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Lutsenko urges all democratic forces to unite behind BYT for election campaign
10 October 2008, 17:13
Ukrainian Interior Minister and People's Self-Defense Leader Yuriy Lutsenko has called for all democratic forces to unite on a single list on the basis of the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko for participation in the elections to parliament. He was speaking at a press conference in Kyiv on Friday. "All democrats, from whom principles, not names, are essential, should unite in a single list on the basis of the BYT. I will urge the People's Self-Defense and members of other democratic parties to unite in a single list..." he said. Lutsenko's political force was part of the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc at the previous elections.
Tymoshenko Cabinet to keep working until new govt formed - Yuschenko
9 October 2008, 16:55
The cabinet of Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will continue to perform its duties until the approval of a new Prime Minister by the new Verkhovna Rada, Ukrainian Prime Viktor Yuschenko told the media in Rome on Thursday. "I am sure that this government will continue to work. There is no need to reshuffle the executive authorities," he said. Modern Ukraine "must be composed, effective and have a management system," Yuschenko said.
Regions Party ready to form coalition 'to save country'
8 October 2008, 16:35
Regions Party Deputy Head Oleksandr Yefremov doesn't rule out the possibility of forming of a new coalition "for the sake of the country," he told the journalists on Wednesday. "If the situation comes to the point of nonsense, and MPs see that the country needs to be rescued, I believe, that there could be other configurations [of coalition]," he said, when asked, whether the all possibilities for forming a majority in parliament have been exhausted. According to Yefremov the issue of early dissolution of parliament could be raised at any moment.
Yuschenko gives Rada time to find anti-crisis solutions
8 October 2008, 13:37
Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has given members of parliament some time to work out proposals intended to help end the ongoing political crisis. "I give you this time," Yuschenko said during consultations on the early dissolution of the country's parliament on Wednesday. "It is important that an initiative should be formulated after today's consultations obviously by leaders of parliamentary factions that will help solve issues in parliament in order to end this stalemate. You may run forward or backward, but you have to provide suggestions as to how to break this deadlock," the president said.
Regions Party in conspiracy with presidential secretariat to break up democratic coalition, says Tymoshenko
7 October 2008, 15:23
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko claimed on Tuesday that the Regions Party was in a conspiracy with the presidential secretariat to break up the democratic coalition. "I want to state clearly, that there are no talks [between] the BYT and the Regions Party, as the Regions Party was in a conspiracy with the presidential secretariat to break up the democratic coalition and call early elections," Tymoshenko said at a press conference in Kyiv. According to Tymoshenko, the Regions Party had been waiting for the president to break up the democratic coalition, and it had now taken a decision to participate in early elections." "Unfortunately, now Yuschenko and the Regions Party, and Akhmetov personally, have a direct conspiracy to participate in the early elections. They've agreed," she said.
Yuschenko calls on MPs to settle parliamentary crisis
6 October 2008, 17:17
Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has called on MPs of the sixth Verkhovna Rada to settle the parliamentary crisis and create a coalition, and threatened to dissolve the parliament if the MPs failed. "If the political forces are not capable of achieving agreements, of putting national and state interests higher than their own ambitions and corporate interests, I will employ my right of president [to dissolve the parliament] and give the people opportunity to have their final say," Yuschenko said, according to a posting on the Web site of the Ukrainian president. "Dear MPs, there is chance for understanding. I rely on your [sense of] responsibility for the future of Ukraine," he said.
Gas memorandum agreed by Russia, Ukraine to serve as basis for Gazprom-Naftogaz deal – Putin
2 October 2008, 19:51
Novo-Ogaryovo, October 2 (Interfax) - Russian and Ukrainian Prime Ministers Vladimir Putin and Yulia Tymoshenko agreed to an intergovernmental memorandum on cooperation in the gas sphere during their face-to-face meeting on Thursday. "After a very substantial talk, we managed to coordinate an intergovernmental memorandum on cooperation in gas issues, which could later serve as a basis for a future gas treaty between Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrainy," Putin said, opening broader Russian-Ukrainian talks on Thursday. He stressed that the future agreement must take into account "every detail". Tymoshenko, for her part, said that "many countries, European ones included, expect regular gas supplies and regular transit [via Ukraine]," hence the importance of the deal. She said she and Putin had discussed "how the sides will work on transit and how they will jointly handle gas surpluses accumulated in underground storage terminals".
Tymoshenko hopes fall in international prices of oil will cut price of Russian gas for Ukraine
2 October 2008, 15:39
Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko has said she hopes that the fall in the price of oil will positively impact the price of Russian gas for Ukraine. "Prices of oil fell, and we expect that the prices of fuel will fall, and the price of gas is linked with the price of oil, and tomorrow [on October 2] at talks in Moscow there is every chance to fight for a realistic price for Ukraine," she said on the Fifth Channel on Wednesday night. Tymoshenko said that taking into account the fall in the prices of oil, there are all the grounds to say that the price of gas will be moderate. She also said that during talks with Russian Premier Vladimir Putin they discussed giving Ukraine time to transfer to European-level prices of gas. Tymoshenko said that the talks would be for the first time in history held on equal terms.
Tymoshenko hopes Russia gas talks will be successful
1 October 2008, 16:56
The directives approved by the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday regarding gas talks with Russia rule out any intermediaries, Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said. "According to these directives, as of January 1, 2009, our relations will not involve any intermediaries or any shadowy and corrupt schemes, our contracts will be direct," she told a press conference after the session. The directives also involve Russia's guarantees regarding Ukraine's gas balance and Ukraine's guarantees to transit Russian gas in quantities that Russia committed to supply under export contracts. The approved directives also set out Ukraine's position with regard to gas provided by Russia for further transportation to Europe, Tymoshenko added. "We would like to make sure that Russia gives us this gas for pumping and that we have a guaranteed supply of quantities of this gas," she said.
Tymoshenko urges Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc to join democratic coalition with Bloc of Lytvyn
29 September 2008, 16:18
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of the bloc, has urged MPs of the faction of the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc to join the extended democratic coalition with the Bloc of Lytvyn. "I am urging all those involved in the decision-making in the Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc to make a decision and sign up for the continuation of the democratic coalition in a consolidated format with the Bloc of Lytvyn," Tymoshenko told the press in Kyiv on Monday. She said the Bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko was working on the restoration of the coalition. "Regrettably, President Viktor Yuschenko is sabotaging the process," Tymoshenko said. The BYT flatly objects to the early elections to the parliament in Ukraine, she said.
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