLDOVA'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 13:41:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS RU UP MD
09COPENHAGEN454GEORGIA/ABKHAZIA: MFA EXPLAINS FM MOELLER'S VISIT
[...] (C) This message contains an action request regarding Georgia/Abkhazia and NATO membership for Georgia and Ukraine; please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: FM Moeller's October 6 visit to Abkhazia was coordinated with and supported by the Georgian Government. It came at his own initiat [...]
2009-10-14 11:14:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL GG RU UP TU DA
09DUBLIN39IRISH VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 26-27 FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) On January 22, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Brian Glynn, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. Glynn stated that in light of the current situation in the Middle East, the agenda has been pared back dramatically and will include only the Middle East, Russia-Ukraine [...]
2009-01-23 11:01:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV IS RS UP EI
09GENEVA436JCIC-XXXIV: (U) OPENING OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-001. 2. (U) The Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) opened on June 8, 2009. Addressees are requested to route cable traffic on all START-related issues, as well as Moscow Treaty implementation issues, to U. [...]
2009-06-09 15:13:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA437JCIC-XXXIV: (U) U.S. DELEGATION LIST FOR
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-002. 2. (U) Following is the text of the U.S. Delegation List for JCIC-XXXIV, dated June 8, 2009. Begin text: Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission U.S. Delegation for JCIC-XXXIV June 8, 2009 Mr. Jerry A. Taylor [...]
2009-06-09 15:28:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA438JCIC-XXXIV: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI, RUSSIAN AND
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-003. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 below contain the official translations of the texts of the Delegation Lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations, respectively, for JCIC-XXXIV. 3. Begin text (Belarus): [...]
2009-06-09 16:30:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA439JCIC-XXXIV: (U) BELARUSIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-005. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Belarusian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the R [...]
2009-06-09 16:45:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA440JCIC-XXXIV: (U) RUSSIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-007. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Russian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russ [...]
2009-06-09 16:58:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA441JCIC-XXXIV: (U) UKRAINIAN OPENING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-008. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Ukrainian Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Ru [...]
2009-06-09 17:07:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA442JCIC-XXXIV: (U) U.S. OPENING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-004. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the text of the U.S. Statement that was delivered at the Opening Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mission on June 8, 2009. [...]
2009-06-09 17:33:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA460JCIC-XXXIV: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON CLOSURE
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 8, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 8, 2009, to discuss closure of [...]
2009-06-11 09:18:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA462JCIC-XXXIV: (U) HOD MEETING ON SS-27 RVOSI, PK
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-010. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 9, 2009 Time: 10:30 - 11:45 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 9, 2009, to discuss U [...]
2009-06-11 14:32:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA463JCIC-XXXIV: QUESTIONS FROM THE U.S. DELEGATION TO
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-014. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 is the text of the U.S. Delegation Paper on "Questions from the United States Delegation to Help Resolve U.S. Concerns on SS-27 RVOSI Procedures." The paper was provided to the other Parties on June 9, 2009. 3. (S) Begin text: [...]
2009-06-11 16:05:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA466JCIC-XXXIV: U.S. DELEGATION PAPER DATED JUNE 9,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-015. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 is the text of the U.S. Delegation Paper entitled "U.S. Response to Russian Aide-Memoire dated March 10, 2009" that was provided to the Russian Delegation at the Heads of Delegation Meeting on Courtland Missile Assembly Facility and RS-24 [...]
2009-06-12 13:04:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA467JCIC-XXXIV: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON UPDATED
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 9, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 9, 2009, to discuss the U.S. r [...]
2009-06-12 13:05:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA468JCIC-XXXIV: (U) HOD MEETING ON COURTLAND MISSILE
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 10, 2009 Time: 10:30 - 11:30 A.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on June 10, 2009, to discuss Russi [...]
2009-06-12 13:19:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA469JCIC-XXXIV: (U) BELARUSIAN CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-017. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Belarusian Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U [...]
2009-06-12 13:34:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA470JCIC-XXXIV: (U) RUSSIAN CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-019. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Russian Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. [...]
2009-06-12 13:52:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA471JCIC-XXXIV: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-020. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the official translation of the text of the Ukrainian Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the [...]
2009-06-12 14:12:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA472JCIC-XXXIV: (U) U.S.-UKRAINIAN BILATERAL MEETING
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 9, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 4:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva U.S. Ukraine Mr. Taylor Mr. Nykonenko ----------------------- UKRAINE ADAMANT ABOUT BEING INCLU [...]
2009-06-12 14:34:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA473JCIC-XXXIV: (U) KAZAKHSTANI CLOSING PLENARY
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-018. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the official translation of the text of the Kazakhstani Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the [...]
2009-06-12 14:46:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA475JCIC-XXXIV: (U) U.S. CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT,
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-016. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 below is the text of the U.S. Statement that was delivered at the Closing Plenary Meeting of the Thirty-fourth Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the U.S. Mission on June 11, 2009. [...]
2009-06-12 15:02:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA476JCIC-XXXIV: (U) HOD MEETING ON B-1 HEAVY BOMBER
[...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIV-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 10, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on June 10, 2009, to discuss the con [...]
2009-06-12 17:00:00US Mission GenevaSECRETKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA477JCIC-XXXIV: CLOSING OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIV-022. 2. This is the end of operations for JCIC-XXXIV. The next meeting of the JCIC will be conducted at a date yet to be determined. Washington and other addresses are requested to continue to include U.S. Mission Geneva, slugged "Geneva for JCIC" on all cables concer [...]
2009-06-12 17:15:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09GENEVA478JCIC-XXXIV: LIST OF REPORTING CABLES
[...] This is JCIC-XXXIV-021. 2. Following is the listing of Geneva cables for JCIC-XXXIV reporting activity during the period June 8-12, 2009. JCIC-XXXIV-001 (GENEVA 436) JCIC-XXXIV: OPENING OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION, JUNE 8, 2009 JCIC [...]
2009-06-12 17:22:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
09KUWAIT646KUWAIT ENERGY CEO ON IRAQI AND KUWAITI HYDROCARBON
[...] (C) Summary: On June 25, Kuwait Energy CEO Sara Akbar briefed Ambassador on the difficulties her company faced in its efforts to develop the Siba field in Iraq. She implied that Iraqi interest in renegotiating its maritime boundary with Kuwait stemmed in part from the Iraqi discovery of an of [...]
2009-06-29 13:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL IZ UP KU
09KYIV1RUSSIA 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 17:02:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV1020UKRAINE: 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 09:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALODIP PREL UP IR
09KYIV1023FAILURE 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 15:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1024UKRAINE: 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 16:35:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV1027UKRAINE'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 12:02:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV1031UKRAINE'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 13:23:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREL UP
09KYIV1033SEA 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 06:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMCAP PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1040UKRAINIAN 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 16:10:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL NATO PGOV ECON ETTC UP
09KYIV107UKRAINE: GAS SUPPLIES RESUME, BUT QUESTIONS ON GAS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 14:04:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1071RADA 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 13:24:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV UP
09KYIV1073UKRAINE: 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 04:46:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER UP
09KYIV108COOPERATION 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 14:59:00Embassy KyivSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC UP CH
09KYIV1086UKRAINE: 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 14:22:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV1091GERMAN, 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 17:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP GM PL
09KYIV1092UKRAINE: 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 08:48:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV1093AUSTR 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 12:48:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV1102UKRAINE 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 12:55:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV1131HUMAN 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 14:36:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM UP
09KYIV115EMBASSY 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 14:41:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR TBIO ETRD EAID UP
09KYIV1153UKRAINE 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 15:57:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UP IR
09KYIV117UKRAINE: 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 15:56:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1171REGIONS 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 14:43:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1172PATRIARCH 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 15:43:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PGOV PHUM PREL UP
09KYIV119EMBASSY 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 06:48:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD EIND PHUM SOCI KTIP UP
09KYIV1204FORMER 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 16:08:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1255UKRAINE AND 64TH UNGA: EXPECTED ATTENDANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 07:19:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL 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 13:31:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV UP
09KYIV1264SCENESETTER 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 14:56:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL RS UP
09KYIV1271UKRAINE: 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 14:09:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CMGT ECON UP
09KYIV1301UKRAINE 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 18:21:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF UP
09KYIV1302GUAM'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 07:38:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1310ELECTION 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 17:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV134UKRAINE: 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 14:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN 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 14:45:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV140FAULTLINES 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 15:55:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1433UKRAINE - 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 15:16:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UP RU
09KYIV1434IMF 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 15:10:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1438UKRAINE: 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 14:44:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1470JCIC-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 14:38:00Embassy KyivSECRETKACT PARM UP
09KYIV1495UKRAINE 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 09:03:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN PGOV UP XH
09KYIV1511WORLD 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 10:59:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1519IMF 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 15:17:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1531IMF 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 15:35:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV154713% 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 13:04:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV155IMPEACHMENT 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 08:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 15:39:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 15:59:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1558UKRAINE: 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 17:06:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UP UN
09KYIV1592DFM 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 16:49:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP RS
09KYIV1596CRIMEAN 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 14:56:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD UP XH
09KYIV1597GICNT: 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 15:46:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGIC 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 13:39:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1604BLOCKADE 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 16:43:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1611CONCERNS 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 15:38:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1615JCIC-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 16:10:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALKACT PARM START UP
09KYIV1647UKRAINE 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 14:42:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UP UN
09KYIV166UKRAINE: 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 14:37:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV167UKRAINE: 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 16:21:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN 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 05:05:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP
09KYIV169CORRECTED 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 07:32:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV1703U.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 07:53:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR TBIO USTR OPIC UP
09KYIV1714DIPLOMATIC 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 15:29:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UP
09KYIV1715DEMARCHE 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 14:29:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UP PL KZ RU
09KYIV1716DEMARCHE 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 03:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UP PL KZ KG RU
09KYIV1719UKRAINE: 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 10:16:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN UP OPIC
09KYIV1727YATSENYUK: 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 15:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1728ASD 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 16:14:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR UP
09KYIV1740UKRAINE-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 12:10:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV PNAT UP RS
09KYIV1749BRIEFING 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 14:21:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM UP
09KYIV1750GICNT: 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 15:26:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGIC PARM PREL PTER UP
09KYIV1751FORMAL 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 15:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL MNUC UP
09KYIV1753POROSHENKO 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 17:00:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1760TYMOSHENKO'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 13:21:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
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 11:23:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP
09KYIV1772UKRAINE: 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 15:07:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER UP
09KYIV1777EXTORTION, 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 17:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1784CHERKASY: 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 16:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1817ACTION 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 11:14:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL UP
09KYIV1818UKRAINIAN 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 17:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS UP
09KYIV1826BRAINS 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 13:06:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN 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 13:12:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP
09KYIV1828UKRAINE: 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 14:45:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EFIN EREL PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1834EU-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 14:58:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR PREL USTR UP
09KYIV1835KYIV 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 15:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1837UKRAINE: 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 14:22:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EFIN EREL PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1842STILL 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 13:35:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN OPIC EINV PREL UP
09KYIV1845INDUSTRIAL 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 16:56:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1873YANUKOVYCH 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 15:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1874 TYMOSHENKO APPEALS TO EMOTIONS, PATRIOTISM IN HER
[...] (C) Before an estimated 150,000 followers and spectators, Prime Minister Tymoshenko accepted on October 24 her party's nomination for president. The event was a four-hour, highly staged, nationally televised extravaganza on Independence Square (the site of the 2004 Orange Revolution) featuring [...]
2009-10-26 17:07:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1878IMF AT ANOTHER UKRAINE IMPASSE
[...] (C) Summary. Negotiations between the IMF and Ukrainian authorities appear to have stalled over a bloated budget and the uncertain fate of a new social spending law which, if signed by the President, would represent a "red line" for the Fund. According to the IMF's Kyiv-based resident repre [...]
2009-10-27 15:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1887UKRAINE: THIRD COMMITTEE 2009 PRIORITIES DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 13:30:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UP
09KYIV1888PRESIDENT UNWILLING TO VETO BUDGET-BUSTING BILL
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Putting the next IMF tranche in greater jeopardy, President Yuschenko indicated October 28 that he would not veto a pensions and wages spending bill that would add another $337 million to the government deficit in 2009 and $4.7 billion (or about 4% of GDP) in 2010, by [...]
2009-10-29 15:05:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1889RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS: BOTTOMING OUT?
[...] (C) Several high-level meetings in October suggest that the Ukrainians and Russians have decided to halt the alarming slide in their bilateral ties (refs A and B) and resume correct, if not yet warm, relations. Acting Ukrainian FM Khandogiy and Russian FM Lavrov, together with interagency de [...]
2009-10-29 16:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS UP RS
09KYIV1890UKRAINE: "UNKNOWN FLU" OUTBREAK IN TERNOPIL REGION
[...] (U) Summary: In the past two weeks, thousands of people in the Ternopil region of western Ukraine have fallen ill with an "unknown" type of flu, according to local media sources. Reports suggest at least seven people have died as a result of complications caused by this outbreak. While Ukrain [...]
2009-10-30 04:29:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP
09KYIV1893UKRAINE: AUTHORITIES CONFIRM H1N1 OUTBREAK, ANNOUNCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ukrainian Minister of Health Vasiliy Knyazevich confirmed this morning that Ukraine is experiencing an A-H1N1 epidemic. In response, Prime Minister Tymoshenko announced that all schools in Ukraine will be closed for three weeks, large public meetings will be cancelled, nine reg [...]
2009-10-30 13:49:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP
09KYIV1894UKRAINE-EU SUMMIT OUTLOOK: NOT WHAT YUSHCHENKO
[...] (C) The December 4 Ukraine EU-Summit will not deliver what President Yushchenko had long hoped it would: an Association Agreement. This is a surprise to no one, except possibly Yushchenko himself. Significant issues between Ukraine and the EU remain unresolved including a membership perspecti [...]
2009-10-30 16:07:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP EU
09KYIV1899FORMAL REQUEST FOR A BRIEFING FROM THE GOU ON
[...] (C) Artem Vorobyev in the MFA's Department of Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation presented emboff November 2 with a non-paper response (text at para. 2) to ref A request for additional information about the proposed Ukrainian transfer of MTCR-controlled equipment and technology t [...]
2009-11-02 14:19:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE SA UP
09KYIV1900UKRAINE: DEATH TOLL AND PANIC RISING WHILE POLITICIANS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ukrainian government appealed for international help on November 1 as the official death toll from flu and respiratory infections reached 60, with at least 13 of those deaths caused by the A-H1N1 virus. The government is implementing unprecedented measures to combat the out [...]
2009-11-02 15:00:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP
09KYIV1906UKRAINE CONSIDERING PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agricultural Policy on October 20, 2009. On November 3, the Ministry of Agricultural Policy replied that they were interested in assisting the effort, but requested more information about the specifics of the [...]
2009-11-04 06:28:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD UP
09KYIV1909UKRAINE:GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UNHRC, Svitlana Pereverten. Pereverten explained that she was not able to give a definite indication of Ukraine,s likely response because they are still developing their position. She said Ukrain [...]
2009-11-04 13:35:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA UP
09KYIV1910GOU BROKE, NATIONAL BANK KEY TO UPCOMING GAS
[...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian government coffers are all but empty and Naftohaz is unlikely to be able to meet upcoming gas payment obligations without support from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). Analysts forecast that the government needs to find $2.5 - $3.75 billion to cover expenses for the [...]
2009-11-04 14:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ECON PREL UP
09KYIV1911UKRAINE'S FLU LEVELS SIMILAR TO OTHER AFFECTED COUNTRIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. While the flu epidemic is spreading across Ukraine, public panic levels appear to have dropped slightly, as some rationality returned to the discussion. According to the World Health Organization (WHO),there has been one officially confirmed H1N1 death and 14 non-lethal H1N1 c [...]
2009-11-04 15:26:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP
09KYIV1915UKRAINE: FIGHTING THE FLU WITH GARLIC AND ONION
[...] (U) Summary. In a broadcast to the nation on November 4, President Yushchenko accused his political rivals of criminal negligence for their handling of the H1N1 outbreak. Prime Minister Tymoshenko, one of the "accused", did not help her case when she on the same day publicly indicated that sh [...]
2009-11-05 16:04:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP
09KYIV1916NBU REFUSES TO CONCEDE ON NAFTOHAZ AND UKRAINE
[...] (C) Summary. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will continue to refuse to monetize government of Ukraine debt, despite a near empty GOU treasury and "psychological pressure" from Russia to make payments to Gazprom. In the NBU's view, the GOU will have enough resources via special IMF alloc [...]
2009-11-05 16:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1920UKRAINE BUDGET MEASURE: A DARKER SHADE OF RED
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Rada (Ukraine's parliament) adopted amendments to the 2009 budget that will allow implementation of the so-called social standards law. The move is likely to further destabilize Ukraine's partnership with the IMF, whose mission team had walked away from Kyiv in October, de [...]
2009-11-06 13:53:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1942U.S.-UKRAINE NONPROLIFERATION MEETINGS SEPTEMBER
[...] (S) Summary: Highlights of this semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine nonproliferation dialogue include: --Ukraine gave an inconsistent answer on the question of transferring HEU spent fuel to Russia. --Ukraine asked for additional security assurances beyond those provided in Budapest in 1994, and was intereste [...]
2009-11-09 12:05:00Embassy KyivSECRETPARM PREL KNUC UP
09KYIV1943UKRAINE MINFIN ECONOMIST WANTS REFORM
[...] (C) Summary. The new social spending law, which increases wages and pensions, would be disastrous for Ukraine's economic recovery, according to Volodymyr Parnyyuk, a leading Ministry of Finance economist. Even without the social spending increases, the GOU is facing a $3.75 billion or larger [...]
2009-11-09 12:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ECON PREL UP
09KYIV1944U.S. STRATEGY FOR NATO ENLARGEMENT GOALS FOR THE
[...] (C) We delivered reftel message November 6 to Anatoliy Oliynyk, new director of the MFA's NATO Directorate General. Oliynyk, a former Ukrainian ambassador to Serbia, volunteered that he was "happy for Montenegro," and appeared to accept the idea of multiple paths to NATO membership. He said i [...]
2009-11-10 04:28:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA UP
09KYIV196PARTY OF REGIONS REACTS TO GAS DEAL
[...] (C) Party of Regions shadow Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko publicly called the recent gas deal between Ukraine and Russia "a betrayal of national interests." Regions MPs believe the economics of the deal favor Russia and will be a blow to Ukrainian industry. They dismissed the removal o [...]
2009-01-29 13:19:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1982TYMOSHENKO'S DESPERATE BUDGET SCRAMBLE
[...] (C) Summary. Members of parliament (MPs),the Cabinet of Ministers, and the Ministry of Finance doubt there will be any movement on Ukraine's draft 2010 budget before the presidential election, despite cajoling statements from Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn. With the IMF's fourth loan tranche [...]
2009-11-13 13:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1984WAKING UP TO UKRAINE'S FISCAL NIGHTMARE
[...] (C) Summary. Payment delays have begun in Ukraine's regions and will get much worse in December 2009. January and February 2010 will be even darker, with no near-term causes for optimism in sight. Analysts from the IMF, World Bank, and EBRD ominously predict that, while social payments wil [...]
2009-11-13 13:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1989UKRAINE'S IPR AGENCY FACES EXISTENTIAL CHALLENGES
[...] (U) Summary. Upon receiving information that Ukraine's State Department of Intellectual Property (SDIP) was facing the possibility of elimination, Emboffs met with its chairman, Mykola Paladiy, to discuss the situation. The SDIP also briefed Emboffs on the status of new copyright legislation [...]
