KIEV, Dec. 22 – Britain's Crown Agents after two months of negotiations with the Finance Ministry is ready to provide customs services, Crown Agents Senior Advisor Paul Richards said.

BERLIN, Dec. 23 - The heads of Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrayiny, Alexei Miller and Andriy Kobolev, discussed "the terms for purchase by Naftogaz of Gazprom gas in the first quarter of 2016" at a meeting in Berlin on Wednesday.

KIEV, Dec. 22 - Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Bank Finance and Credit's long-term local- and foreign-currency deposit ratings to C from Ca.

KIEV, Dec. 23 – Seureca consulting company (a branch of Veolia Group, France) has drawn up a plan to increase energy efficiency of the heating supply system of three residential districts in Kiev, Kyivenergo reported on Wednesday.

KIEV, Dec. 23 – The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. has announced that the bank will terminate the deposit agreement, dated April 7, 1999, between Nyzhniodniprovsky Pipe Rolling Plant (Dnipropetrovsk), the Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary, and owners and holders of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs).

KIEV, Dec. 23 – Placing VTB Bank (Ukraine) and Sberbank (Ukraine) on the list of organizations hit by the U.S. sectoral sanctions would not affect the operation of these banks, the banks have said.

KIEV, Dec. 24 – The Ukrvynprom corporation has asked the government not to allow the destruction of the grape growing and winemaking sector in Ukraine due to the increase of the excise duty.

KIEV, Dec. 24 – Ukraine's Antimonopoly Committee has determined, following a preliminary antitrust investigation, that Russia's Gazprom occupies a monopolistic position on the Ukrainian gas transportation services market and regularly violated the terms and conditions of its contract with Naftogaz Ukrayiny in 2009-2015.

KIEV, Dec. 24 – The Ukrainian Antimonopoly Committee has determined preliminarily, following an antitrust investigation, that Russia's Gazprom occupies a monopolistic position on the Ukrainian gas transportation services market and regularly violated the terms and conditions of its contract with Naftogaz Ukrainy in 2009-2015.

KIEV, Dec. 24 – The Ukroboronprom State Concern saw UAH 1.626 billion in net profit in January-September 2015 compared to UAH 348 million of loss in 2014, the concern said on its website.