KIEV, Jan. 22 - Ukraine’s competition authority Friday imposed a record fine of $3.4 billion against the Russian natural gas company Gazprom for abusing its monopoly position while shipping gas via the country in 2009-2015.

KIEV, Jan. 22 – The interagency working group at the Economic Development and Trade Ministry has assessed the amount of grain likely to be exported from Ukraine in the 2014/15 agricultural year (July-June) at 37.79 million tons, according to a report posted on the ministry's website.

KIEV, Jan. 22 - Ukraine and China have agreed to strengthen trade contacts at the highest level, in particular, over the implementation of previously signed agreements on swap lines between the currencies of the two countries in the amount of CNY15 billion (about $2.44 billion), reads a report on the NBU’s Facebook page.

KIEV, Jan. 23 - Antonov State Enterprise, the designer of the An-70 military transport short takeoff and landing aircraft which recently entered service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said that the aircraft could be equipped with turbojet engines made in the West.

KIEV, Jan. 25 - The international electronic wallet PayPal has stopped servicing its clients in Crimea, an Interfax correspondent reported, citing a letter from the company.

KIEV, Jan. 23 – Ukrainian railways have restored the movement of trains towards Mariupol on the Kamysh-Zoria-Rozivka rail bridge crossing in Zaporizhia region where, on January 20, freight cars were derailed due to an explosion.

KIEV, Jan. 23 - OstChem Holding Limited in 2012 will supply eight billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas for the needs of the chemical industry and the nitrogen enterprises owed by Dmytro Firtash, the businessman's press service said on Monday.

KIEV, Jan. 24 – Germany's Schmidt is planning to invest over EUR 245 million in the development of the Novodmytriyivske lignite field, the Kharkiv Regional Administration reported.

KIEV, Jan. 24 - Ukraine's state defense order in 2012 will amount to UAH 1.47 billion, which is four times up on 2011, Ivan Marko, the head of the finance department at the Defense Ministry, told reporters.

CHERKASY, Jan. 24 – There is a hidden deficit of at least UAH 32 billion in Ukraine’s national budget, Cherkasy Mayor and Vice President of the Association of Cities Serhiy Odarych said during a press conference in Cherkasy.