2009-11-13 14:14:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR UP
09KYIV199DNIPROPETROVSK: HUNKERING DOWN FOR ECONOMIC SLIDE
[...] (SBU) Poloff met with local government and political leaders and political analysts during a two-day visit to Dnipropetrovsk (DP). They reported that DP is calm for now, but an expected surge in layoffs and ineffectual government anti-crisis measures could result in large-scale unrest and po [...]
2009-01-29 15:06:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON UP
09KYIV1990UKRAINE: H1N1 UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary. With the flu epidemic spreading across Ukraine, President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko continue to blame each other over the response to the outbreak. Yushchenko vowed on Wednesday to veto a bill, pushed through the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) by Tymoshenko, that woul [...]
2009-11-13 15:05:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP
09KYIV1991LUKASHENKO VISIT TO UKRAINE
[...] (C... C O N F I D E N T I A L KYIV 001991 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/11/2019 TAGS: PREL PBTS ENRG BO UP Â [...]
2009-11-13 15:42:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ENRG BO UP
09KYIV2018BIOTECH ATTITUDES IN CRIMEA AND SOUTHERN UKRAINE
[...] (SBU) Summary. A biotechnology roadshow sparked both controversy and enthusiasm in Kyiv and three of Ukraine's leading agricultural centers. U.S.-based biotechnology expert Michael Phillips held media workshops, speeches at leading agricultural universities, and a lengthy presentation at the C [...]
2009-11-18 14:14:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD SENV UP
09KYIV2021CONCLUDING THE SAGA OF UKRAINE'S MOST TROUBLED BANK
[...] (SBU) Summary. Nadra Bank, the much troubled Ukrainian financial institution, may be close to finalizing a deal with at least 75% of its external creditors, who hold $570 million of Nadra's total debt. Nonetheless, the Ukrainian government is giving signals that it could be changing tack and [...]
2009-11-20 04:15:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV2026OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] (C) We delivered reftel message November 19 to Svitlana Pereverten in the MFA's International Organizations Department. We expressed appreciation for Ukraine's courageous vote against the Goldstone report, and underscored that language from the Goldstone report is being introduced into sever [...]
2009-11-20 08:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL UNGA UP
09KYIV204UKRAINE'S CASE THAT IT DID NOT IMPEDE GAS SUPPLIES
[...] (C) Summary and comment. A week after gas supplies have resumed to Ukraine and countries westward, the question of whether Ukraine or Russia is responsible for stopping supplies is still being raised. A close look at developments in the first week of January, however, shows that Russia was t [...]
2009-01-30 08:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV2044NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - ELICITING SUPPORT FOR THE
[...] (SBU) We delivered ref A points November 16 to the MFA's Directorate for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation, and followed up with ref B points on November 23 to Viktor Shkuro in the MFA's Department of Economic Cooperation. Shkuro explained that several MFA departments, as well [...]
2009-11-24 11:22:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC IAEA ENRG TRGY UP RS
09KYIV2054A YANUKOVYCH FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) If Regions Party leader, and Orange Revolution foil, Viktor Yanukovych wins the January/February 2010 Presidential election, main elements of his foreign policy would include: --A reset in relations with Russia, generally deferring to Russia's red lines; --Non-bloc status and an end to [...]
2009-11-25 09:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP RS
09KYIV2055U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND NEXT
[...] (C) We delivered reftel message November 24 to Oleksandr Bondarenko in the MFA's Directorate for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation. Bondarenko recognized unhelpful Iranian behavior and the need for Iran to play by the rules, but underscored the inadmissibility of completely isol [...]
2009-11-25 10:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA IR UP
09KYIV2056UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO AND YANUKOVYCH FIND COMMON
[...] (C) During an hour-long speech November 23 to kick off his re-election campaign, President Viktor Yushchenko outlined his vision of a Ukraine that would be "free, fair and strong" with him at the helm for another five years. He appealed to western-minded Ukrainians by promising EU membership, [...]
2009-11-25 12:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
09KYIV2057MORE UKRAINE BUDGET DRAMA
[...] (SBU) Summary. After weeks of dithering, Ukraine's parliamentary budget committee approved hundreds of proposed amendments, only to see the draft 2010 budget get voted down in the Rada (Ukraine's parliament) on a floor vote. This orchestrated maneuver, designed to further delay the review pr [...]
2009-11-25 13:26:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV2061REQUESTING ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel message to MFA A/S-equivalent Ihor Hrushko November 25, noting favorably the decision earlier in the week by the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to triple the size of Ukraine's deployment to Afghanistan from ten to thirty personnel. Charge re [...]
2009-11-25 13:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF UP
09KYIV2062UKRAINE: KEEN TO PRESERVE STATUS QUO ON CLIMATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's position on climate change is to preserve the current Kyoto Protocol-based status quo. The country has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent since 1990 -- largely as a result of its post-Soviet industrial collapse -- and has become a beneficiar [...]
2009-11-25 14:07:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EREL PREL XH UP
09KYIV2064UKRAINE CONSIDERING BIOTECH BAN
[...] (U) Summary. Ukrainian legislators have crafted new legislation that, if adopted, would institute a complete ban on importation and domestic production of genetically modified (GM) materials in Ukraine, overriding previous laws regulating trade in GM products. Research on public sentiment indi [...]
2009-11-25 14:55:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO UP
09KYIV2069RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The status of the Russian language in linguistically divided Ukraine has thus far featured less in the current Presidential election campaign than it did in 2004. The Regions party (PoR),which calls for Russian to become a second state language, has chosen instead to concentr [...]
2009-11-30 13:44:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL RS UP
09KYIV2072THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY FORWARD IN
[...] (SBU) Charge d'affaires delivered reftel message December 1 to A/S-equivalent Anatoliy Oliynyk, who heads the MFA's NATO General Directorate. Charge previewed the President's message, noting that we are prepared to devote significant new resources to defeating al Qaida, but that our commitmen [...]
2009-12-01 14:19:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AF PK UP
09KYIV208UKRAINE-RUSSIA: POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE GAS CRISIS REF: KYIV 204 Classified By: Ambassador William Taylor. Reasons: 1.4 (b,d).
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 14:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR UP RU EU
09KYIV2102TYMOSHENKO'S IMF SALVAGE OPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko dispatched Deputy Prime Minister Nemyria and Acting Finance Minister Umanskiy to Washington for meetings with IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and high-level USG officials. Bearing a Letter of Intent (LOI) with three signatures -- [...]
2009-12-07 14:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2114AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS; YUSHCHENKO
[...] (C) Ambassador presented his credentials to President Yushchenko December 7. In the monologue that followed, Yushchenko asserted that Ukraine is facing the most serious challenge to its sovereignty since the fall of the USSR. The pro-Russian policies of PM Tymoshenko and Regions party leader [...]
2009-12-08 14:17:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON UP RS
09KYIV2115FALL OF YATSENYUK LETS TYMOSHENKO FOCUS ON
[...] (C) Political observers, rival campaigns and internal advisers of Front of Change head Arseniy Yatsenyuk agree he has no hope of progressing to the second round of the January/February 2010 presidential election. Once considered by many disenchanted voters as the new western-leaning reform-mi [...]
2009-12-09 08:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP RS
09KYIV2116EARLY RADA ELECTION TO FOLLOW PRESIDENTIAL VOTE?
[...] (C) President Yushchenko and leading presidential candidates are calling for early parliamentary elections to quickly follow the January 17 Presidential contest. Opposition leader and presidential front-runner Yanukovych believes that early Rada elections could swing control of parliament to h [...]
2009-12-09 10:30:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2122UKRAINE: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (U) Corruption, organized crime, prostitution, smuggling, tax evasion, and trafficking in persons, drugs and arms continue to be sources of laundered funds in Ukraine. As of November 1, 2009, Ukraine has 185 licensed banks, five of which are state-owned. There are no offshore financial centers [...]
2009-12-10 10:58:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR UP
09KYIV2124YANUKOVYCH ACOLYTES PREACH ECONOMIC ORTHODOXY
[...] (C) Summary. Viktor Yanukovych's top economic advisors are counseling liberal market reforms, despite the Party of Regions' pre-election populist appeals. Shadow Minister of Finance Mykola Azarov and shadow Minister of Economy Iryna Akimova separately told embassy officers that Yanukovych as [...]
2009-12-10 14:08:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP
09KYIV2126YUSHCHENKO ACCUSES PM, LAW ENFORCEMENT OF
[...] (C) In a meeting with law enforcement heads to mark the December 9 "National Day of Fighting Corruption," President Yushchenko accused Prime Minister Tymoshenko of misappropriating billions of hryvnias in state funds and bribing local officials to manipulate the January 17 presidential electio [...]
2009-12-10 14:38:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2127CHERNIVTSI AND THE 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS:
[...] (C) The presidential race in Chernivtsi Oblast, as in Ukraine as a whole, is boiling down to a contest between PM Yuliya Tymoshenko and front-runner Viktor Yanokovych of the Party of Regions (PoR). Despite the oblast's traditional "orange" orientation, the main concerns of voters -- the stat [...]
2009-12-10 14:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP RO
09KYIV2130"URGENT" WORRIES FROM UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTRY
[...] (C) Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Finance Andriy Kravets notified the embassy on December 11 that Foreign Minister Poroshenko was planning today to ask IMF first deputy managing director John Lipsky to consider including Ukraine on the agenda of the next IMF board meeting. Poroshenko had rece [...]
2009-12-11 10:52:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2133UKRAINE'S "SCARE TACTICS" OVER IMF LOAN
[...] (C) Summary. Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier told Econoff on December 11 that GOU representatives deliberately misled Ukrainian and international media outlets into believing that Ukraine had met the IMF's "primary demands" for releasing a fourth loan tranche. Alier reitera [...]
2009-12-14 12:19:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2135UKRAINE FOREIGN MINISTER'S CASE FOR IMF LOAN
[...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Poroshenko described meetings with IMF deputy managing director Lipsky as "not constructive" and relations more generally with the IMF as "very bad". Poroshenko told the Ambassador on December 13 that he had weighed in with the Constitutional Court to [...]
2009-12-15 12:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2138TYMOSHENKO'S UPHILL BATTLE
[...] (C) PM Yuliya Tymoshenko continues to lag behind Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych in opinion polls for the January/February Presidential election -- and the gap, ten points or more, may be widening. President Yushchenko's daily attacks on Tymoshenko are hurting her with her base in [...]
2009-12-15 18:38:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
09KYIV2140DPM NEMYRIA'S CASE FOR UKRAINE IMF TRANCHE
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Nemyria made a strong pitch to the Ambassador for the disbursement of a fourth IMF loan tranche to Ukraine. He talked of unreasonable IMF demands for the passage of a 2010 budget, explained why the central bank could not monetize for budget and gas payments [...]
2009-12-16 13:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2146UKRAINE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, this is Embassy Kyiv's submission on Ukraine for the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. The point of contact on the report is Political Officer David Mellor, email address mellordb@state.gov and Embassy telephone number 380-44-490-4317. UKRAINE ------- 2. (SB [...]
2009-12-17 12:09:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL PTER UP
09KYIV2147UKRAINIAN FINANCE MINISTRY GRIM ON BUDGET
[...] (C) Summary. In preparation for DPM Nemyria's talks with IMF officials on December 17 and 18 (ref A),the GOU's top budget experts met with Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier to reconcile revenue and expenditure figures for 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. Talking separatel [...]
2009-12-17 13:15:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2165UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO RUNS ON POPULIST ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although the presumed heir of the Orange Revolution's reform banner, Prime Minister Tymoshenko has not made a liberal economic platform a part of her current campaign for Ukraine's presidency. Instead, her platform promises a strong role for the state, both in the social secto [...]
2009-12-17 15:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP
09KYIV2168ALFA BANK CONFIRMS NAFTOHAZ SYNDICATED LOAN TALKS
[...] (C) Kyiv-based Alfa Bank executive Ivan Yurik confirmed to Econoff on December 18 that Russian banks were in final-stage negotiations over a syndicated loan to Ukrainian state energy company Naftohaz. The loan would likely cover Ukraine's January 7 and February 7 payments to Gazprom, Yurik b [...]
2009-12-18 12:14:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2169 UKRAINE: 2009 SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL VALIDATION STUDY
[...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kyiv concluded a validation study of J1 summer work and travel/camp counselor ("SWT") visas issued for the 2009 program. During this time period, Post issued 7011 SWT visas. The validation study showed [...]
2009-12-18 12:42:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP
09KYIV2170RUSSIAN BANKS ACTIVE IN UKRAINE
[...] (SBU) Summary. While other foreign-owned banks have shrunk their balance sheets, deep-pocketed Russian banks have expanded and increased their market share in Ukraine. VTB Bank (formerly Vneshtorgbank) and Vnesheconombank (VEB),two Russian state-owned banks, have made several high profile a [...]
2009-12-18 13:08:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON UP XH
09KYIV2171TALE OF TWO DEFAULTS: THE UKRZALIZNYTSA DEBT
[...] (C) Summary. Following market angst over the possibility of a Ukrainian sovereign default, negotiations have resumed between creditors and Ukrzaliznytsa, the Ukrainian state-owned railway company, whose subsidiaries recently defaulted on a $110 million loan payment. An Ukrzaliznytsa advisor [...]
2009-12-18 16:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2172UKRAINE: NO END IN SIGHT TO LAND SALE MORATORIUM
[...] (U) Summary. Agricultural land in Ukraine cannot be traded legally for farming or development due to a moratorium on agricultural land sales. However, major market investors have used loopholes to bypass the moratorium and convert usable arable land for housing and commercial development. W [...]
2009-12-21 07:32:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR UP
09KYIV2175YANUKOVYCH READY FOR RESET WITH RUSSIA, EU
[...] (C) Opposition Party of Regions head and presidential front-runner Yanukovych told the Ambassador that he welcomed international observation of the January 17 election. International observers will help ensure presidential candidates adhere to the law and prevent falsification. Yanukovych warn [...]
2009-12-21 13:48:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2182UKRAINE: SPACE DEAL WITH BRAZIL UNCERTAIN
[...] (C) Summary. During his December visit, Brazilian President Lula de Silva announced that Ukraine and Brazil would move ahead to launch the Ukrainian-designed and built Cyclone-4 space launch vehicle from Brazil's Alcantara launching pad. Ukraine and Brazil signed a cooperation agreement in 20 [...]
2009-12-22 14:22:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALTSPA ETRD ECON BR UP
09KYIV2184EMBASSY KYIV PROPOSED BIOTECH OUTREACH STRATEGY
[...] (U) Summary. Embassy Kyiv requests $9,509.00 for public outreach activities to promote a science-based discussion of agricultural biotechnology in Ukraine. Given wide-spread negative attitudes towards the use of biotechnology and legislative efforts to restrict its applications in Ukraine, Em [...]
2009-12-22 14:47:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR TBIO ETRD EAID UP
09KYIV2185IMF TO "ALLOW" UKRAINE TO SPEND RESERVES
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Nemyrya is returning from Washington with QQf}4dg>Eey but the same reform requirements -- in 2010, after Ukraine's new President is elected. End Summary Government Seeking Cover for the NBU to Monetize ------------------------------------------ [...]
2009-12-23 10:42:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL PGOV UP
09KYIV2189YATSENYUK URGES AMBASSADOR TO FINALIZE
[...] (C) During his introductory call with Ambassador Tefft, presidential candidate Arseniy Yatsenyuk told us his campaign is broke and he has been pushed out of the media by the major candidates. He claimed that fraud in the form of vote-buying could account for 5-7% of the votes in the upcoming [...]
2009-12-24 08:30:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV226NPT POINTS OF CONTACT
[...] (U) In response to reftel action request number three, the Embassy's main point of contact for Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)-related issues is Political Officer Lauren Catipon (telephone: 011-38-044-490-4114). Back-up is Political Officer Mark Wood (telephone 011-38-044-490-4501). Th [...]
2009-02-02 15:02:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV227UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTER'S SECRET PREDICTIONS
[...] (SBU) In a leaked letter to PM Tymoshenko, Ukraine's Minister of Finance Viktor Pynzenyk has predicted the "very real" possibility of Ukraine's total economic collapse. Internet newspaper Ukrainska Pravda published the classified document, addressed to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the [...]
2009-02-02 15:12:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV228TYMOSHENKO ASKS FOR USG ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS
[...] (C) Summary and action request: Prime Minister Tymoshenko during a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador asked for both economic and political support as she grapples with Ukraine,s current crisis. She asked specifically for: 1) a USG bilateral budget support loan to help Ukraine address [...]
2009-02-02 16:38:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ENRG EU PGOV PREL PU UP
09KYIV229UKRAINE ASKS A GUARDED IMF TO SUPPORT A BUDGET
[...] (C) The IMF told the Ambassador on February 1 that the GOU says it cannot run a balanced budget this year. It has asked the IMF for flexibility on this key conditionality of the $16.4 billion loan package, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, head of the IMF mission performing the first formal review of the l [...]
2009-02-02 16:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD ECON PREL XH UP
09KYIV236TENSIONS IN CRIMEA OVER DISPUTED LAND
[...] (C) Tensions between Crimean Tatars and Crimean authorities over disputed land in Simferopol, which had the potential to erupt into violence, appear to be easing. Defense Minister Yekhanurov has gotten personally involved in seeking a peaceful solution. The Ministry of Defense is reported to [...]
2009-02-03 16:21:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI UP
09KYIV243UKRAINE'S BANKS SQUEEZED PRIOR TO RECAPITALIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's banking sector troubles are among the IMF and World Bank's foremost concerns amidst a deepening financial crisis. Short of liquidity and with worsening loan performance by the day, banks are awaiting a decision by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and the GOU on a f [...]
2009-02-05 04:58:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV244 FAINA: LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER OHRYZKO
[...] (SBU) Embassy was called in to the MFA Consular Department February 4 to receive a letter to the Secretary from Foreign Minister Ohryzko concerning the negotiations regarding the ship, Faina, held for ransom by Somali pirates. Embassy has emailed a scanned copy of the original to EUR/UMB. [...]
2009-02-05 04:58:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT EINT PREL SO UP
09KYIV247 FAINA: LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER OHRYZKO
[...] (SBU) EMBASSY WAS CALLED IN TO THE MFA CONSULAR DEPARTMENT FEBRUARY 4 TO RECEIVE A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM FOREIGN MINISTER OHRYZKO CONCERNING THE NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING THE SHIP, FAINA, HELD FOR RANSOM BY SOMALI PIRATES. EMBASSY HAS EMAILED A SCANNED COPY OF THE ORIGINAL TO EUR/UMB. [...]
2009-02-05 11:18:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT EINT PREL SO UP
09KYIV249UKRAINE: CHANCES FOR OPIC'S RETURN FADE AS GOU ADDS NEW
[...] (SBU) The chances of OPIC returning to Ukraine soon have faded after the GOU introduced new requirements into the proposed settlement. For over a year, OPIC has been negotiating with Tasko Corp., a private firm that the GOU designated to settle the outstanding OPIC claim on its behalf, and lat [...]
2009-02-05 15:24:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV250UKRAINE'S TIGIPKO: ONCE AND FUTURE NBU CHIEF?
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a statement that may presage his return to higher office, former National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor, Rada deputy, and influential commercial banker Sergey Tigipko declared on February 5 that the economic crisis in Ukraine is being consciously prolonged. He blamed inept [...]
2009-02-05 16:17:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV256UKRAINE: IMF APPEALS TO G7, EU TO FINANCE BILLION
[...] (C) On February 5 IMF Mission Director Ceyla Pazarbasioglu told the G7 and EU ambassadors that Ukraine faces a $3.75 to $6.25 billion budget shortfall this year. She appealed to the ambassadors for direct financial support for Ukraine's budget, arguing that Ukraine had no other options to fina [...]
