If implemented, the law will cause a 21-percent drop in GDP and the country will suffer considerable financial losses because of shortfalls in tax receipts from legal entities and individuals engaged in gambling business, the president's press service said.

Most of the National Bank board's decisions on providing such credits to banks [refinancing in October 2008 - January 2009] missed the demands of the valid normative legal acts, moreover, one fifth of the loans was used not for financial

Sokolovskyi considers that Russia may impose these sanctions at the end of this year.

A total of 357 of required 226 deputies backed the bill No.3552 in the second reading.

If the beer excise grows up to UAH 0.6, the price of a bottle will on average grow by UAH 0.2-0.25," president of the Obolon closed joint-stock company Oleksandr Slobodian told the Ukrainian News agency.

There is no question of more printed paper money, not this," Sokolovskyi said.

Bohdan Sokolovskyi, the envoy of the Ukrainian president for the questions of energy security, said this at a news briefing.

According to currency dealers for commercial banks, the hryvnia's exchange rate fluctuated within 7.60-7.63 UAH/USD at the start of the trading, then grew to 7.62-7.64 UAH/USD, and fell to 7.6150-7.63 UAH/USD by the end of the trading.

The National Bank of Ukraine has increased the hryvnia's official exchange rate that corresponds to the average rate at which transactions are concluded on the interbank currency market by 0.02 kopeck to 7.6119 UAH/USD for June 9.

In particular, the NSDC calls for the adjustment of gas supplies from Caspian and Middle Asian countries, participation in the projects on development of gas deposits on the territories of African and Middle East countries, and also the delivering of

Bohdan Sokolovskyi, the envoy of the Ukrainian president for the questions of energy security, said this at a news briefing.

Ukrainian News learned this from a statement by Dubyna, the wording of which was made available to the agency.