Sergei Kuprianov, the spokesman for Gazprom, said this during the Moscow-London video link.

Allow us to assure you that we are determined to take decisive measures to secure the execution of the program, including the correction of the indexes of the budget, including those concerning the pension reform and the policies of the

We are saying the money for redemption of the debt has not come to the settlement account," he said.

The ongoing crisis in Ukraine precludes talk of any achievements. The only positive that happened in 2008, Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn says, was reaching a very unstable peace in Verkhovna Rada and defusing very tense political confrontation. It gave Ukrainians some

The 2008 state budget envisioned UAH 12 billion of state guarantees for Naftohaz Ukrainy.

In compliance with an article of the law, the validity of the section 1, article 42, which envisioned that the NBU defines the refinancing policy itself, has been terminated.

The wages at the state-financed organizations will be pegged in compliance with the law "On the indexation of the monetary income of citizens."

According to currency dealers for commercial banks, the hryvnia's exchange rate fluctuated within 7.65-7.80 UAH/USD at the start of the trading, then rose to 7.80-7.95 UAH/USD, and to 7.95-8.10 by the end of the trading.

Ukrzaliznytsia's press service did not specify the scheduled trains and the carrier railroads.

Ukrainian News learned this from the weather center.

The parliament endorsed the living wage of the same size valid as at December 2008.

Ukrainian News learned this from a statement by the Ukrainian presidential press service.