2009-02-06 13:35:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD ECON PREL XH UP
09KYIV258TYMOSHENKO SURVIVES NO CONFIDENCE VOTE
[...] (C) Prime Minister Tymoshenko on February 5 survived a no-confidence vote in parliament organized by the opposition Party of Regions. Regions MPs said that they pushed for the vote despite knowing beforehand that it would not pass because the party had to demonstrate to its voters opposition [...]
2009-02-06 14:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV265UKRAINE: A $5 BILLION LOAN FROM RUSSIA IN THE
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has confirmed that the GOU has held negotiations with Russia for a $5 billion loan to cover Ukraine's expected budget deficit in 2009. After details of the negotiations were leaked, Tymoshenko quickly asserted that discussions were only in very pr [...]
2009-02-09 15:52:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV288UKRAINE'S PENSION SYSTEM: A TICKING TIME BOMB
[...] Summary: Ukraine's financially-unsustainable pay-as-you- go pension system is a leading contributor to the GOU's current budget crisis. A special payroll tax is meant to finance this pension system, but, despite excessively burdensome tax rates, every year the government must pay more and mor [...]
2009-02-11 15:09:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EFIN ECON UP
09KYIV292UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION GROUP AGAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: GOU, Embassy, and industry representatives discussed efforts to combat counterfeit agrochemicals at a February 10 IPR Enforcement Cooperation Group (ECG) meeting, a follow up to the last ECG meeting held in November. GOU interlocutors recognized the danger presented by counterf [...]
2009-02-12 11:36:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR EAGR SENV UP
09KYIV295UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk abruptly resigned on February 12. As announced on the Ministry of Finance website and confirmed by Pynzenyk's special assistant, Pynzenyk did not "see any sense" in staying on "without influence" in the government. His assistant sta [...]
2009-02-12 14:18:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP
09KYIV305PARTY OF REGIONS' INTERNAL DIVISIONS
[...] (C) Party of Regions -- Ukraine's main opposition party -- is internally divided among competing political and business groups controlled by former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, former Finance Minister Azarov and oligarchs Rinat Akhmetov, Dmytro Firtash, and Andriy Kluyev. The Firtash gr [...]
2009-02-13 13:14:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV311TIGIPKO TAPPED UKRAINE CRISIS COORDINATOR
[...] (C) Summary. Sergey Tigipko told the Ambassador on February 11 that he has accepted a position as PM Yulia Tymoshenko's Deputy Prime Minister for economic affairs. Tigipko's daunting task will be to coordinate the GOU's anti-crisis efforts, reaching across political divides that have thus fa [...]
2009-02-13 14:33:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV312NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): BACKGROUND
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 11 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation NPT officer Maryna Yermakova, welcomed Ukraine's feedback, and left reftel points as a nonpaper. Yermakova thanked us for our early work leading t [...]
2009-02-13 15:08:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM NPT PREL IAEA UP
09KYIV314UKRAINIAN FIRM ARSENAL CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE WITH
[...] (S) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Export Control and Wassenaar Arrangement officer Artem Vorobyov on February 13. We drew attention to new information about Arsenal's continuing activities on geotheodolite and also the pot [...]
2009-02-13 15:30:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE UP CH
09KYIV315UKRAINE PROVISION OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO SYRIA
[...] (S) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Directorate Export Control Missile Technology Control Regime and Wassenaar Arrangement officer Artem Vorobyov on February 13, and left talking points as a non-paper. Per instructions, we noted Ukraine' [...]
2009-02-13 15:42:00Embassy KyivSECRET//NOFORNMARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER ETTC UP
09KYIV316SITE SURVEY PURSUANT TO ELIMINATION OF UKRAINE'S
[...] (C) Following up on the November 17 meeting in Kyiv (ref a) and subsequent demarche (ref b),Embassy met with Acting Head of the Economic Department of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense Novosiolev to discuss progress on possible cooperation to eliminate Ukraine's SCUD missiles. Emboff briefed No [...]
2009-02-13 15:53:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL UP
09KYIV337KHARKIV'S LESSON FOR KYIV: STOP BICKERING, START
[...] (SBU) In the face of the mounting economic crisis, Kharkiv Oblast political leaders have set aside long-running political rivalries and started to work together. The cooperation spans the political spectrum and has provided political cover for such unpopular measures as tranport fare increase [...]
2009-02-19 11:44:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV338UKRAINE: TIGIPKO'S READY, BUT STILL NO DECISION ON
[...] (C) Summary. Sergey Tigipko (a.k.a. Serhiy Tyhipko, see note on name transliteration in paragraph 6) told Econoff on February 19 that he is still being considered for a high-level position in Yulia Tymoshenko's government, though the situation remains fluid and no decisions on ministerial po [...]
2009-02-19 15:57:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV344DEFENSE MINISTER ASSAILS "BUDGET OF RUIN"
[...] (C) Defense Minister Yekhanurov has publicly called the 2009 defense budget "a budget of ruin" and demanded a revision. Yekhanurov had earlier told the Ambassador that he had held "very unpleasant conversations" with PM Tymoshenko about defense spending and warned the government "not to play [...]
2009-02-20 14:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PGOV UP
09KYIV349UKRAINE: PRESIDENT SIGNS LAW TO RAISE IMPORT
[...] (U) Summary: President Yushchenko on February 20 signed into law a bill that will impose a temporary, 13 percent increase in customs duties for a large number of imported goods. The law will come into effect in less than two weeks, and is scheduled to last six months. Supporters of the law h [...]
2009-02-23 13:03:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV36UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS: BILATERAL
[...] (C) Reflecting the poor state of bilateral ties beyond the natural gas crisis, the Russia-Ukraine presidential commission charged with coordinating the overall relationship and resolving disputes has been inactive since the August Georgia-Russia conflict. Russia refuses to engage with Ukraine [...]
2009-01-06 15:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR UP RS
09KYIV360IMF COMPROMISE WOULD LEAVE SEVERE UKRAINE BUDGET
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine faces a glaring budget gap this year, even if it meets all IMF conditionalities and introduces severe budget discipline. The GOU has thus far failed to complete "prior actions" articulated by the IMF, necessary before the Fund can pay out the next tranche of its $16.4 bi [...]
2009-02-24 12:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV363SUPPORTING NATO TRAINING MISSION IRAQ; POSSIBLE
[...] (SBU) Polcouns met February 25 with MFA Director for NATO Affairs, Myhailo Osnach, and delivered ref A demarche on NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I). Osnach said that despite Ukraine's economic crisis, the GOU intends to maintain its commitment to NTM-I. Ukraine currently has 10 troops in t [...]
2009-02-26 06:31:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ UP
09KYIV38GAS CRISIS: ORANGE RIVALS APPEAR UNITED
[...] (C) Thus far at least, Orange rivals PM Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko have shown a unified front in the face of the gas crisis with Russia. They signed off on a joint statement January 1 and sent a unified team, with a pre-agreed upon position, to Brussels January 8 for talks with Gazpr [...]
2009-01-08 16:59:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD RS UP
09KYIV39UKRAINE'S MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE EMPHASIZES
[...] (SBU) The head of external relations for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) emphasized its apolitical stance in a meeting with Emboff. He acknowledged that the church's pro-Yanukovych position in the 2004 presidential elections was a mistake and emphasized its indep [...]
2009-01-09 16:19:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SCUL UP
09KYIV395STAFFDEL SOCHA HEARS CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIA
[...] (C) Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffdel Socha visited Kyiv February 19 and 20 to explore questions of regional security, Euro-Atlantic integration, and the effects of the financial crisis. Ukrainian officials emphasized concerns about Russia's more assertive foreign policy and the thr [...]
2009-02-27 17:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PARM UP RS
09KYIV399UKRAINE IPR: 2009 SPECIAL 301 -- POST INPUT
[...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy recommends that Ukraine remain on the Special 301 Watch List. Ukraine has continued to make progress on IPR enforcement and therefore does not warrant a return to the Priority Watch List, but the GOU still has work to do before we should consider remo [...]
2009-03-02 11:08:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON UP
09KYIV40NO GAS YET, GOU SAYS IT GETS SHORT END OF MONITORING DEAL
[...] (SBU) Early on January 11 the GOU signed the three-party agreement with the EU and Russia that should lead to a resumption of Russian gas deliveries to the EU. The thin document specifies that experts from the three sides will monitor the transit gas pipeline in both Russia and Ukraine. As of [...]
2009-01-11 16:59:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV404UKRAINE'S DYSFUNCTIONAL CONSTITUTION: REFORM
[...] (C) There is at least one thing, despite their many differences, that most Ukrainian politicians can agree on: the current Ukrainian constitution is in need of reform. There is also general agreement that the unclear delineation of powers between the presidency and prime minister/parliament is [...]
2009-03-02 15:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV UP
09KYIV406RADA OUSTS FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) On March 3, PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction delivered the decisive votes to oust Foreign Minister Ohryzko, a President Yushchenko ally. Opposition Party of Regions and the Communists initiated the measure. BYuT's coalition partners Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) and Speaker Lytv [...]
2009-03-03 15:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV419UKRAINE: RAID ON NAFTOHAZ LATEST TWIST IN
[...] (C) Summary. On March 4, forces from the Ukrainian National Security Service (SBU),which falls under the authority of President Victor Yushchenko, raided Naftohaz headquarters to seize documents related to the transfer of 11 billion cubic meters (bcm) of stored RosUkrEnergo (RUE) gas to Naft [...]
2009-03-05 16:33:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP RS
09KYIV421UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS GAZPROM AND AVOIDS A NEW CONFLICT,
[...] (SBU) On March 5 Naftohaz paid Gazprom in full for gas delivered in February. The payment of $360 million averted a possible repeat of the recent gas crisis after Russia had threatened to cut off deliveries if Naftohaz failed to pay by the March 7 deadline. Naftohaz paid despite its worsening [...]
2009-03-06 11:08:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS UP
09KYIV425UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Taylor has delivered a demarche protesting Ukraine's plans for a 13 percent surcharge on import duties to a range of high-level government officials, including the President. The GOU claims it opposed the law and appears to be looking for a way to remedy the situatio [...]
2009-03-06 13:23:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV427UKRAINE: FIRTASH RETURNS TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT
[...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian oligarch and RosUkrEnergo (RUE) co-owner Dmytro Firtash asked again to see the Ambassador on March 3 to discuss the conclusion of the recent gas crisis, the state of RUE following the crisis, and his views on the political landscape ahead of the January 2010 presidential [...]
2009-03-06 15:35:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALENRG EINV EPET PINR PREL RS UP
09KYIV428POLITICAL INFLUENCE IN UKRAINE'S MURKY JUDICIAL
[...] (C) Ukrainians continue to view their judicial system as corrupt and open to political influence. The courts remain chronically underfunded, while judicial immunity and lifetime appointments for judges insulate their decisions. PM Tymoshenko is widely seen as controlling the Supreme Court, whi [...]
2009-03-06 16:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV UP
09KYIV429NEW NATO/EU COORDINATION BUREAU FINDING ITS ROLE
[...] (C) Vadym Triukhan, Director of the newly formed Coordination Bureau for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration within the Cabinet of Ministers, recently outlined for Embassy his vision of the group's role in the existing network of often overlapping NATO/EU-focused inter-governmental coordin [...]
2009-03-06 16:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV430IMF UKRAINE PROGRAM IN JEOPARDY
[...] (C) Summary. In the presence of G7 ambassadors and the World Bank, the Kyiv-based IMF resident representative told PM Yulia Tymoshenko on March 5 that there would be "little benefit" in the mission team returning to Ukraine without greater progress on the Fund's conditionalities. Despite a [...]
2009-03-06 18:32:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV437YATSENYUK EYES THE PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) In a March 5 meeting, Former Rada Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk expressed confidence in his chances in the upcoming presidential election, which he predicted would "get ugly." He claimed his nascent political project, "Front for Change," had attracted significant support and would serve as the [...]
2009-03-10 15:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR UP
09KYIV465UKRAINIAN-GERMAN RELATIONS ON THE ROCKS
[...] (C) Contacts within the Presidential Secretariat, MFA and Cabinet of Ministers continue to view Germany as an obstacle in their drive towards EU and NATO membership, while underlining the importance of maintaining a constructive bilateral relationship with Berlin. The Secretariat claims Berli [...]
2009-03-16 12:43:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GM UP
09KYIV466A View from the Window: Consular Elements of the Economic
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the past several months, the Consular Section at Embassy Kyiv has seen changes that reflect the severe downturn in Ukraine's economy. As "economic crisis" became a ubiquitous refrain, the volume of nonimmigrant visa applications dropped noticeably. Fraudulent cases incre [...]
2009-03-16 14:34:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS EFIN ECON ETRD KFRD XH PL UP
09KYIV471UKRAINE: POLITICAL LEADERSHIP MAKES RENEWED EFFORT
[...] (SBU) On March 11 President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko and NBU Governor Stelmakh met and announced concrete steps aimed at securing the overdue $1.8 billion second tranche of the IMF loan program. Most importantly, they pledged to reduce the planned budget deficit to 3 percent of GDP, a level [...]
2009-03-16 15:06:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV483UKRAINE: STELMAKH RETURNS, LASHES TYMOSHENKO
[...] (C) National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Stelmakh has returned to the political scene, and appears to have again taken clear control of the central bank. A reputable newspaper has claimed that President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko have agreed to keep Stelmakh at the NBU until the presiden [...]
2009-03-17 15:21:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV484UKRAINE'S DRAFT CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE SUBMITTED TO
[...] Summary: On March 10, 2009, Ukraine's National Commission for Strengthening Democracy and the Rule of Law (NCSDRL) submitted to the President of Ukraine a revised draft of the proposed new Criminal Procedure Code (CPC). The President must now introduce the draft into Parliament, but if the C [...]
2009-03-18 13:47:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM UP
09KYIV497UKRAINE: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES DECREE TO ELIMINATE
[...] (SBU) Senior GOU officials announced to the press on March 18 that the Cabinet of Ministers eliminated the 13 percent import tariff surcharge recently introduced by Law No. 923-VI (ref C),except for imported refrigerators and cars. (Note: We assume the exceptions are HS codes 8418 and 8702-8 [...]
2009-03-19 15:01:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV498UKRAINE TO PARTICIPATE IN GICNT IN SEOUL DESPITE
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered Ref B and Ref C points jointly with Anatoliy Sirotyuk of the Russian Embassy to Oleh Klynchenko at Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on March 18. Klynchenko, who heads the MFA's Political Planning Division, said that Ukraine hoped to send up to two represent [...]
2009-03-19 15:17:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PARM PINS PREL PTER KGIC UP
09KYIV503CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: UKRAINE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Reviewed the S/CT request regarding critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR). Embassy's assessment is that CI/KR in Ukraine, if destroyed, disrupted or exploited, would not likely have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States, and therefore does not meet [...]
2009-03-20 16:33:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL PTER UP
09KYIV515PRESIDENT AND PM BURY THE HATCHET...FOR NOW
[...] (C) A series of meetings between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko focused on the economic crisis and IMF requirements for a second funding tranche have raised some hope of enhanced cooperation between the President and PM. Cabinet of Ministers contacts noted the joint March 23 appearanc [...]
2009-03-24 15:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV518 IMF ENCOURAGED BY UKRAINE PM'S PROPOSALS
[...] (SBU) Summary. PM Tymoshenko has told the IMF that the GOU plans to put an anti-crisis package to a Rada vote on March 31, consisting of measures the IMF may consider satisfactory for the mission team's return. According to IMF resident representative Max Alier, "things have changed" betwee [...]
2009-03-25 13:17:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV524LVIV BANKS ON ECONOMIC DIVERSITY, POLITICAL UNITY,
[...] (SBU) While Lviv Oblast has felt some negative effects from the economic crisis, its diversified economy has protected it against large-scale layoffs and related social problems. Lviv leaders say they feel the effects of the ongoing political battle in Kyiv, but that they have put aside polit [...]
2009-03-25 14:46:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON UP
09KYIV525JCIC-DIP-09-003: RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AND
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Oleksander Bondarenko, Directorate for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 24, 2009. Bondarenko said that Ukraine finds the U.S. proposal acceptable, and noted that the first week of June would be part [...]
2009-03-25 14:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALKACT PARM UP RU KZ
09KYIV54RADA COALITION: AS STABLE AS IT WANTS TO BE
[...] (C) As the Rada winds down its session with a final plenary week that started on January 13, the coalition appears to be stable, with PM Tymoshenko in control. Rada Speaker Lytvyn may harbor presidential ambitions, but he is unlikely to scuttle the coalition in pursuit of the presidency. Pro [...]
2009-01-13 17:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV545OPPOSITION PROTESTS FALL SHORT OF PREDICTIONS
[...] (SBU) The opposition Party of Regions on March 26 kicked off a self-described wave of nationwide protests and actions against the government with a rally in the Crimean capital of Simferopol. The turnout at the Simferopol rally was well below party expectations. The "nationwide" protests are [...]
2009-03-27 12:28:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV571DEFENSE MINISTER SEES NATO ACCESSION AS "MARATHON,
[...] (C) Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov, meeting with the Ambassador in Sevastopol March 27, declared that the GOU now regards NATO accession as a "marathon not a sprint." Recognizing that a membership invitation "will not take place in the near future," the GOU will devote itself to bringing Uk [...]
2009-03-30 14:19:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO UP
09KYIV573UKRAINE-ROMANIA RELATIONS: CANCELLED SUMMITS AND
[...] (C) Despite public assertions by Ukrainian leaders to the contrary, Ukraine's relations with Romania remain strained following the International Court of Justice's February 3 decision on the disputed Snake Island and surrounding territory. The bilateral relationship lacks the concrete cooper [...]
2009-03-31 04:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RO UP
09KYIV576RADA/YUSHCHENKO FALTER ON LEGISLATION REQUIRED BY
[...] (C) On March 31, the Rada failed to include on its agenda three anti-crisis measures deemed essential by the IMF. Although PM Tymoshenko delivered unanimous support for the bills from her bloc, President Yushchenko's allies in the Rada did not support inclusion of the measures on the agenda. [...]
2009-03-31 15:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN EREL PREL ETRD UP
09KYIV577INFORMING UKRAINE OF U.S. INTENTIONS TO PURSUE
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Oleksandr Bondarenko, Directorate of Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 31. Bondarenko's reaction was measured, and he noted simply that the U.S. position was predictable. TAYLOR [...]
2009-04-01 03:49:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKACT PARM START UP US RS KZ BO
09KYIV578POLAND AS UKRAINE'S ADVOCATE
[...] (C) Ukrainian officials regard Poland as a strong bilateral partner, Ukraine's primary advocate in the European Union, and as a key supporter of Ukraine's NATO aspirations. Poland and Ukraine maintain close contacts at all levels: Presidential, Prime Ministerial and via their Foreign Ministri [...]
2009-04-01 09:00:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP PL
09KYIV581RADA VOTES TO MOVE UP PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] (C) The Rada on April 1 voted overwhelmingly to set October 25, 2009 as the date for presidential elections. Previously, a late December 2009 or mid January 2010 election date had been expected. Amendments to the constitution adopted after President Yushchenko took office in January 2005 lef [...]
2009-04-01 15:06:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV590TERNOPIL OBLAST ELECTION A BLOW TO TYMOSHENKO
[...] (C) In a March 15 election in the western Ukrainian region of Ternopil, Oleg Tyahnybok's nationalist "Svoboda" party soundly defeated PM Tymoshenko's BYuT and a fractured Our Ukraine (OU) party. BYuT and OU had together controlled 102 of 120 council seats -- following the election they contro [...]
