Gazprom says Ukraine owes it another $2.6 bln for gas in Q3 2015
* Naftogaz wants to raise transportation tariffs for Gazprom
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* Naftogaz wants to raise transportation tariffs for Gazprom
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Analysts warn cyber attacks could be a new tactic in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine’s pro-western government, following the annexation of Crimea, support for separatists in eastern regions and engagement in a trade war.
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Russian gas giant Gazprom on Tuesday fired off a new salvo in Moscow’s feud with Ukraine by demanding some $2.5 billion for Kyiv allegedly breaching its supply contract.
KYIV (Sputnik) – French President Francois Hollande’s diplomatic advisor Jacques Audibert and German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christoph Heusgen arrived in Kyiv on Monday for a two-day visit to discuss reconciliation between the Ukrainian government and Donbas militias. (More …)
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Kyiv invited the UN mission to Donbass on January 4.
“The work of the UN assessment mission will begin in Ukraine on January 23, 2016, in the context of strengthening the UN role in stabilizing the situation in the Donbass at the request of the Ukrainian side,” the mission said in a statement.
Ukrainian authorities were trying to determine if the malware was connected to “BlackEnergy”, malicious software that has been linked to other cyber attacks in the Ukraine, an airport spokeswoman said.
KYIV: Ukrainian authorities will review the defences of government computer systems, including at airports and railway stations, after a cyber attack on Kyiv´s main airport was launched from a server in Russia, officials told Reuters on Monday.