LONDON, Aug. 29 – The Russian hackers indicted by the U.S. special prosecutor last month have spent years trying to steal the private correspondence of some of the world’s most senior Orthodox Christian figures, The Associated Press has found, illustrating the high stakes as Kyiv and Moscow wrestle over the religious future of Ukraine. | More

KYIV, Aug 29 – The tranche from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the amount of $1.98 billion after the fourth review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) will arrive in the second half of 2018, the Finance Ministry forecast. | More

KYIV, Aug 29 – DTEK Renewables has raised EUR 90 million for construction of the first phase of Prymorska wind farm with a capacity of 100 MW in Zaporizhia region, the press service of DTEK Energy Holding reported on Tuesday. | More

KYIV, Aug 29 – Oilseeds harvest in Ukraine could grow by 1.5 million tons this year compared with 2017, to 21.7 million, according to the UkrAgroConsult consulting agency. | More

KYIV, Aug. 28 – Ukraine seeks to acquire an air defense system from the U.S. in a deal that may be worth over $2.25 billion, Valeriy Chaly, the Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S., said Tuesday.

The deal was discussed earlier this year between President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. President Donald Trump, and most recently with U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton during his trip to Kyiv. | More

KYIV, Aug. 28 - Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR plans to expand into Ukraine’s small wholesale fuel market, AzerNews reported Tuesday. | More

KYIV, Aug. 28 - Ukraine has shut down its representative offices in member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), RFE/RL reported on Tuesday.

The CIS is a loose grouping of former Soviet republics. | More

KYIV, Aug 27 – Ukraine in January-July of this year increased imports of aluminum ore and concentrate (bauxites) in natural terms by 6.3% compared to the same period in 2017, to 2.772 million tons. | More

KYIV, Aug 21 – BASF plans to increase its share of the Ukrainian market of plant protection agents in 2018 by 1.5-2 percentage points to 17-17.5% with the acquisition of business assets of the German chemical company Bayer. | More

KYIV, Aug 26 - The government has revised the medium-term strategy of public debt management by setting more ambitious goals to reduce direct state debt in relation to GDP, in particular, to 60% of GDP by the end of the current year, instead of the previously planned 62% of GDP. | More