2009-04-02 15:00:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
09KYIV591IMF HINTS AT RETURN TO UKRAINE
[...] (C) Summary. The IMF is preparing to return to Ukraine in spite of Rada failures to pass needed spending cuts on March 31, according to its resident representative in Kyiv, Max Alier. Alier told us on April 1 that the IMF mission team would likely come back to Kyiv to engage in tough negoti [...]
2009-04-02 16:21:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV596UKRAINE'S VIEW OF THE TRANSNISTRIA CONFLICT
[...] (C) A series of calls on Ukrainian officials to discuss Ukrainian views of Transnistria issues and the "5 2" process, particularly in light of the March 18 joint statement signed by the parties of the Russia-sponsored "2 1" process (Moldova, Russia, Transnistria),revealed Ukrainian concerns [...]
2009-04-03 12:51:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS UP MD RU EU
09KYIV599EC OPTIMISTIC ON UKRAINIAN GAS PIPELINE COMMITMENTS
[...] (SBU) On March 31 European Commission External Relations (RELEX) Energy Counselor Faouzin Bensarsa told us that President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko remain on message following the March 23 investment conference on Ukraine's gas transit system (reftel). Bensara, who was in Kyiv to discuss th [...]
2009-04-06 08:45:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS UP EUN
09KYIV605STRAINS WITH ROMANIA "SURPRISE" UKRAINE
[...] (C) Ukrainian officials express surprise at recent strains in Ukrainian-Romanian relations. They blame Romania for making "unacceptable" last-minute demands on a trans-border travel agreement that resulted in the abrupt cancellation of a visit by President Basescu in February. They also voic [...]
2009-04-07 13:36:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP RO
09KYIV620ABSENT BILATERAL FINANCING, UKRAINE NEEDS BROADER
[...] (C) Summary. As the IMF mission team looks set to return to Kyiv on April 9, President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko have assured the IMF of their intention to see through more budget cutbacks when the Rada votes on key laws on April 14. Nonetheless, it appears that Ukraine's ensui [...]
2009-04-08 18:49:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV634WATCHING MOLDOVA CLOSELY; LITTLE FEAR OF SPILLOVER
[...] (C) Kyiv continues to closely monitor events in Chisinau, but MFA contacts believe the Communists have weathered the storm and will now be able to consolidate power. The MFA view is that the Communists did win the election, while acknowledging media bias and manipulation of state resources [...]
2009-04-10 16:08:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMD PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV676UKRAINE: IMF LIKELY TO SUPPORT RISKY GOU MOVE TO
[...] (C) On April 14 Prime Minster Yulia Tymoshenko moved quickly after the Rada again failed to include key IMF-related anti-crisis legislation on the agenda. Within hours of the failed vote, the CabMin passed 19 resolutions that aim to provide the fiscal discipline that the IMF expects in return [...]
2009-04-16 09:51:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV685UKRAINIAN ACQUISITION OF PERRY CLASS FRIGATE:
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 23 September 2008, in a letter from First Deputy Minster of Defense V.V. Ivashenko addressed to U.S. Ambassador William Taylor (MoD Letter #220/3918) the GoU formally requested the U.S. to consider providing an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate FFG) to the Ukrainian Navy. Fo [...]
2009-04-17 11:09:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMASS MCAP MARR PREL UP
09KYIV691THIRD KLYCHKO-CHERNOVETSKYI BOUT?
[...] (C) World champion boxer Vitaliy Klychko, who lost two bids for mayor of Kyiv in 2006 and 2008, hit current mayor Chernovetskyi hard for alleged corruption in a recent meeting with us. Although Klychko was vague about another run for mayor, he said that his political bloc would continue to c [...]
2009-04-21 18:42:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV692SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Your April 26-28 visit to Kyiv comes in the midst of Ukraine's unfolding economic and financial crisis. The IMF has recently concluded its mission review, recommending disbursement of a second loan tranche that had been delayed for two months. The agreement with the IMF is a major acc [...]
2009-04-22 13:22:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV ECON PREL UP
09KYIV694TYMOSHENKO MULLS COALITION WITH REGIONS,
[...] (C) In recent meetings, PM Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that her BYuT faction is in negotiations with Party of Regions over the possible creation of a broad new Rada coalition. Such a coalition, if it were to take shape, would work to change the constitution ahead of presidential elections [...]
2009-04-22 17:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV737GICNT: UKRAINE TO PARTICIPATE IN HAGUE PLENARY
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel points jointly with Russian and Dutch troika counterparts to Oleh Klynchenko at Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on April 23. Klynchenko, who heads the MFA's Political Planning Division, said that Ukraine would send at least two, and possibly up to fo [...]
2009-04-29 17:42:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PARM PINS PREL PTER KGIC UP
09KYIV739JCIC-DIP-09-002: PROVISION IN ADVANCE OF DATA ON
[...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Oleksander Bondarenko, MFA Directorate for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation on April 27. Bondarenko thanked us for the information, however had no additional comment. TAYLOR [...]
2009-04-30 07:40:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDKACT PARM UP
09KYIV741DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UKRAINE'S VAT FOR MILITARY
[...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 29. Yaroslav Brisiuk, head of the MFA's U.S.-Canada Division, told us that the MFA would review our request for VAT exemption for official purchases in support of the Sea Breeze and Rapid Trident exercises and [...]
2009-04-30 11:33:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL UP US
09KYIV747COURT GIVES "NEUTRAL" ANSWER ON PRESIDENT'S APPEAL
[...] (SBU) In a decision announced April 30, the Constitutional Court denied President Yushchenko clear legal cause to dissolve the Rada and call early parliamentary elections. Coalition supporters claimed that the court's "neutral" answer and refusal to rule on the specifics of Yushchenko's appe [...]
2009-04-30 16:04:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV751UKRAINE: RINAT AKHMETHOV BUYS U.S. COAL COMPANY
[...] (SBU) Metinvest, Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov's metallurgical company, confirmed local media reports that it has purchased West Virginia based United Coal. Metinvest will announce the purchase later on April 30 in the U.S., Jock Mendoza-Wilson, investor relations chief of Akhmetov's SCM [...]
2009-04-30 21:05:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL PINR PGOV PREL ECON EMIN XH UP
09KYIV758DEPUTY SECRETARY REAFFIRMS U.S. COMMITMENT TO
[...] (C) Deputy Secretary Steinberg conveyed the message that the Obama Administration strongly supports Ukraine's independence and sovereignty in meetings April 26-27 with Rada Speaker Lytvyn, former Speaker and presidential contender Arseniy Yatsenyuk, opposition Party of Regions representatives, [...]
2009-05-06 14:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN EPET UP RS
09KYIV776SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE: UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS
[...] (U) Deputy Econ Counselor informed the GOU on April 29 that Ukraine would remain on the Watch List in this year's Special 301 Report. We delivered reftel points to Volodymyr Dmitrishin, Acting Chairman of the State Department of Intellectual Property (SDIP, Ukraine's coordinating agency for I [...]
2009-05-08 15:43:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON UP
09KYIV777H1N1 INFLUENZA: UKRAINE TO REVIEW ITS BAN ON PORK
[...] (U) Ukraine on April 27 introduced a ban on all imports of live swine and pork products from the United States, Mexico, Canada, and New Zealand in response to the H1N1 influenza outbreak (ref B). The ban applies to products shipped after April 21. 2. (SBU) Agricultural Attache delivered re [...]
2009-05-08 15:51:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR WTRO UP
09KYIV785 UKRAINE: PRIVATIZATION UNLIKELY TO HELP CLOSE BUDGET GAP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's 2009 budget foresees $1.1 billion of budget revenues this year, but the GOU is unlikely to earn anything near that amount from privatization of state-owned enterprises. The IMF, in its most recent review of its Stand-By Agreement, now estimates that Ukraine will gene [...]
2009-05-08 17:04:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ECPS BEXP EINT UP
09KYIV793NEC'S LIPTON WARNS OF UKRAINE'S ECONOMIC HAZARDS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Special Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs David Lipton and Treasury DAS for Europe Eric Meyer met with a wide range of high-level Ukrainian policy makers, businessmen, and bankers on April 26-28. Lipton warned of possible dangers to Ukraine's econom [...]
2009-05-12 15:57:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV814INTERIOR MINISTER TENDERS RESIGNATION OVER AIRPORT
[...] (C) Minister oQInterior Yuriy Lutsenko submitted his resignation to the Rada on May 12 in response to German and Ukrainian media reports that he was detained by airport police in Frankfurt on May 4. According to the reports Lutsenko was intoxicated and assaulted four German police officers wh [...]
2009-05-13 16:20:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV816CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES OCTOBER 25
[...] (C) On May 13 the Constitutional Court (CC) declared that the October 25 presidential election date set by the Rada was unconstitutional. The court ruling did not set a specific alternative date for the election -- the Presidential Secretariat continues to argue for a January 17, 2010 contest. [...]
2009-05-13 18:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV826DEMARCHE ON UKRAINIAN DEMILITARIZATION PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy on May 14 delivered ref A demarche regarding the GOU's weapon demilitarization proposal to Kateryna Bila of the MFA Arms Control Directorate. Copies of the ATF-generated slides, which superimposed US requirements for complete weapons demil on the original GOU images, and of the [...]
2009-05-15 15:25:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS NATO PARM PREL UP
09KYIV858CHERNOMYRDIN TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (C) The Ambassador met on May 19 with Russian Ambassador Viktor Chernomyrdin. Discussion focused on domestic Ukrainian politics, with Chernomyrdin regretting the "lost years" brought about by the conflict between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko. He expressed irritation at the EU and Y [...]
2009-05-21 09:40:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV864PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT CHIEF QUITS, DENOUNCES
[...] (C) Presidential Secretariat head Viktor Baloha, famous for vitriolic condemnations of PM Tymoshenko which included charges of treason, announced his resignation on May 16. On May 19 Baloha turned his attacks on President Yushchenko, saying he had betrayed the promises of the Orange Revolutio [...]
2009-05-21 15:59:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV865WESTERN UKRAINE VIEWS ON ECONOMY, EUROPE, AND
[...] (C) Summary. Remittances from abroad are falling and banks are still shaky, but the economy in western Ukraine has stabilized in recent weeks, the Ambassador heard in Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi on May 13-15. On his final trip outside Kyiv before departing post, the Ambassador met with g [...]
2009-05-21 16:34:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV868UKRAINE WELCOMES EU EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) President Yushchenko welcomed the launch of the EU's Eastern Partnership as "a victory of the European idea." He underlined that Belarus in particular had a "very important role" to play. Ukraine aspires to a leadership role in the Partnership, but officials emphasize that it in no way [...]
2009-05-22 12:33:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UP EU
09KYIV91GAS CRISIS: RADA WEIGHS IN
[...] (C) On January 13 the Rada created an investigative commission to examine the causes of Ukraine's gas dispute with Russia. The commission, led by Party of Regions, is likely to investigate allegations linking President Yushchenko to corruption in the energy sphere. Rada contacts accused the [...]
2009-01-15 17:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP RS
09KYIV924RADA OUTLOOK: POSITIONING FOR PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) After a week's recess, the Rada will start its next plenary on June 2 amidst continued rumors that PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction and opposition Party of Regions (Regions) are close to forming a coalition. A BYuT-Regions coalition would have more than the 300 MPs necessary to enact constitu [...]
2009-05-28 15:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
09KYIV925CIVAIR: DELTA AIR LINES REQUEST FOR AUTHORITY
[...] (SBU) Post delivered the ref A demarche on May 28 to Sergiy Korshuk, Director of the Department for Air Transportation and Licensing at the State Aviation Administration (SAA) of Ukraine. SAA Chairman Oleksander Davydov and his deputy Dmytro Babeichuk were unavailable to meet. Jeff Morgan, Di [...]
2009-05-28 15:54:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA EAIR PREL UP
09KYIV936UKRAINE CARBON SALES BOOST FINANCES, ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Needing to stave off Ukraine's budget crisis and simultaneously enhance the country's energy efficiency, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has supported selling 180 million metric tons of surplus carbon emissions rights to Japan, Switzerland, and New Zealand. Back-of-the-envelope [...]
2009-06-02 10:00:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV940 EURO 2012: SOCCER ORGANIZER SHOWS UKRAINE THE YELLOW CARD
[...] (SBU) Ukraine is in danger of losing the prestigious 2012 European soccer championships, which it is to co-host with Poland. Games were to be played in four Ukrainian cities, but the UEFA, Europe's ruling soccer body, has announced that only Kyiv is on track to be a host, and that its role coul [...]
2009-06-02 12:02:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ECPS BEXP EINT UP
09KYIV941ODESA: CITY WITH A RUSSIAN PAST SEARCHING FOR A
[...] (C) Odesa, with a population of over a million, is an important commercial and cultural center for Ukraine. The city, known for its sea port and ethnically diverse population, is still strongly influenced by historic and cultural ties to Russia. In recent meetings, interlocutors described a [...]
2009-06-02 12:13:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UP
09KYIV942URGENT REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IDENTIFYING AIR
[...] (U) Post has confirmed with the GoU that Ukraine posesses Mi-8 MTV helicopters, most of which are in need of substantial refurbishment, but which are comparable in general terms to the Mi-17. On June 2, contacts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense indicated that Uk [...]
2009-06-02 13:01:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SMIG PARM UP
09KYIV948UKRAINE AMENABLE TO OUR WTO PROPOSAL ON EXPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: We delivered ref A demarche concerning our WTO export licensing proposal to the GOU on June 2. The Ministry of Economy, the key GOU agency on trade- related issues, supports our initiative and is now seeking interagency clearance on an official GOU position. The Ukrainians appe [...]
2009-06-03 10:05:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO PGOV UP
09KYIV949UKRAINIAN LAB CONFIRMS FIRST "SWINE FLU" CASE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Deputy Health Minister Oleksander Bilovol confirmed yesterday that a local lab had positively diagnosed A/H1N1 with "99 percent certainty" in a 24 year-old Ukrainian man, who had arrived in Kyiv on May 29 from New York via Paris. His is the first known case of "swine [...]
2009-06-03 13:18:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL AMED CASC PGOV XH UP
09KYIV95UKRAINE: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA
[...] As requested by ref A, below Post provides updated information on child labor issues in Ukraine to aid in the drafting of the 2008 Trade and Development Act (TDA) report. Refs B-C contain previous Post reporting on child labor issues. 2. Post will also send this information via email to US [...]
2009-01-16 09:35:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI UP
09KYIV950BYUT-REGIONS CLOSE TO FORMING BROAD COALITION
[...] (C) While PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction and opposition Party of Regions (Regions) have yet to announce their possible broad Rada coalition, Rada contacts from both factions confirmed that negotiations are ongoing and that the two sides are close to inking a deal (Reftel). Rank and file Deputie [...]
2009-06-03 14:33:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV953SEA BREEZE MILITARY EXERCISE AT RISK
[...] (C) The Rada on June 3 again failed to include on its agenda legislation authorizing foreign military personnel to participate in joint training exercises on Ukrainian territory. Although the legislation is necessary for Ukraine to conduct eleven training exercises planned for 2009 with vario [...]
2009-06-03 15:07:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV954IMF ON UKRAINE'S BUDGET AND BANKING BENCHMARKS
[...] (C) Summary. Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier told us on June 2 that Ukraine remained far from completing structural benchmarks on bank reform, necessary for the disbursement of the IMF's third loan tranche. Ukraine was still saddled with an unfinanced budget deficit, the size [...]
2009-06-03 15:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV955UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ'S FINANCIAL HOUSE OF CARDS
[...] (SBU) Naftohaz's ability to pay its gas bill has become a monthly guessing game since the January 2009 gas crisis. While Ukraine has managed to pay its gas bill for the first four months of the year, it will face increasing difficulties to do so through the summer as it pumps gas into undergrou [...]
2009-06-03 15:51:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV964IMF AND WORLD BANK: UKRAINE STALLED ON BUDGET
[...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF and World Bank have told us that they do not foresee any net revenues or fiscal savings in the pipeline for Ukraine's strapped budget. Additionally, Ukraine has stalled on necessary reforms to qualify for a World Bank DPL loan. Ukraine's parliament increased excise ta [...]
2009-06-04 14:53:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV988PRESIDENT AND PM CALL IN DIP CORPS; DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko on June 5 called in selected HOMs to argue their respective positions on a potential broad coalition between BYuT and opposition Party of Regions (Regions). Yushchenko characterized the potential BYuT-Regions marriage and their planned [...]
2009-06-05 15:29:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV99GAS CRISIS: WHO'S IN CHARGE?
[...] (C) Given the lack of clarity regarding executive authority (and the personal animus) which characterizes the relationship between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko, they have, on occasion, exhibited rare comity during the gas crisis, including signing off on two joint letters reflecting [...]
2009-01-16 17:16:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD UP RS
09LJUBLJANA20SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE "LIGHT" JANUARY 26-27
[...] (C) On January 22, Emboff met with Jernej Muller, of the MFA's EU Division, to deliver reftel's talking points in advance of the January 26-27 GAERC. Muller said the agenda for the Czech Republic's first GAERC was not so heavy. The Foreign Ministers would focus on energy security and relatio [...]
2009-01-22 16:15:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV ZL AF SU ZI UP BO SI
09MADRID869UPDATES IN SPAIN’S INVESTIGATIONS OF RUSSIAN MAFIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable, which should be read in conjunction with Septel analysis, details updates over the past year in Spain's two major operations - codenamed Troika (2008-09) and Avispa (2005-07) - to combat "Russian" organized crime in Spain. In Spain, the term "Russian mafia" usually applies [...]
2009-08-31 14:49:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KCRM KCOR KJUS SP RS GG UP
09MADRID870ASSESSING SPAIN’S EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE RUSSIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A year after Spanish security services conducted Operation Troika - which supposedly "decapitated" the Russian mafia in Spain - Madrid is still unraveling the extent to which Russian and other Eurasian organized crime (OC) networks have established themselves in Spain and the extent of [...]
2009-08-31 15:20:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KCRM KCOR KJUS SP RS GG UP
09MOSCOW1074NONPAPER DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-002: PROVISION IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 13:05:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW1077RUSSIAN MFA ON UKRAINE, MOLDOVA
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 24 meeting, MFA Second CIS Director Viktor Sorokin rejected Ukrainian President Yushchenko's call for a "reset" in relations as gimmickry, noting a continued negative trajectory. While Putin and Tymoshenko will discuss USD 5 billion in Russian credits during their A [...]
2009-04-24 13:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RS UP MD
09MOSCOW1147U.S. PROPOSAL FOR THE ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 11:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW1148RUSSIA-UKRAINE: "COMPLICATED" ENERGY TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 meeting, MFA Second CIS Director Viktor Sorokin repeatedly described Tymoshenko's April 29 energy talks with Putin as "complicated." In one-on-one, small group, and the plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee on Economic Cooperation, it was decided that Ga [...]
2009-05-05 13:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EFIN RS UP
09MOSCOW1464U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AIDE MEMOIRE ON B-1 HEAVY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 11:47:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW1503 EXBS: SUPPORTING RUSSIAN CUSTOMS' EFFORTS TO IMPROVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 07:37:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW1509DFM GRUSHKO ON NATO-RUSSIA AND EUROPEAN SECURITY
[...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko told the Ambassador June 8 that the GOR could not prepare in time for a formal NRC ministerial June 27, but would support an informal meeting, which would provide the political signal to allow reengagement on military to military cooperation. He was unwill [...]
