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Land Plots For Obedient Servants

Author: Ihor MASKALEVICH
#45 (520) 6 November 2004

The Ukrainian practice of giving gifts to the right people is a deep-rooted tradition. That is why handing over 200 hectares of land to certain people in compliance with two decisions by the Kyiv Council was nothing special...

A Ticket to Conflict

Author: Pavlo YAMBURH
#38 (513) 25 September 2004

In light of the upcoming presidential election in Ukraine, it was obvious that the whole business of creating a vertically integrated oil company (VINK) would be rather intriguing. The actual events, however, surpassed all expectations...

ÐACTA SUNT SERVANDA, OR HOW THEY ARE "RESCUING" THE "RUSLAN" PLANE SEIZED IN CANADA

Author: Vitaly Kuksa
#32 (457) 23 August 2003

One of these days the Supreme Court of Canada is to consider the claim filed by the Aviation Research-and-Design Complex named after Antonov against the Newfoundland sheriff who distrained AN-124-100 "Ruslan" airplane at a military base in Labrador...

TIME IS RUNNING OUT, OR WHOSE OIL, WHEREFROM AND WHERETO SHALL WE PUMP?..

Author: Alla YEREMENKO
#28 (453) 26 July 2003

On 21 July a shareholders’ meeting was to be held by the Public Joint-stock Company UKRTRANSNAFTA [Ukrainian Oil Transporting Company]. However, it was put off till 1 August on request of NAFTOGAS UKRAINY [Ukrainian Oil and Gas Company], the UKRTRANSNAFTA shareholder whom the state appointed to manage 100% of the UKRTRANSNAFTA shares...

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