2009-06-09 14:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO UP RS
09MOSCOW1512 EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] EXBS contractor Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) through its Russian partner, the Center for Export Controls (CEC),conducted export controls training in Kaliningrad May 5-6 for approximately 20 Russian Customs inspectors. Specialists from the Federal Service for Technical and Export Contr [...]
2009-06-10 08:34:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW153GAS CRISIS RESOLUTION LEAVES ROOM FOR FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary. Confirming press reports, Gazprom told us January 21 that supplies to Europe and Ukraine had been restored "in full." An EU representative told us January 22 that monitors have confirmed flows are "on track" and have reported no problems. As has been widely reported, the gas fl [...]
2009-01-23 12:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
09MOSCOW1650RUSSIA-UKRAINE TALKS ON BLACK SEA FLEET "MOST
[...] (C) Summary. The MFA was at pains to stress the success and cooperative tone of the June 10 Russia-Ukraine Black Sea Fleet sub-commission talks. The sides agreed on a mechanism for rapid exchange of information on urgent issues and a scheme to inventory land parcels used by the BSF, plus di [...]
2009-06-23 12:00:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MCAP RS UP
09MOSCOW169NONPAPER DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-001:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 13:36:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW1768 EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] EXBS contractor Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP) through its Russian partner, the Center for Export Controls (CEC),conducted export controls training in Vladivostok June 9-10 for approximately 20 Russian Customs inspectors. Specialists from the Federal Service for Technical and Export Con [...]
2009-07-09 09:41:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW1794RUSSIAN MFA DOWNPLAYS DISCORD WITH UKRAINE
[...] (C) Summary. The MFA downplayed press speculation that Russia stood to benefit from the de-sovereignization of Ukraine, but said Russia would continue to protest against attempts to "ukrainize" Crimea. While several recent accords showed that Russia-Ukraine relations remained fruitful on the [...]
2009-07-13 13:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW2020 EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] EXBS Russia staff contributed to President Obama's successful visit and related events in Moscow July 6-8. Advisor Joan Agerholm worked in the control room of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel (where the Obama family stayed). Assistant Konstantin Troyan and the EXBS Jeep were pressed into service as pa [...]
2009-08-07 12:01:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2068PATRIARCH KIRILL'S UKRAINE TRIP: DOMESTIC AND
[...] (C) Summary: In light of the escalating diplomatic tensions between Moscow and Kyiv, the objectives of Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Patriarch Kirill's July 27-August 5 visit to Ukraine are receiving renewed scrutiny, with an emphasis on his engagement with President Yushchenko and his amended [...]
2009-08-13 09:05:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL ECON RS UP
09MOSCOW2071MEDVEDEV BROADSIDES UKRAINE
[...] (C) Summary. While deploring recent Ukrainian "anti-Russian" policies, MFA and Presidential Administration statements underscored that President Medvedev's letter to Ukrainian President Yushchenko and the decision to postpone the departure of Russian ambassador-designate to Kyiv were meant t [...]
2009-08-13 10:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS UP
09MOSCOW2188DIPNOTE DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-007: U.S. RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 11:02:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW2248Progress on the Russian International Uranium Enrichment
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy representatives visited the Angarsk Electrolysis Chemical Complex (AECC) uranium enrichment facility on July 15, 2009 and received a briefing in Moscow on August 3, 2009 on the status of the International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC). The briefing was provided by re [...]
2009-08-31 11:04:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENGR IAEA TSPL SENV KZ NO AM UP SW RS
09MOSCOW2294SENATOR MARGELOV ON COOPERATING, IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary. In a September 2 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mikhail Margelov said Russia is hesitant to work outside the P5 plus 1 format when discussing possible sanctions against Iran. Margelov invited Ambassador Beyrle to present U.S. [...]
2009-09-04 05:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC IR MARR PARM PGOV PREL RS SU UP
09MOSCOW2324NONPAPER DELIVERED: JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 13:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKACT PARM START US RS UP BO KZ
09MOSCOW2329 EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] On August 21st, the EXBS Advisor and EXBS Assistant had a very constructive, positive meeting with the export controls section within the Security and Disarmament Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). MFA had contacted the Federal Customs Service, the Ministry of Defens [...]
2009-09-10 08:23:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2371RUSSIAN ANALYSTS TELL A/S GORDON ANTI-AMERICANISM
[...] (C) On September 10, prominent Russian analysts and commentators questioned whether Russia's leadership had changed its approach to the U.S. and removed anti-Americanism as a "pillar" of its foreign policy. One analyst expressed her concern that the "reset" in relations would end up like the [...]
2009-09-16 06:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG UP IR AJ AM RS
09MOSCOW240AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN JANUARY 30:
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin told Ambassador January 30 that the GOR hoped for more flexibility and a move away from "unilateralism" by the new Administration. He said, while the international community could discuss the status and future of the region, Georgia neede [...]
2009-02-02 10:12:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR GG AF KG UP RS
09MOSCOW2412INCORPORATING UKRAINE INTO U.S.-RUSSIA POLICY
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is shaping up as a key challenge in U.S.-Russian relations. The risk of serious trouble remains as long as the two governments are at loggerheads, and as long as Russian leaders engage in periodic bouts of historical propaganda aimed at undermining Ukraine's claim to na [...]
2009-09-21 11:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PNAT PBTS ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW2529ASD/ISA VERSHBOW'S SEPTEMBER 30 VISIT TO MOSCOW:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During consultations with GOR officials on September 30, Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow discussed ways to implement bilateral cooperation in a number of key areas of mutual interest. Both sides praised progress since t [...]
2009-10-06 14:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR RS IR AF UP GG
09MOSCOW2555 EXBS RUSSIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) delegation visited Russia September 11-23 to deliver a groundbreaking seminar and to hold meetings with Russian officials on a variety of strategic issues. This was the first time in many years that a senior-ranking member of CBP has led a group to Rus [...]
2009-10-09 11:03:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2567DAS RUSSELL'S SEPTEMBER 28 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin told visiting DAS Dan Russell September 28 that the U.S. decision on missile defense created trust in the U.S.' "reset" intentions with Russia, although U.S.-Russia cooperation in some areas of the post-Soviet space would not be easy. The Russian [...]
2009-10-13 06:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG UP MD AM AJ BO
09MOSCOW2611U/S BURNS' OCTOBER 12 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin told Under Secretary Burns October 12 that Presidents Sargsian and Aliyev had made little progress in their recent talks on Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia does not consider a joint statement on the recent Turkey-Armenia protocol necessary. The Minsk G [...]
2009-10-20 12:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG UP MD AM AJ TU AF TI KG KZ
09MOSCOW2721UKRAINIAN FM URGES MOSCOW TO TALK TO YUSHCHENKO
[...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us that visiting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Poroshenko urged Russia to resume contact with Ukraine at the presidential level, although both sides agreed there was no need for a "reset" in relations. Economic cooperation dominated the brief meeting, while pundits dis [...]
2009-11-03 12:38:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW2724PAPER DELIVERED: JCIC AGREEMENT ON THE EXCHANGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 14:20:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09MOSCOW2751 EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER
[...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: EXBS has been approached by Russian Central Customs Administration (Moscow) to support an IVP to US ports of entry. EXBS is working with CBP and ICE on this visit. A new Russian federal agency, Rosgranitsa, has also asked [...]
2009-11-09 13:03:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2767PAPER DELIVERED: COMMEMORATING THE SUCCESS OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 15:07:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09MOSCOW2768U.S. PROPOSED TEXT FOR A U.S.-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 15:09:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09MOSCOW2874PUTIN-TYMOSHENKO GAS AGREEMENT SHOULD HELP PREVENT
[...] (C) PM Putin said in a joint November 20 press conference with PM Tymoshenko in Ukraine that Russia will not penalize Ukraine for having taken less gas than contracted. He also confirmed that Gazprom and Ukraine will sign new contracts for 2010 that will call for lower Ukrainian purchase volum [...]
2009-11-24 11:22:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
09MOSCOW2937 EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - NOVEMBER
[...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: By mutual agreement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)and the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. will postpone until at least March 2010 an International Visitors Program (IVP)requested by a new Russian federal age [...]
2009-12-03 13:13:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW2943ALLEGED NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT THE RUSSIA-KAZAKHSTAN BORDER REF: TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BETWEEN FSN AND RUSSIAN CUSTOMS OFFICER RELAYED TO EXBS ADVISOR Classified By: DCM ERIC RUBIN FOR REASONS 1.4 (B, C, D).
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 14:08:00Embassy MoscowSECRETASEC KCRM KNNP KZ MNUC PARM PINR PTER RS UP
09MOSCOW3018 MFA AIRS UNSCR 1540 CONCERNS AT EXBS MEETING
[...] Begin summary: On Tuesday, December 8, the EXBS Advisor and EXBS Assistant met with representatives of the export controls section within the Security and Disarmament Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. During this meeting, MFA took the opportunity to raise concerns about issues rela [...]
2009-12-16 11:42:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW3022GOR ON UKRAINE ELECTIONS, SECURITY ASSURANCES
[...] (C) On December 15, MFA 2nd CIS Department Director Viktor Sorokin reiterated that the GOR did not favor any candidate in the upcoming elections in Ukraine. He stated that the current political crisis in Ukraine was the result of problems in the governmental system caused by President Yushc [...]
2009-12-16 14:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS UP
09MOSCOW3030 EXBS: RUSSIA FY08, FY09, FY10 PROGRAM PLAN FOR NADR-EXBS
[...] Relevant Post officials approve of the Program Plan with no further comments. 2. MFA, FSTEK, and other Russian federal agencies have yet to weigh in. 3. EXBS Russia anticipates some minor adjustments following Program Review in February. 4. CONTACT INFORMATION. Joan Agerholm, th [...]
2009-12-17 13:55:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW3147 EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - DECEMBER
[...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: Planning with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs proceeds on the reinstituted Program Review and Export Licensing Exchange scheduled for February 2010. EXBS has submitted data on training conducted through the program for th [...]
2009-12-30 14:36:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
09MOSCOW465MFA ON UKRAINE AND BELARUS
[...] (C) In a February 17 meeting, MFA Director for Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine Sorokin told us Russia remained prepared to continue discussions on a USD 5 billion loan to Ukraine, which he said had stalled due to Ukrainian internal divisions. He said that Ukraine's Soviet-era external debt cou [...]
2009-02-25 14:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ECON BO UP EU RS
09MOSCOW472BRYANSK: GOVERNOR BOASTS STABILITY AMID CRISIS,
[...] (C) Summary: A February 18-19 visit to Bryansk revealed a regional government enjoying strong Moscow support yet focused on shifting attention away from the growing economic crisis. Isolated investment successes and a pan-Slavic economic forum in Bryansk, featuring an appearance by State Duma [...]
2009-02-26 14:45:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ECON RS BO UP
09MOSCOW554RUSSIA PLAYS DOWN CHERNOMYRDIN FLAP
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Ukraine Office Director Vyacheslav Yelagin told us that Russia considered Ukraine's threat to declare Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin a PNG to be an attempt by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to improve his dismal approval ratings, while President Med [...]
2009-03-06 13:11:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON RS UP
09MOSCOW755GOR BLASTS EU/UKRAINE DECLARATION ON GAS
[...] (C) The GOR blasted the March 23 joint EU-Ukraine declaration on the modernization of Ukraine's gas infrastructure, angry that Russia was "excluded" from the declaration and the process producing it. As a result, President Medvedev cancelled intergovernmental talks with Ukraine planned for ne [...]
2009-03-26 15:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP
09MOSCOW802INFORMING BELARUS, KAZAKHSTAN, AND UKRAINE OF U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 13:27:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KACT START US UP BO KZ RS
09MOSCOW889RUSSIA-UKRAINE: HIGH-LEVEL BARBS, LOW-LEVEL
[...] (C) Summary: Russia has continued its high-level criticism of the EU-Ukraine gas pipeline modernization agreement, as evidenced in Prime Minister Putin's April 6 Duma address and FM Lavrov's Rossiskaya Gazeta interview from the same day. However, businesslike discussions of bilateral issues [...]
2009-04-07 13:59:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
09NAIROBI2487Kenya's Conventional Arms End-User Violation
[...] Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense Vicki Huddleston and Kenya-U.S. Liaison Office Chief Col. McNevin delivered reftel demarche regarding transfer of Ukrainian-origin LME by the government of Kenya (GOK) to the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) to Kenyan Assistant Minister for Defe [...]
2009-12-15 16:23:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNMARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER MASS KE SU UG UP
09NAIROBI2497Kenya responds to Sudan tank demarche
[...] On December 15, Ambassador Ranneberger discussed the tank transfer issue with Prime Minister Odinga, who said that the GOK was committed to assisting the GOSS and that there was "intense pressure" from the GOSS to deliver the tanks. He hinted that the GOK might instead transfer the tanks to Uganda [...]
2009-12-16 14:15:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNMARR MCAP MOPS MASS PARM PINR PTER PREL KE UG UP SU
09NICOSIA44CYPRUS: GAZA, GUANTANAMO AND GAS LIKELY TO
[...] (C) Poloffs on January 21 delivered Reftel points on the January 26-27 meeting of the EU,s General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Panayiotou said that the agenda would likely be truncated, focusing mostly on Gaza, Guantanamo [...]
2009-01-23 13:58:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV ZL ZJ CY IS GZ RS UP BO YI
09OTTAWA827Canada Broadly Support U.S. Strategy for NATO Enlargement
[...] (C) Summary. Canada broadly supports U.S. goals with respect to NATO enlargement, including strong support for Ukraine's NATO aspirations, although Canada wants to see more evidence of reform. Bosnia represents the one area of divergence, as Canada supports the Membership Action Plan (MAP) p [...]
2009-11-06 16:24:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA BK GG MK MW UP CA
09PARIS102RECENT FRENCH THINKING ABOUT RUSSIA, GEORGIA, AND
[...] (C) Summary: French presidency and MFA officials shared a unified view that amplified current French thinking on dealing with Russia, whether with respect to Georgia or in terms of the ongoing gas crisis involving the Ukraine. Bottom line: Sustaining the Geneva process on Georgia will be a [...]
2009-01-22 16:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET FR RS UP GG
09PARIS1511FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR NOVEMBER 16-17 GAERC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13, Deputy Chief of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy office Mathieu Carmona previewed French expectations for the November 16-17 GAERC. Foreign ministers will prepare for the upcoming EU-Russia summit by reviewing the Corfu process, the situation in the N [...]
2009-11-13 17:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN RS UP SO BK AF BO FR
09PARIS1653FRENCH PREVIEW OF DECEMBER FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) On December 7, Mathieu Carmona, MFA Deputy Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, provided the following preview for the December 7-8 Foreign Affairs Council meeting of EU foreign ministers: ----------------------- DINNER WITH LADY ASHTON ----------------------- 2. (S [...]
2009-12-07 14:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN SO BK MK IS WE IR UP BO MD GG AM
09PARIS586FRENCH PREVIEW OF GAERC: CROATIA, BURMA, MIDDLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 24, French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona previewed the April General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting's discussions on Croatia, Burma, the Middle East, Sri Lanka, follow-up from the U.S.-EU Summit [...]
2009-04-24 16:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN KPAL KWBG HR BM IS GZ WE CE UP MD
09PARTO31925(U) SECRETARY CLINTON'S MARCH 5, 2009
[...] (U) Classified by: Kenneth Merten, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) March 5, 2009; 3:30 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Kurt Volker A/S Dan Fried, EUR Anne-Marie Slaughter, S/P Spokesman Robert [...]
2009-03-19 02:48:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL NATO UP RS
09ROME1275ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR NATO ENLARGEMENT GOALS
[...] (C) While the U.S. and GOI positions on NATO enlargement and objectives for the December 3-4 NATO Foreign Ministerial(ref A) are similar, the Italians want to be cautious about setting the bar too high for obtaining Membership Action Plan (MAP) status. Italy is keenly interested in Euro-Atla [...]
2009-11-18 14:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA BK GG MK MW UP
09SKOPJE13 Macedonia Suffers Minimal Effects from Russian Gas Cutoff
[...] (SBU) Summary: As a minor consumer of natural gas, Macedonia has been affected only minimally by the cutoff of natural gas from Russia through Ukraine. Residential heating quickly transitioned to fuel oil and the greatest impact to date has been felt by two industrial users -- a steel produc [...]
2009-01-13 06:39:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PGOV PREL UP RS MK
09STATE102973FORMAL REQUEST FOR A BRIEFING FROM THE GOU ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kyiv please see para 5. 2. (C) In April 2009, Ukraine circulated to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Partners notification of the GOU's intention to transfer MTCR Category I and Category II items to Saudi Arabia. The notification state [...]
2009-10-02 19:01:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP SA
09STATE103668PROPOSED U.S.-UKRAINE BILATERAL ENERGY SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. Post is requested to contact the Government of Ukraine, both MFA interlocutors and other GOU agencies with direct authority over energy issues, concerning the modalities and timing for the first meeting of the U.S.-Ukraine Bilateral Energy Security Wor [...]
2009-10-05 23:48:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ENRG EPET KNNP PGOV PREL UP
09STATE107044ACTION REQUEST: SUPPORT FOR MONTENEGRO'S AND
[...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see paragraphs 4-5. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: In previous Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM) membership discussions, the U.S. objected to Serbian membership in SEDM without a firm commitment by the Government of Serbia to not/not block its [...]
2009-10-15 14:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL GR RO TU SR UP SI MW IT BU HR
09STATE111229U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Astana (DTRO-A),Embassy Kyiv (DTRO-K),and Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACI). Please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspection Protocol, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has prepared and forwarded t [...]
2009-10-28 14:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE111464OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE REPORT
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the October 29, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States warmly welcomes Ambassador Vollebaek back to the Permanent Council and thanks him for his thorough and tho [...]
2009-10-28 22:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UP RS KV MK KZ HU LO GG
09STATE112533SFO-VI GUIDANCE-003/JCIC-DIP-09-012: JCIC
[...] (U) This is an action request. Astana, Kyiv and Moscow, see paragraph 3 below. Geneva, see paragraph 5 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: Washington believes it would be useful for the START Parties to exchange and release the final data for each category of data contained in the START Memoran [...]
2009-10-31 21:43:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE115039LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (KYIV 1849)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the drive equipment mark21 training in sevastopol, ukraine on 11/09/2009 - 11/16/2009. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individual listed in reftel and [...]
2009-11-06 19:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV UP
09STATE115062LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (KYIV 1883)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend english language training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas and Manpower Systems Analysis course in Monterey, Califoria on 11/11/09 - 03/23/12. 2. (U) The Department [...]
2009-11-06 20:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV UP
09STATE115348U.S. PROPOSED TEXT FOR A U.S.-RUSSIAN AGREEMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request for Moscow (see paragraph 3). 2. (S) BACKGROUND: The START Treaty will expire on December 5, 2009, and the new START Follow-on treaty currently being negotiated will not have entered into force by that date. Therefore, the United States seeks to agree with [...]
2009-11-08 18:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE115554COMMEMORATING THE SUCCESS OF THE START TREATY'S
[...] (U) This is an action request for Moscow and Geneva (see paragraph 6). 2. (S) BACKGROUND. Recent discussions between officials at the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Russian Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (RNRRC) indicate that the RNRRC intends to host a ceremonial eve [...]
2009-11-09 18:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE116297SFO-VII GUIDANCE-001: RESPONSES TO SVO-GVA-VI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-11 04:03:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE119331SFO-VII GUIDANCE-003: STREAMLINED PACKAGE ON
[...] (S) Background: The United States believes the START Follow-on treaty must continue to recognize the inherent difficulty of monitoring mobile ICBMs by including some verification provisions and operational restrictions that apply only to mobile ICBMs, but that the number and type of such uniq [...]
2009-11-19 02:28:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE119995ENERGY SECURITY BRIEFER FOR EU AMBASSADORS
[...] (C) In January 2009, contractual disputes led Russia to cut off natural gas shipments to Ukraine, as it had previously done (albeit for a shorter period) in January 2006. This crisis hurt Russia,s reputation as a reliable supplier, both in Western and Eastern Europe. Russian officials know t [...]
2009-11-20 17:16:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG EPET RS UP XG XH
09STATE120541CONSULTATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF GOVERNMENT TO
[...] (U) This is an action request for DTROs in Astana and Kyiv, and for Pol-Mil in Minsk. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Background: The START Treaty expires on December 5, 2009. The START follow-on treaty will be a strictly bilateral treaty between the U.S. and Russia. There will thus be [...]
2009-11-23 16:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP
09STATE122656LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (KYIV 2002)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individual listed in reftel and possesses no credible derogatory information as of 11/30/200 [...]
2009-11-30 20:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV UP
09STATE122735SFO-VII GUIDANCE-004
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 03:32:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE123224SFO-VII GUIDANCE-005: RESTRICTIONS ON MOVEMENT FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 03:36:00Secretary of StateSECRETKACT PARM START RS US KZ UP BO
09STATE125736(S) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON POLAND FORMING A
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY MONITORING POLISH OFFICIALS,S DECISION TO CREATE A NEW REGIONAL GROUP, SIMILAR TO THE V-4, INVOLVING ROMANIA AND UKRAINE. WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THE PERCEPTION OF OTHER V-4 COUNTRIES TOWARDS POLISH "ASSERTIVENESS" WITHIN THE VISEGRAD GROUP A [...]
2009-12-08 23:00:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PREL BO EZ PL RO UP
09STATE128635UKRAINIAN FIRM ARSENAL CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kyiv please see para 5. 2. (S) Background: Since November 2007, we have discussed with Ukrainian officials a case involving the sale of high-accuracy gyrotheodolites by the Ukrainian firm Arsenal to entities associated with China's Sanjiang Space G [...]
2009-12-16 20:08:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP CH
09STATE129073LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (KYIV 2004)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend the ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING AT LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS AND NETSAFA INTERNATIONAL TRAINING CENTER, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA ON 12/30/09 - 05/24/10. 2. (U) The Dep [...]
2009-12-17 20:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV UP
09STATE129087LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (KYIV 2003)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend the ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING AT LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS AND FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI ON 12/30/09 - 10/07/10. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the [...]
2009-12-17 20:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV UP
09STATE129520(U) Secretary Clinton's December 9, 2009
[...] Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon - Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) December 9; 1:15 p.m.; Washington DC; U.S.A 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Secretary Clinton Assistant Secretary Phil Gordon, EUR Ambassador Richard Morningstar, S/EEE Ian Kelly, PA Kristina Kvien, [...]
2009-12-18 18:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ENRG UP MD
09STATE18882(U) Deputy Secretary Steinberg's February 12,
[...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) February 12, 2009, 8:20 - 8:40, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg EUR/DAS Judith Garber Special Assistant Mary Sue Conaway Carol Beilman Werner (EU [...]
2009-02-28 01:04:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PINS PGOV NATO ENRG AF RS GG UP
09STATE19918SCUD ELIMINATION: EXPERT-LEVEL TALKS (C)
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Per refs B and C, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense (MOD) met on February 12 with U.S. Embassy representatives to discuss progress on the project to eliminate Ukraine's SCUD missiles. MOD noted its serious interest in moving this proj [...]
2009-03-04 13:14:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL UP
09STATE24635SCUD ELIMINATION: PRELIMINARY RESPONSES TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 2. 2. (C) Ref A noted our intent to provide answers to some of the questions raised by Ukraine in refs B and C before the next expert level talks (proposed for March 25 and 26). Request Embassy Kyiv approach appropriate Ministry of Defense(M [...]
2009-03-16 15:51:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL UP
09STATE27631JCIC-DIP-09-003: RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AND
[...] (U) This is an action cable (see paragraph 4). 2. (C) Background: On March 11, 2009, Russia proposed a meeting of the Parties to the START Treaty in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) from March 31 to April 3, 2009, in Geneva (Ref A). Similarly, Ukraine proposed a JCI [...]
2009-03-23 16:42:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE27733U.S. DISPUTE OF RUSSIAN START BILLS
[...] This is an action cable (see paragraph 3). 2. Summary and action request. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has reviewed itemized cost lists and bills associated with the implementation of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) (totaling 592,377.62 USD),and supporting docu [...]
2009-03-23 19:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE30048INFORMING BELARUS, KAZAKHSTAN, AND UKRAINE OF
[...] (U) Secure communications with Minsk remains unavailable. Post is requested to pass SBU points to appropriate host government officials. 2. (U) This is an action cable. Astana, Minsk, Kyiv, and Moscow: please see appropriate paragraphs below. Posts should be aware that the information [...]
2009-03-28 01:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE3691RESPONDING TO UKRAINIAN QUESTIONS CONCERNING USG
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Brasilia, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: REF A reports that the Ukrainian Embassy in Brasilia is urging the U.S. to reconsider its position on support for the Ukrainian-Brazilian Tsyklon Space Launch Project and allow the launch of U. [...]
2009-01-14 16:16:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA UP BR
09STATE39054REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THE ARREST OF
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Kyiv. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: There are several differing reports regarding the nature of material recently seized in Ukraine and other details surrounding the incident. For example, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) characterized [...]
2009-04-20 17:56:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR UP XH
09STATE40237UKRAINE: REPORTING ON THE FEBRUARY 24-25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-22 18:23:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA UP
09STATE40420OVERCOMING UKRAINE'S VAT TAXES ON EXERCISES SEA
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Post is requested to deliver points in paragraph 5 to appropriate Ukrainian interlocutors. 2. (U) Background. Despite repeated assurances to us over the years that Ukrainian law will be changed to provide for exemption from VAT, excise, use, and other taxes [...]
2009-04-22 21:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV US UP
09STATE40874JCIC-DIP-09-002: PROVISION IN ADVANCE OF DATA ON
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) Background: In Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) Joint Statement Number 21, the parties are obligated to provide, "in advance,[?] information on ICBMs and SLBMs used to deliver objects into the upper atmosp [...]
2009-04-23 18:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE4297APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 25. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels January 26-27. We expect the formal agenda to include: Western Balkans, Sudan/Darfur, Zimbabwe, Ukraine [...]
2009-01-15 20:33:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV ZL AF SU ZI UP BO
09STATE43205U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS
[...] This is an action request for Embassy Astana (DTRO-A),Embassy Kyiv (DTRO-K),and Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACID). Please see paragraph 2. 2. In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspection Protocol, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has prepared and forwarded to embassie [...]
2009-04-29 13:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE44001U.S. PROPOSAL FOR THE ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE
[...] (U) This is an action cable. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: Under the terms of the Moscow Treaty, the Parties are obligated to meet twice a year in the Bilateral Implementation Commission (BIC). The last meeting of the BIC was in November 2008. The United States proposes that the next BIC meeting b [...]
2009-04-30 17:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE44644NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): RESPONSE
[...] (U) This is an action message; see paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Ref A requested relevant reporting from host governments most likely to influence the outcome of critical upcoming NPT meetings. Ukraine responded (ref B) with a non-paper titled &Sharing Informal Views on the NPT: Ukra [...]
2009-05-01 19:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PREL CDG UNGA IAEA NPT UP
09STATE49044DEPARTMENT RESPONSE ON UKRAINIAN DEMILITARIZATION
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 3. 2. (U) Summary: U.S. firearms and legal experts reviewed the Ukrainian technical proposal on conversion of small arms into souvenirs and found that the technique does not demilitarize the weapons according to U.S. regulations. If modified [...]
2009-05-13 20:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS NATO PARM PREL UP
09STATE50910U.S. NON-PAPER ON ELEMENTS OF A START FOLLOW-ON
[...] (SBU) Background: A U.S. delegation led by Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, is scheduled to begin negotiations regarding a START follow-on agreement with a Russian delegation led by Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affair [...]
2009-05-19 02:18:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE50911GUIDANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO THE U.S./RUSSIA
[...] (U) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, is scheduled to begin negotiations regarding a START follow-on agreement with Russian MFA Director of Security and Disarmament Affairs Anatoliy Antonov, during meetings of the U.S. and Russian Delegati [...]
2009-05-19 02:19:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE55556JCIC-XXXIV-GUIDANCE-001 -- OMNIBUS GUIDANCE
[...] (U) These instructions must be received by the JCIC Delegation in Geneva by opening of business June 8, 2009, for use during the JCIC session that convenes that day. The United States proposed that the Parties meet for JCIC-XXXIV (State 043464) and the Russian Federation accepted (State 04648 [...]
2009-05-30 00:32:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE58439JCIC-XXXIV GUIDANCE-002: ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE
[...] (U) This is the second tranche of guidance for JCIC-XXXIV. These instructions must be received by the JCIC Delegation in Geneva by opening of business June 8, 2009, for use during the JCIC session that convenes that day. JCIC-XXXIV-GUIDANCE-001 (Omnibus Guidance) is contained in Reftel. [...]
2009-06-06 02:24:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE58456JCIC-XXXIV GUIDANCE-003: U.S. OPENING STATEMENT
[...] (U) Delegation is authorized to deliver the text in paragraph 2 below during the opening plenary meeting of JCIC-XXXIV. 2. (C) Begin text: STATEMENT BY THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE TO THE JOINT COMPLIANCE AND INSPECTION COMMISSION AT THE OPENING PLENARY MEETING OF THE THIRTY-FOURT [...]
2009-06-06 05:05:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE59372OSCE: RESPONSE TO AMBASSADOR KOPAJ, OSCE PROJECT
[...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the June 11, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States warmly welcomes to the Permanent Council the Project Coordinator in Ukraine, Ambassador Lubomir Kopaj. We thank yo [...]
2009-06-09 21:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV PHUM UP
09STATE60143PAKISTANI WMD/MISSILE ENTITY SEEKS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kyiv please see para 3. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: The United States has information indicating that as of late March 2009, Pakistan's National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM) - the entity responsible for Pakistan's WMD and missil [...]
2009-06-11 14:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP PK
09STATE61216UKRAINE--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 23:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP UP
09STATE62679OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE REPORT
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the June 18, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States warmly welcomes Ambassador Vollebaek back to the Permanent Council and thanks him for his thorough and t [...]
2009-06-17 17:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UP RS MK ZK GG
09STATE65672OSCE: ROLLOVER OF THE MANDATE OF OSCE PROJECT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 20:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE UP PREL PHUM KDEM
09STATE7146UKRAINIAN FIRM ARSENAL CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kyiv please see para 5. 2. (S) Background: In November 2007, we advised Ukrainian officials that in late August 2007, the Ukrainian firm Arsenal was in the final stages of a deal to sell a high-accuracy gyrotheodolite to entities associated with Ch [...]
2009-01-27 14:57:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP CH
09STATE77523IRANIAN DEFENSE-AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY SEEKS TRAINING FROM UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE (S)
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 17:36:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP IR
09STATE77663FOLLOWING UP WITH UKRAINE ON EFFORTS BY UKRAINIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kyiv, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background: On many occasions since November 2007, the U.S. has provided Ukrainian officials with information regarding efforts by Ukrainian firm Arsenal Design Bureau to export gyrotheodolites to entities associ [...]
2009-07-24 20:14:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA UP CH
09STATE78715U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS
[...] This is an action request for Embassy Astana (DTRO-A) and Embassy Kyiv (DTRO-K). This is an info message for Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACID) since DTRO-M has already delivered the START cost lists (Reftel). Please see paragraph 2. 2. In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspecti [...]
2009-07-28 20:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE78724U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS
[...] This is an action request for Embassy Astana (DTRO-A) and Embassy Kyiv (DTRO-K). This is an info message for Embassy Moscow (DTRO-M/ACID) since DTRO-M has already delivered the START cost lists (Reftel). Please see paragraph 2. 2. In accordance with Annex 14 to the START Treaty Inspecti [...]
2009-07-28 20:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE79547BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 5. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050180371 for the export of rifles and grenade launchers to Georgia. Posts are requested to [...]
2009-07-30 16:02:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC KOMC GG SE UP BU
09STATE80778JCIC-DIP-09-009: U.S. MINUTEMAN III FRONT
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8 below. 2. (S) BACKGROUND: Russian complaints about Minuteman III (MM III) RVOSI date almost to the beginning of START Treaty implementation. While we are confident the original U.S. procedures were Treaty compliant, the United States made [...]
2009-08-04 02:03:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE92657JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAS START
[...] (C) Background: The United States conducted a Trident II SLBM flight test on December 10, 2008. On April 7, 2009, the Russian Federation provided the United States a START Format 81 notification (Reftel) regarding the incompleteness or insufficient quality of the recording of telemetric inf [...]
2009-09-05 02:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE92658JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAS START
[...] (C) Background: The United States conducted a Trident II SLBM flight test on December 10, 2008. On April 7, 2009, the Russian Federation provided the United States a START Format 81 notification (Reftel) regarding the incompleteness or insufficient quality of the recording of telemetric inf [...]
2009-09-05 02:46:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09STATE93861DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING UKRAINIAN LINK OUTAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 20:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUP PARM
09STATE99779JCIC-DIP-09-011: PROVISION IN ADVANCE OF DATA ON
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: In Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) Joint Statement Number 21, the Parties committed to provide, in advance, information on ICBMs and SLBMs used to deliver objects into the upper atmosphere or space, i [...]
2009-09-24 21:10:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM KACT START US RS UP BO KZ
09TBILISI1559GEORGIA: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE
[...] (S) In response to reftel questions, Post provides the following answers. A. Can the Georgian Ministry of Defense (MOD) confirm the order of the rifles and grenade launchers listed on this license application? MOD's Letter of Intent and End-Use Certificate date back to 2007 and 2008, resp [...]
2009-08-18 12:02:00Embassy TbilisiSECRETETTC KOMC SE UP BU GG
09TBILISI1965GEORGIA: MISHA TELLS ASD VERSHBOW GEORGIA IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Saakashvili assured visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow that Georgia understands there will be no military solution to the conflicts -- only Georgia's further progress on democratic and economic reform could re-at [...]
2009-11-02 15:13:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL RS UP BO GG
09TELAVIV466EMBASSY TEL AVIV'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 12:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CE CH EG EI ELAB IN IS KCRM KFRD KPAL KTIP KWMN MD NP PHUM PREF RO RP RS SMIG TH TU UK UP UZ
09USEUBRUSSELS1411UKRAINE: EU SEEKS MORE EFFORT ON GAS REFORM
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: RELEX Acting Ukraine Director David Geer briefed econoff on the Commission,s efforts to promote gas and public finance sector reform in Ukraine. Geer said that while Ukraine has made some progress, it has far to go. Commission officials believe the IMF bailout [...]
2009-10-21 16:36:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEAID ENRG UP
09USEUBRUSSELS1569EU NOVEMBER GAERC - SELECTIONS FOR EU POSITIONS
[...] (U) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers met November 16-17 in Brussels for their biannual "jumbo" or "super" General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) that included a November 16 informal meeting with EU Defense Ministers and a November 17 meeting with EU Development Ministers. Highli [...]
2009-11-23 14:54:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN AF AL BO BK MK UP RS MOPS
09USNATO216NATO-RUSSIA: CONSENSUS EMERGING FOR NRC
[...] (C/NF) In the May 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting, Russian Ambassador Rogozin chided Allies for playing political games with the proposed date of the NRC Foreign Ministerial meeting. Rogozin groused that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov agreed to NATO's proposed May 19 date for the Minis [...]
2009-05-28 18:44:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MOPS GG RS UP
09USNATO217NATO-RUSSIA: CONSENSUS EMERGING FOR NRC
[...] (C/NF) In the May 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting, Russian Ambassador Rogozin chided Allies for playing political games with the proposed date of the NRC Foreign Ministerial meeting. Rogozin groused that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov agreed to NATO's proposed May 19 date for the Minis [...]
2009-05-28 18:44:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MOPS GG RS UP
09USNATO253NATO-RUSSIA MINISTERIAL: RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY
[...] (C/NF) SUMMERY: In a dramatic change in tone, the Russian Mission to NATO fully engaged in the June 9-10 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Preparatory Committee (Prep Com) negotiations on deliverables for the NRC June 27 Foreign Ministerial in Corfu. Prior to this week, the Russian Mission had insis [...]
2009-06-12 04:29:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MOPS GG RS UP
09USNATO303NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES DIFFER ON RE-ENGAGEMENT, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies are united that PermReps should use the July 22 meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC)to indicate to Russia that NATO is willing to engage across the entire spectrum of issues, but that Russia must also specify in what areas it would like to cooperate. Regardless of [...]
2009-07-15 17:18:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL RS GG UP
09USNATO317NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL MEETING SHOWS COOPERATION WILL
[...] (C) Summary: The first NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting since the June 27 Corfu Foreign Ministerial descended into a bitter exchange on issues across the board including Afghanistan, NATO enlargement, Georgia and Kosovo. The three-hour meeting began constructively, with Russia answering th [...]
2009-07-23 17:15:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL RS GG UP
09USNATO449MONTENEGRO AND BOSNIA MAP: A SNAPSHOT OF ALLIED
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministerial quickly approaching, Allies are beginning to seriously discuss whether and how to respond to the applications of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to join the Membership Action Plan process. While most Allies do not beli [...]
2009-10-13 18:10:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL BK MW GG UP
09USNATO465MARCHING TOWARDS DECEMBER: NATO DISCUSSES THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: NATO Secretary General (SYG) Anders Fogh Rasmussen presided over an informal session of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on October 20 to discuss views on the Western Balkans in preparation for decisions to be taken at the December Foreign Ministerial, a discussion informed by a n [...]
2009-10-21 17:26:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PGOV PREL MW BK YI GG UP
09USNATO495SYG'S PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) At the November 3 informal PermReps' lunch, NATO Secretary General (SG) Rasmussen distributed his proposed schedule for the December 3-4 meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers. 2. (SBU) The text of the Secretary General's proposed schedule follows: BEGIN TEXT 2009 Autumn Foreign Min [...]
2009-11-03 15:25:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO RS GG UP AF
09USNATO539RFG: DRAFT DECEMBER FOREIGN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 16:00:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO RS GG UP AF
09USNATO541RFG: DRAFT DECEMBER FOREIGN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Attached is the initial draft of the statement for the NATO Foreign Ministerial to be held in Brussels December 3 and 4, 2009. Reflecting the Secretary General's desire to have much shorter, "punchier" document that only raises is [...]
2009-11-20 17:50:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO RS GG UP AF
09USNATO565NATO-UKRAINE COMMISSION: CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT FOR
[...] (U) Following the December 3 NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) meeting at the level of Foreign Ministers, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen, in his role as Chairman of the NUC, issued the following statement on his own authority: BEGIN TEXT: 03 Dec. 2009 Press Release: (2009) 188 Chairman [...]
2009-12-04 08:46:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS NATO MASS MCAP MARR TBIO UP
09USNATO573(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009,
[...] (U) Classified by: Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special Assistant, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 4, 2009; 3:30 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg Ambassador Ivo Daalder A/S Phil Gordon, EUR Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special Assista [...]
2009-12-08 12:27:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO UP RS
09USUNNEWYORK940UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT NEW
[...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian PR Sergeyev told Ambassador Wolff on 21 October of Ukraine's concern about an impending change in Russian policy on preemptive nuclear strikes contained in a review of Russia's nuclear doctrine. According to Sergeyev, the draft text states that Russia reserves the right [...]
2009-10-23 15:17:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM PNUC PGOV UP RS
09WARSAW1112POLES FATALISTIC ABOUT UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland shares our desire to integrate Ukraine into Western institutions, but many in the GoP view the upcoming Ukrainian presidential election in zero-sum terms: a likely victory for Russia and loss for Poland -- no matter which candidate wins. Many Poles believe that for five ye [...]
2009-11-02 16:49:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL UP RS
09WARSAW122UKRAINE, POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC SUMMIT ON GAS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Lech Kaczynski's January 28 meeting in Wroclaw with Ukrainian President Yushchenko and Czech Prime Minister Topolanek, representing the EU presidency, produced only an inconclusive assessment of the Ukraine-Russia gas agreement. Officials from President Lech Kaczynski' [...]
2009-02-04 06:19:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG RS CZ BO UP PL
09WARSAW389POLES FACE EC DELAY, DIVISION ON EASTERN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. We reviewed developments in Poland's Eastern neighborhood in separate meetings with Witold Sobkow, MFA Acting Political Director, and Jacek Cichocki, Secretary of State in the Polish Prime Minister's Chancellery. They noted that: -- The EU is still divided on the issue of invit [...]
2009-04-10 14:48:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PL GG AJ AM UP BO
09WARSAW54KACZYNSKI AND YUSHCHENKO DISCUSS UKRAINE-RUSSIA
[...] (C) During his January 14 meeting with President Kaczynski in Wisla, Poland, Ukrainian President Yushchenko was reportedly agitated and adamant about the need for EU support. According to advisors in the Presidential Chancellery, the most important outcome was Czech FM Topolanek and European [...]
2009-01-16 08:57:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET UP PL
09WARSAW597POLAND: MOVING FORWARD ON EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A month after the formal launching of the EU's Eastern Partnership (EaP),Polish officials are determined to maintain the initiative's momentum in the face of upcoming Union leadership changes, a lukewarm reception by beneficiary countries, and possible Russian hostility. The MFA [...]
2009-06-12 13:21:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL BO GC UP AJ AM MD PL
09WARSAW62POLAND/GAERC - JANUARY 26-27 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to reftel points, MFA EU Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski told us the GAERC would focus on the situation in Gaza and implications for the Middle East Peace Process. EU ministers will discuss possible EU monitoring of the Egypt-Gaza border and humanitarian assistance. [...]
2009-01-20 12:55:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EUN BO UP SU EG IS PL
09WARSAW720POLAND: INCREASING FRUSTRATION WITH SITUATION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials told us that Warsaw remained committed to Ukraine's rapid Euro-Atlantic integration, but programs like the Eastern Partnership (ref C) can only do so much given the disruptive political infighting in Kyiv. The infighting had led to disappointing results during the " [...]
2009-07-10 15:25:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PL UP
09WARSAW73POLAND/GAERC: ADDITIONAL INPUT FOR JAN 26-27 EU FM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to reftel A points, MFA Political Director Witold Sobkow told the DCM January 22 that the GAERC would focus heavily on the EU role in resolving the Gaza conflict and on energy security issues. Sobkow accused Germany of undermining efforts to develop a common EU energy [...]
2009-01-23 08:46:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALAF BO GG IS PL PREL SY UP
09WARSAW875SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO POLAND
[...] (SBU) Mission Poland warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Poland to commemorate the outbreak of World War II 70 years ago. Your trip comes at a key moment as Poland, Germany, Russia, and their neighbors work to put behind them controversial historical memories that have mired their relations [...]
2009-08-28 11:37:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RS UP GM PL
09YEREVAN204WORKSHOP ON NUCLEAR SMUGGLING LAW-MAKING IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: With experts from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),the Department's Nuclear Smuggling Outreach Initiative (NSOI),the Department of Justice (DOJ),and Embassy Yerevan held a "Legislative Drafting Expert Workshop on the Criminal Law Aspects of the Universal L [...]
2009-03-24 09:23:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM PTER KNNP KCRM KGIC US UP AM
09YEREVAN235BSEC ENERGY MINISTERS SEEK COOPERATION WITH EU,
[...] (C) A meeting of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) organization energy ministers in Yerevan March 20 underscored the desire for stronger energy cooperation with the EU, but also showed that Russia remains intent on impeding such an initiative. In working group meetings Russia successfully [...]
2009-04-02 09:49:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG ETRD EAID ZS ZJ ZL RU MD UP AM
10BERLIN168MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, UKRAINE, EU, NATO, IRAQ, US.;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Enrichment 3. (Ukraine) Outcome of Elections 4. (EU) Deficit Worries 5. (NATO) Istanbul Defense Ministers Meeting 6. (Iraq) Parliamentary Elections 7. (U.S.) Budget Deficit  [...]
2010-02-08 13:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IR UP EMS UK NATO IQ US
10BERLIN170MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, UKRAINE, EU;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Opposition 3. (Ukraine) Outcome of Elections 4. (EU) Deficit Worries  [...]
2010-02-09 17:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IR UP EU
10BERLIN173MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, EURO, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, UKRAINE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Protests 3. (EU) Euro Financial Crisis 4. (EU) New European Commission 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections 6. (Sri Lanka) Rising Tensions 7. (Germany-U.S.) GM-Opel  [...]
2010-02-10 13:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IR EMS EU UP CE GM
10BERLIN177MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GREECE-EU, GREECE-EURO, UKRAINE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Opposition 3. (Greece Financial Crisis) Germany, France Rescue Efforts 4. (Greece Financial Crisis) Long-term Prognosis for Euro 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections 6. (U.S.-Russia) START Talks 7. (U.S.-EU) SWIFT [...]
2010-02-11 15:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IR EMS UP START PTER SF ECON
10BERLIN178MEDIA REACTION: IRAN-NUCLEAR, EU-SWIFT, EU-GREECE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Anniversary 3. (EU-U.S.) SWIFT 4. (EU-Greece) Special Summit Meeting 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections  [...]
2010-02-12 12:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IR PTER EMS UP
10BERLIN190MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN, U.S.-SYRIA, DUBAI-MOSSAD,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Relations, Dalai Lama 3. (U.S.-Syria) Washington Sends New Ambassador 4. (Dubai) Killing Of Hamas Arms Dealer 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections 6. (U.S.) New Nuclear Power Plants 7. (EU-Greece) Euro  [...]
2010-02-18 13:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH SY XF UP ENRG EMS
10BERLIN198GERMAN VIEWS ON THE EU ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST CHINA
[...] (U) Post delivered points from both reftels to deputy MFA European Correspondent Hans-Peter Jugel on February 19. EU ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST CHINA 2. (C) In response to our reaffirmation of U.S. opposition to a lifting of the EU arms embargo against China, Jugel distanced Germany from Spanis [...]
2010-02-19 17:14:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM NATO EUN GM CH IR HA UP
10BERLIN223MEDIA REACTION: U.S., INDIA-PAKISTAN, SYRIA-IRAN, CUBA, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform 3. (India-Pakistan) Resumption of Talks 4. (Syria-Iran) Ahmadinejad-Assad Meeting 5. (Cuba) Death of a Dissident 6. (EU) Debate Over Leading Personnel 7. (Falkland Islands) Tensions over Drilling 8. (Turkey) [...]
2010-02-26 13:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR US XO SY CU EU FK TK EMS UP
10BERLIN64MEDIA REACTION: HAITI EARTHQUAKE, OBAMA PRESIDENCY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Haiti Earthquake 3. Obama Presidency -- One Year On 4. Afghanistan -- New Ministers, Attack on Government Quarter 5. Ukraine elections  [...]
2010-01-19 14:22:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SENV ASEC KMDR AF US HA UP
10BERLIN86GERMAN VIEWS ON JANUARY 25 EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on January 18 and followed up with him on January 20. 2. (C) On Iran, Fluegger said Germany supported all the U.S. points, with the exception of the one calling for the EU to repeat that it stands ready to "acco [...]
2010-01-22 11:09:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN IR BK SO AF UP GM
10BRATISLAVA72ONE DOWN, ONE DIRTY: CORRUPTION AND INCOMPETENCE TAINT
[...] (U) Summary. In the past six weeks, the chief of Slovakia's Border and Alien Police (BAP) and its senior officer at the eastern (Ukrainian) border have both fallen from grace, the former taking responsibility for a fiasco involving explosives secreted in luggage by the bomb squad, the latter [...]
2010-02-19 14:54:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PGOV LO PREL UP PINR
10BUCHAREST88 ROMANIAN REACTION TO FEBRUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered REF non-paper February 19 to Cristian Olimid, Director, EU External Relations. Olimid provided no substantive feedback on the talking points but thanked the Embassy for the information. GITENSTEIN [...]
2010-02-22 06:38:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HA IR UP RO
10CDGENEVA77(U) GOTTEMOELLER-NYKONENKO LUNCH, FEBRUARY 3, 2010
[...] (S) At a U.S.-hosted lunch on February 3 on the margins of the START Follow-on negotiations in Geneva, Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller met with the Ukrainian Director of Arms Control and Military and Technical Cooperation, Ambassador Aleksandr Nykonenko. Nykonenko inquired as to the progress [...]
2010-02-15 13:33:00US Mission CD GenevaSECRETPARM KACT MARR PREL RS US UP
10COPENHAGEN43JAN. 25 FAC DEMARCHE: DANISH RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 15:44:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC IR YM BK SO UP YI DA
10COPENHAGEN95(C) FAC AND CHINA ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 11:18:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHUM KNUC ETTC EAID CH IR UP HA
10GENEVA57(U) GOTTEMOELLER-NYKONENKO LUNCH, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 --
[...] (S) At a U.S.-hosted lunch on February 3 on the margins of the START Follow-on negotiations in Geneva, Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller met with the Ukrainian Director of Arms Control and Military and Technical Cooperation, Ambassador Aleksandr Nykonenko. Nykonenko inquired as to the progress [...]
2010-02-18 13:46:00Mission GenevaSECRETPARM KACT MARR PREL RS US UP
10KYIV103IMF AGAIN DISMAYED BY UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES
[...] (C) Summary. IMF resident representative Max Alier expressed frustration and dismay at the GOU's recent public statements falsely announcing the impending arrival of an IMF technical assessment team. Alier said the GOU had resorted to "pressure tactics" and that Deputy Prime Minister Nemyri [...]
2010-01-21 13:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
10KYIV104UKRAINE: CANDIDATES VIE FOR VOTERS AS THE RUNOFF
[...] (SBU) The two candidates who will compete in the February 7 runoff for the presidency, Party of Regions (Regions) candidate Viktor Yanukovych and PM Yuliya Tymoshenko, kicked-off their campaigns as expected, appealing to the voters who supported second-tier candidates during the first round. [...]
2010-01-21 16:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV105 UKRAINE: VERKHOVNA RADA OVERIDES VETO OF LAND SALE
[...] (U) Summary. Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, overturned President Yushchenko's veto of the bill extending the moratorium on the sale of agricultural land until January 1, 2012. In a widely expected move, the Rada confirmed its decision to formally put agricultural land sales on hold [...]
2010-01-22 08:47:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR UP
10KYIV107POSSIBLE NEW UKRAINIAN PM TIHIPKO CASTS SELF AS
[...] (C) Summary. Serhiy Tihipko may accept the position of Prime Minister of Ukraine, but only if he is guaranteed support from the new President and the Rada (parliament) to tackle economic and administrative reforms, and only after the presidential race concludes. Having just finished third i [...]
2010-01-22 13:48:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD PGOV PINR PREL UP XH EREL
10KYIV113WORLD BANK PROPOSES UKRAINE REFORM PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary. The World Bank's Kyiv-based country director Martin Raiser plans to convene the donor community to coordinate a message to Ukraine's new President on needed economic reforms. Raiser told the Ambassador that the Bank had grouped its reform proposals into three areas (fiscal, inv [...]
2010-01-25 10:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD PGOV PINR PREL UP XH EREL
10KYIV120UKRAINE'S "OTHER" SECURITY THREAT - ROMANIA
[...] (C) From the perspective of Kyiv, the Ukrainian-Romanian bilateral relationship is surprisingly troubled, with a wide range of irritants both great and small. The most neuralgic issues for Ukrainians are linked to concerns about Romanian irredentism (e.g., issuance of Romanian passports to U [...]
2010-01-25 15:00:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EWWT SENV NATO EU UP RO
10KYIV125LAVROV-POROSHENKO DEAL ON NEW RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE
[...] (C) At a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Ukrainian FM Poroshenko explained how he had cut a deal with Russian FM Lavrov to facilitate the arrival of the new Russian ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov. Moscow had burned all bridges with Ukrainian President Yushchenko and had not w [...]
2010-01-26 14:20:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UP RS
10KYIV128PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: DISAPPOINTED CANDIDATE
[...] (C) Poorly performing Presidential candidate and head of the Rada National Security and Defense Committee, Anatoliy Hrytsenko, told the Ambassador January 22 that he did not see much of a difference between PM Tymoshenko and opposition leader Yanukovych, the two candidates for the February 7 r [...]
2010-01-26 15:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR UP
10KYIV129UKRAINE: DEMARCHE ON COPENHAGEN ACCORD DELIVERED
[...] (U) The Government of Ukraine (GOU) has no principle objections to associating with the Copenhagen Accord. However, given upcoming Presidential elections, it is uncertain that Ukraine will complete its association by the January 31 deadline. Post delivered reftel talking points to Igor Lupal [...]
2010-01-26 15:46:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV KGHG ENRG UP
10KYIV168UKRAINE: LOW PROFILE FOR SECURITY ISSUES IN THE
[...] (C) Summary. In contrast to the 2004 elections, issues of national security and defense remain notable by their absence in this year's presidential campaign. Ukrainians are focused on the economic crisis and the election's potential for reconfiguring Ukraine's political power relationships. All can [...]
2010-01-29 13:06:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR UP
10KYIV17TYMOSHENKO UNABLE TO PRY OPEN NBU RESERVES
[...] (C) Summary. Negotiations have stalled over the transfer of $2 billion in National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reserves to the state treasury, inhibiting Prime Minister Tymoshenko's government from getting ready cash to assist with Naftohaz's January 11 payment to Gazprom. Having lowered the NBU's [...]
2010-01-05 16:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
10KYIV170ONE WEEK TO ELECTION: YANUKOVYCH CAMP CONFIDENT
[...] (C) Even allies of PM Tymoshenko concede to us that Regions Party candidate Viktor Yanukovych is holding on to his lead in advance of the February 7 Presidential runoff. Tymoshenko must mobilize greater numbers of "Orange" voters over the next week or face defeat. If Yanukovych wins, members [...]
2010-01-29 16:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV178INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR
[...] (U) Post responded to prior taskings, and does not have information on additional goods for the Ukraine TVPRA list. ---------- TASK 2/TDA ---------- 2A. PREVALENCE AND SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION OF EXPLOITIVE CHILD LABOR --------------------------------- -------------------------------- Â [...]
2010-02-01 15:56:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI SIPDIS USAID UP
10KYIV179MOBILIZING PRESSURE ON IRAN REGARDING NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Ambassador February 1 drew on reftel points to explain to Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Khandogiy the US rationale for sharpening the choices that Iran faces by increasing pressure on Iran. Khandogiy expressed general agreement and observed that Ukraine is "very much concerned about [...]
2010-02-01 17:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC IR UP
10KYIV184UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS AFTER YUSHCHENKO: A
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 15:16:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO EU UP RS
10KYIV186TERNOPIL: FEARS OF FRAUD NOT BORNE OUT IN FIRST
[...] (C) During a recent visit to Ternopil Oblast in west-central Ukraine, campaign officials, NGOs and journalists told us that they were concerned about vote buying in the oblast during the presidential elections. PM Yuliya Tymoshenko and Party of Regions candidate Viktor Yanukovych's campaign d [...]
2010-02-02 16:19:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
10KYIV190FORMER PRESIDENT KUCHMA ON UKRAINIAN ELECTION,
[...] (C) Former Ukrainian President Kuchma had no kind words for the current "orange" government, accusing it of ruining the economy and the country's international reputation, and of deepening Ukraine's internal divisions. While he endorsed his former PM, Viktor Yanukovych, he characterized the Februar [...]
2010-02-03 15:06:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG MARR UP RS
10KYIV191POTENTIAL FOR POST ELECTION COURT BATTLES
[...] (C) Prime Minister Tymoshenko's continued allegation of fraud in the January 17 first round presidential election, despite the OSCE's assessment that it was, for the most part, free and fair, raises the importance of the appeals process for the February 7 runoff. The Chairmanship of the High [...]
2010-02-03 15:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV192TYMOSHENKO CONDEMNS ELECTION LAW CHANGES; INVOKES
[...] (C) A [...]
2010-02-04 14:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV UP
10KYIV193UKRAINE'S DEPUTY PM ON MONEY LAUNDERING,
[...] (C) Summary. In a broad-ranging discussion with the Ambassador on February 2, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Nemyrya expressed concern about Ukraine being designated as a high-risk country at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary meeting in Abu Dhabi in mid-February. Nemyrya also [...]
2010-02-05 11:22:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ENRG PGOV UP
10KYIV194UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS ON TIME FOR GAS
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine paid $780 million to Gazprom on February 4 for January gas purchases. As in January, the National Bank of Ukraine purchased Naftohaz-held government bonds to finance the payment. Experts suggest that the government would resort to the same payment scheme for the gas pay [...]
2010-02-05 13:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALENRG EREL UP RU
10KYIV198UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO CITES COP-15 DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points to Volodymyr Domashlinets, Ukraine's CITES representative at the Ministry of Environmental Protection, on February 1. Domashlinets said Ukraine will support the U.S. proposals on sharks, corals, polar bears, and a snake trade. The Ministry of Environmental P [...]
2010-02-05 14:24:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP UP
10KYIV199TYMOSHENKO DOES BETTER THAN EXPECTED BUT FALLS
[...] (SBU) PM Yuliya Tymoshenko exceeded expectations by narrowing a ten percent post-first round gap with rival Viktor Yanukovych to a surprisingly close 2.86 percent (with 98.8% of the vote counted) in the February 7 presidential runoff. Higher than expected turnout in western Ukraine accounted [...]
2010-02-08 16:48:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV208TYMOSHENKO SURGE: APPEAL OF "THE LESSER EVIL"
[...] (C) The late surge in support for PM Tymoshenko, which made the February 7 second round presidential election results closer than many observers expected, reflected more an anti-Yanukovych vote than a pro-Tymoshenko one. Yanukovych's refusal to debate Tymoshenko, over confidence among his supp [...]
2010-02-09 19:40:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV UP
10KYIV22UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO ORDERS NBU TO ASSIST WITH GAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko ordered the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on January 6 to find a mechanism to monetize Naftohaz-held government bonds in order for the state-owned gas company to make the January 11 payment for Russian gas purchased in December. Naftohaz might also be abl [...]
2010-01-06 15:34:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ENRG PGOV PINR UP RU
10KYIV226UKRAINE'S 2010 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AFTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine suffered one of Europe's worst recessions in 2009, with real GDP declining nearly 15%. The economic slump was prompted by a sharp fall in global demand for steel and chemical products, combined with the global credit crunch and vulnerabilities in the Ukrainian financial [...]
2010-02-10 13:02:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
10KYIV228TYMOSHENKO READIES COURT CHALLENGES; REGIONS
[...] (C) PM Tymoshenko, thus far remaining uncharacteristically silent in public, is putting together legal challenges to the February 7 Presidential election result. DPM Nemyria admitted that he did not think the challenges would change the outcome. The Yanukovych camp is negotiating with elemen [...]
2010-02-10 18:08:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV UP
10KYIV229UKRAINE: ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT AGENCY ON COPENHAGEN
[...] (SBU) Acting Economic Counselor and Economic Analyst met on February 3 with Igor Lupaltsov, the head of the National Environmental Investment Agency of Ukraine (NEIA),to discuss Ukraine's association with the Copenhagen Accord and deliver talking points per reftel A. Lupaltsov, who headed the [...]
2010-02-11 08:55:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KGHG ENRG SENV UP
10KYIV23SALE OF UKRAINIAN STEEL GIANT LIKELY TIED TO PUTIN
[...] (C) Summary. Rumors have swept through Kyiv over the impending Russian purchase of the indebted Ukrainian steel giant Industrial Union of Donbass (IUD). A group of Kremlin-backed investors, perhaps led by metals magnate Alisher Usmanov and Roman Abramovich-controlled Evraz, have reportedly [...]
2010-01-06 15:36:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
10KYIV231UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS -- ON THE ROAD TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kyiv election observers throughout Ukraine were uniformly impressed by the dedication of election workers and voters. The intensely partisan and mudslinging conduct of the campaign at the national level was not reflected in the Precinct Election Commissions (PECs),where membe [...]
2010-02-11 11:16:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV UP
10KYIV232FIRTASH TRIUMPHS OVER TYMOSHENKO ON NADRA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Nadra Bank's year-long moratorium on deposit withdrawals ended on February 10, amidst last-ditch negotiations over the bank's future. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) had engaged in talks on February 10 about liquidating Nadra, one of Ukraine's largest private banks, only to [...]
2010-02-11 12:29:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
10KYIV234UKRAINE: DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING DELIVERED
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered the distracted driving demarche on January 27 to Oleksiy Illyashenko, Deputy Head of Public Relations and International Affairs at the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior, with the points and questions attached as a non-paper. The Ministry of the Interior did not [...]
2010-02-12 13:20:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI UP
10KYIV235FOR TYMOSHENKO, "BETTER TO BE A VICTIM THAN A
[...] (C) Nearly a week has passed since the February 7 presidential runoff, and PM Yuliya Tymoshenko has been uncharacteristically absent from the airwaves, refusing to appear in public or release a public statement under her own hand. Officials from her campaign, however, have made numerous accus [...]
2010-02-12 17:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV240TYMOSHENKO CHALLENGES RESULTS OF ELECTION IN COURT
[...] (C) PM Tymoshenko announced February 13 that she would challenge in court as fraudulent the results of the February 7 second round of the Presidential election. Her chances to overturn the results are poor. Rather, the court filing, which Tymoshenko made in person February 16, appears prima [...]
2010-02-16 16:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV241UKRAINIAN MOBILE TELECOM SECTOR AT A GLANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ukrainian mobile telecom sector is divided among three major service providers - Kyivstar, MTS-Ukraine, and Life - which control more than 90 percent of the market. Kyivstar, the market leader, is jointly owned by Norwegian Telenor and Russian Alfa Group. MTS-Ukraine, the [...]
2010-02-17 08:18:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS ETRD EINV UP
10KYIV244YANUKOVYCH CONFIDANT AZAROV PROMISES NEW COALITION
[...] (C) Summary. Yanukovych confidant and close economic advisor Mykola Azarov predicted that the President-elect would be in a stronger position to negotiate a new governing parliamentary coalition after the February 25 inauguration. Yanukovych was determined to build a stable coalition to enab [...]
2010-02-17 15:02:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN ENRG UP
10KYIV246AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM POROSHENKO
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Poroshenko embraced President-elect Yanukovych and distanced himself from PM Tymoshenko in a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador. Poroshenko criticized Tymoshenko's unwillingness to concede the election and her denigration of the work of international election observe [...]
2010-02-17 16:00:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
10KYIV247UKRAINIAN RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Embassy received a letter on 4 February from the Verification Directorate of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in response to reftel demarche, which was delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs December 7, 2009. The letter confirmed Government of Ukraine interest in m [...]
2010-02-17 17:04:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKACT PARM UP
10KYIV262UKRAINE: NEW LAWS ON PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (parliament) passed legislative reforms on public procurement, business deregulation, and land and property title registration that had long been advocated for by the World Bank and USAID. Analysts note that these three laws represent positive progress [...]
2010-02-19 11:17:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD UP
10KYIV264YATSENYUK CLAIMS HE HAS FORTY FROM OU-PSD FOR NEW
[...] (C) Former presidential candidate Arseniy Yatsenyuk told the Ambassador February 17 that he has forty Our Ukraine - People's Self Defense (OU-PSD) MPs who would be willing to take down PM Tymoshenko's coalition and join a new coalition with Yanukovych's Party of Regions. He intimated that he [...]
2010-02-19 16:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP RS
10KYIV275SCENESETTER: NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JONES'
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 15:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UP
10KYIV278FORMER TYMOSHENKO INSIDER CALLS HER DESTRUCTIVE,
[...] (C) Summary. In a damning indictment of Prime Minster Yuliya Tymoshenko and her lack of leadership, respected xxxxxxxxxxxx argued that Tymoshenko would continue to work against reform. To limit her destructiveness, xxxxxxxxxxxx argued for early parliamentary elections, which would help strengthen n [...]
2010-02-24 12:05:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN PINR ECON PREL UP
10KYIV295UKRAINE: UNHRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche on February 25 to the Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UNHRC, Svitlana Pereverten. On religious and racial intolerance, Ms. Pereverten commented that Ukraine has never and will never support the defamation resolution. The Embassy share [...]
2010-02-25 15:31:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UN UP
10KYIV296UKRAINE: GOLDSTONE FOLLOWUP DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche on February 25 to the Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UNHRC, Svitlana Pereverten. Ms. Pereverten expressed Ukraine's support for the U.S. position on Goldstone, as shown by Ukraine's Goldstone voting record. TEFFT [...]
2010-02-25 15:36:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIO PHUM UNGA UP
10KYIV299KYIV TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICERS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 09:47:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON UP
10KYIV300UKRAINE: BOIKO DISCUSSES YANUKOVYCH'S ENERGY
[...] (C) Summary. In an introductory call with the Ambassador on February 23, Yuriy Boiko, a leading energy player in the Party of Regions, said that Yanukovych would be focused on reducing Ukrainian dependence on Russian gas imports, securing a better gas contract with Gazprom, and establishing a [...]
2010-02-26 14:52:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALENRG ENRL UP RU
10KYIV301PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR STRESSES NEED FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Respected economist and Party of Regions' Member of Parliament Iryna Akimova stressed the need for fiscal discipline, financial sector reform, and improvements to the investment climate during her February 23 meeting with the Ambassador. She also recognized the need to focus on [...]
2010-02-26 15:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG PGOV UP
10KYIV59EU-UKRAINE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT: LONG WAY STILL
[...] (C) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Poroshenko has declared the signing of an Association Agreement with the EU in 2010 to be one of Ukraine's top two foreign policy goals. At the same time, tough EU criticism of Ukraine's reforms stole the show at the December 4 Ukraine-EU Summit. GOU negotiator [...]
2010-01-14 10:13:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UP EU
10KYIV64CAMPAIGNS PREPARED FOR POST-ELECTION COURT BATTLES
[...] (C) Amendments to Ukraine's presidential election law in August 2009 granted the Administrative Courts sole jurisdiction to hear election related cases. However, confusion over who currently heads the High Administrative Court means that this court's role as the final arbiter of election dis [...]
2010-01-15 11:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV67PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: RHETORIC HEATS UP; RACE
[...] (C) PM Tymoshenko, trailing Party of Regions leader Yanukovych in advance of the January 17 Presidential election, used a three-hour press event January 14 to hammer the message that Yanukovych is a criminal and front man for rapacious oligarchic interests, whose election would be a humiliatio [...]
2010-01-15 13:29:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UP
10KYIV68UKRAINIAN LAND SALE MORATORIUM ENDS, BUT
[...] (U) Summary. President Yuschenko vetoed a bill that would have extended the moratorium on the sale of agricultural land through the end of 2011, allowing the ban to expire on January 1, 2010. As in past years, parliament is expected to make a strong push to overturn the veto. However, even [...]
2010-01-15 13:47:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR UP
10KYIV7PM BACKER ACCUSED OF MONEY LAUNDERING, VOTE BUYING
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on December 29, Ukrainian Security Services (SBU) head Valentyn Nalyvaychenko accused Prime Minister Tymoshenko's largest financial backer, businessman and MP Konstantyn Zhevago, of running a large money laundering operation and financing a vote buying sche [...]
2010-01-04 16:56:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV71UKRAINE'S NATIONAL BANK WILL HELP WITH GAS PAYMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. Despite the lack of political unity, the National Bank of Ukraine was obliged to help the government make its gas payments to Russia in a timely manner, National Bank Governor Stelmakh told the Ambassador on January 14. During the meeting, Stelmakh also noted that the exchange r [...]
2010-01-15 16:39:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ENRG EREL PGOV UP
10KYIV72PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FIRST ROUND: YANUKOVYCH
[...] (SBU) Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has held on to his ten point lead over PM Yuliya Tymoshenko with almost 99% of votes counted in the January 17 presidential election. Observers have called the election generally free and fair. The OSCE ODIHR mission called the election "high quality," [...]
2010-01-18 17:53:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV8CAN TYMOSHENKO MAINTAIN BALANCE AS THE ELECTIONS
[...] (C) During a December 31 introductory call, PM Tymoshenko discussed with Ambassador Tefft her efforts earlier that day to convince National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Chairman Stelmakh to disburse $2 billion in reserves so that the government can make its scheduled January gas payment. Tymoshenko [...]
2010-01-04 17:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN PREL UP
10KYIV89UKRAINE'S ACTING FINANCE MINISTER SURVIVES 2009,
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's government still hopes for revisions to the IMF program that would allow it to access $2 billion currently held in reserves at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU),according to Acting Finance Minister Umanskyi. Without access to IMF money, the first quarter of 2010 woul [...]
2010-01-19 12:29:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ENRG EREL PGOV UP
10KYIV92PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: TOUGH MATH FOR TYMOSHENKO
[...] (C) Runoff candidates Viktor Yanukovych and PM Yuliya Tymoshenko are reaching out to second-tier candidates and their constituencies for support in the February 7 second round of presidential voting, following the January 17 first round. Yanukovych expressed his willingness to incorporate th [...]
2010-01-19 18:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10LUXEMBOURG41LUXEMBOURG VIEWS ON FEBRUARY 2010 FAC
[...] (C) Summary: Pol/Econ Chief discussed Ref A points on U.S. positions concerning the February 22 FAC (Foreign Affairs Council) with Sandra Metz, MFA temporary European Desk Officer, February 19. Metz said Foreign Minister Asselborn would likely travel to another country next week and may not at [...]
2010-02-19 21:52:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALENRG PGOV EUN IR HA UP LU
10MOSCOW292 EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JANUARY
[...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: The embassy was shut down, as were Russian government offices, January 1-8 for New Year's and Russian Orthodox holidays. The Advisor is working with the Human Resources Department in the embassy and with EXBS Washington on [...]
2010-02-09 13:56:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
10MOSCOW315RUSSIAN PUBLIC REACTIONS TO UKRAINE ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian press and analysts in public statements overwhelmingly welcomed Viktor Yanukovych's victory in the February 7 presidential run-off elections in Ukraine, although they do not expect Yanukovych to be a pro-Russian push-over. Some see his victory as the end of Orange [...]
2010-02-12 13:52:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UP RS
10MOSCOW327KARASIN ON GEORGIA, NAGORNO-KARABAKH,
[...] (C) Summary. DFM Karasin, in a meeting with the Ambassador February 9, praised the Geneva Talks for contributing to the relative calm in Georgia, while criticizing the Georgians for seeking scandal, the South Ossetians for boycotting the Incident Response Mechanism, and the co-chairs for hin [...]
2010-02-16 07:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG UP AZ MD RS
10PARIS201FRENCH PREVIEW OF FEBRUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) On February 19, Mathieu Carmona, MFA Deputy Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, provided the following preview for the February 22 Foreign Affairs Council meeting of EU foreign ministers: ----- HAITI ----- 2. (SBU/NF) Following a briefing by Kristalina Georgieva, t [...]
2010-02-19 16:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN HA IR AF BO UP FR
10PRAGUE86DAS QUANRUD'S FEBRUARY 9 PRAGUE VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 10:30:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALAF ENRG EPET EZ IR MARR PREL RS UP
10STATE12134SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 004: ICBM SILOS; RV
[...] (S) Background: DoD estimates that, in order for the United States to comply with the 800 limit on deployed and non-deployed launchers and nuclear- capable heavy bombers, an additional reduction of such systems will have to be made. For operational and costreasons, it is desirable to minimi [...]
2010-02-05 22:49:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE13110SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 005: RESPONSE TO RFG ON
[...] (S) Guidance: In response to Delegation's request for guidance (Ref A),Washington agrees that the four aspects of the Russian telemetry proposal cited in the request are problematic. Washington believes that: 1) The Parties may make proposals for changes during annual reviews; the telemetry [...]
2010-02-13 20:16:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE13111SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 005: RESPONSE TO RFG ON
[...] (S) Guidance: In response to Delegation's request for guidance (Ref A),Washington agrees that the four aspects of the Russian telemetry proposal cited in the request are problematic. Washington believes that: 1) The Parties may make proposals for changes during annual reviews; the telemetry [...]
2010-02-13 20:28:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE13214SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 006: RESPONSE TO RFG-002 ON
[...] (S) Guidance: In response to Delegation?s request for guidance (Ref A),Washington requests that the Delegation draft the texts enumerated below for Washington review and approval prior to tabling with the Russian delegation: --For a Statement on Vandenberg launchers: Language acceptable to [...]
2010-02-15 22:31:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE14948SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 007: RESPONSE TO RFG-003 ON
[...] (S) Guidance: In Ref, delegation outlines two possible options for reaching agreement on monitoring of solid-fueled first stage ICBM, solid-fueled first stage SLBM, and mobile ICBM launcher eliminations. Delegation is instructed to pursue a variant which is a hybrid of Option 1 and Option 2 [...]
2010-02-19 02:29:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE14963SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 008: TELEMETRY TEXTS
[...] (S) Guidance: Ref A instructed Delegation to draft Protocol and Annex language on telemetry for Washington review prior to tabling with the Russian delegation. Washington has reviewed the Delegation's draft texts and appreciates the Delegation's efforts. After careful consideration, Washingto [...]
2010-02-19 03:22:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE16019SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 009: ARTICLE VI
[...] (S) Guidance: Delegation is authorized to drop Article VI from the Treaty now that the Russian delegation has agreed to codify: the use of unique identifiers on all ICBMs, SLBMs, and deployed heavy bombers; that the sides will provide 48-hour advance notification of new missile exits from prod [...]
2010-02-22 19:56:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE16358LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (KYIV 108)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the US INTERNATIONAL VISITORS PROGRAM ON PUBLIC SAFETY FROM FEBRUARY 27 TO MARCH 20, 2010. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in ref [...]
2010-02-23 15:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UP
10STATE16375LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (KYIV 248)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend the LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, TX., AND ARMY WAR COLLEGE, CARLISLE, PA., FROM 02/24/10 - 06/11/11. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the individual listed in [...]
2010-02-23 15:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV UP
10STATE16399LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (KYIV 249)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend the ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING AT LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS AND FT MCNAIR WASHINGTON, ON 02/24/10 - 06/09/11. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the i [...]
2010-02-23 16:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV UP
10STATE17005INSTRUCTIONS FOR U.S. DELEGATION FOR NRRC
[...] (U) In accordance with the Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NRRC) Agreement, which calls for annual consultations, the U.S. NRRC will visit the Arms Control and Inspection Activity Support Center of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The NRRC Consultations focus on NRRC opera [...]
2010-02-24 16:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP
10STATE2448LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (KYIV 2020)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the HIGH-LEVEL TRAINING: HL-19:3 AND MID-LEVEL TRAINING: MM-19:6, BOTH AT THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR STABILITY POLICE UNITS (COESPU) IN VICENZA, ITALY, BEGINNING ON [...]
2010-01-11 19:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UP
10STATE2464LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (KYIV 2082)
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend the MM-19 TRAINING AT THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR STABILITY POLICE UNITS (COESPU) IN VICENZA, ITALY, BEGINNING ON JANUARY 18, 2010. 2. (SBU) The Department of Sta [...]
2010-01-11 19:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV PHUM SNAR UP
10STATE5717OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON JANUARY 17
[...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the January 21 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mister Chairman. The United States congratulates the people of Ukraine on the conduct of the January 17 presidential election. Observers agree that this w [...]
2010-01-20 20:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV UP
10STATE9670SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 003: AGREED STATEMENTS
[...] (S) Washington has developed guidance for this round as a result of its intersessional review of the December 19, 2009 U.S. proposed JDTs (Refs A and B) and the Russian proposed JDTs, which were handed over to U.S. Embassy Moscow on December 31, 2009. This cable addresses most of the Agreed [...]
2010-01-30 03:48:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE9671SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 001: INSTRUCTIONS FOR U.S.
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Rose Gottemoeller will head the U.S. delegation to the eighth round of New START Treaty negotiations with Russia in Geneva, Switzerland, beginning on February 1, 2010. This is the first of several cables providing guida [...]
2010-01-30 03:51:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10STATE9672SFO-VIII GUIDANCE 002: TREATY TEXT ARTICLES AND OTHER
[...] (S) Washington has developed guidance for this round as a result of its intersessional review of the December 19, 2009 U.S. proposed JDTs (Refs A and B) and the Russian proposed JDTs, which were handed over to U.S. Embassy Moscow on December 31, 2009. This is one of several guidance cables f [...]
2010-01-30 03:53:00Secretary of StateSECRETBO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START
10TBILISI177GEORGIAN OFFICIALS HOPE FOR CONTINUED FRIENDSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary. Georgian government responses to the apparent election of Victor Yanukovych in Ukraine has been generally positive, with all following President Saakashvili's lead in congratulating the Ukrainian people for their well-run election. Additionally, officials from Saakashvili to t [...]
2010-02-10 14:47:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UP GG
10VILNIUS77LITHUANIA WANTS TO KEEP MOLDOVA ON EU TRACK
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Head of Ukraine and Moldova Division Dainius Zikevicius told Embassy February 1 that the goal of Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius in visiting Chisinau January 26-27 and signing a Joint Declaration on Cooperation in the Field of European Integration, was to show suppo [...]
2010-02-03 08:22:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE XH MD UP LH
10VILNIUS86LITHUANIA AND UKRAINE WILL REMAIN STRATEGIC
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Head of Ukraine and Moldova Division Dainius Zickevicius emphasized to Embassy February 2 two points regarding Lithuanian policy toward Ukraine: first, the GOL considers it a victory in and of itself that the first round of the Presidential election corresponded to internation [...]
2010-02-04 14:17:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREF XH UP LH PHUM
10WARSAW65POLISH MFA ON UKRAINIAN ELECTION: MIXED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A Polish MFA official assessed the first round of Ukraine's presidential election as a "stunning success," but emphasized that Tymoshenko and Yanukovych must still be pressed to "respect the democratic process" in the second round. She also criticized Ukrainian President Yushchenk [...]
2010-02-01 07:04:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PL PREL UP
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