The law appears primarily a punitive measure directed against Ukrainian loyalists in Crimea who have taken Russian citizenship under pressure from the illegal regime in the peninsula but want to keep their Ukrainian citizenship.

 

Analyst: “We expect the company’s operating result in 3Q14 to be somewhat, but not dramatically lower qoq, at 1Q14 levels (at 2.8 mmt of steel production, -11% yoy), which could be counterbalanced in 4Q14.”

 

Civil aviation isn’t a field for political squabbles and muscle-flexing. Our muscles here seem to be completely unprepared for that. The ban on Transsiberian flyovers will deal Aeroflot yet another blow: first the government forces it into sanctions and then “avenges” those sanctions by depriving Aeroflot of royalties.

 

The officers asked for the Observer Mission’s assistance in facilitating the transfer at the BCP and reached out to their leadership in the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense to accept this option. The Observer Mission relayed the information to the Russian authorities to permit the safe transfer and received agreement.

The Russian media reported that the insurgent “commander-in-chief” [Igor] Girkin ordered “several thousand sturdy Soviet army vatniks” from his Russian masters. Word has it that the “DNR” [Donetsk People’s Republic] plans “to continue military operations after the summer is over.” That’s where they are aiming.

The maneuvers include missile-firing practice and will assist "coordination between aviation and anti-missile defense," Interfax news agency quoted an air force spokesman as saying.

 

Ukraine contributed 84 percent of JKX's revenue last year.

The company said the most significant tax increase would apply to gas production, where the rate would almost double to 55 percent between Aug. 1 and the end of the year. Gas accounts for more than 90 percent of JKX's reserves in Ukraine.

 

 

The firm added that it expects a delay to the start of drilling of its first well in the Debeslavetaska field, so that this well will be drilled in November rather than September. Cadogan also reported a further increase in stable production in its Monastyretska field to 50 barrels of oil per day.

 

We recently discovered a Wall Street Journal article that, although somewhat dated, does one of the most complete graphic explanations of the demise of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. We include below a lead-in to the article and a link to the outstanding graphic material prepared by the WSJ staff.

 

< Photo: Natalya Voloshina, mayor of Petropavlivka, Ukraine, outside the local village hall.

 

 We want to remind that in April CF “Patients of Ukraine” initiated the round table, calling on pharm companies, taking into account situation in the country, to make a step forward toward Ukraine and the patients and not to raise the prices for their products. Nevertheless most companies have not just raised the prices to the inflation level. They have actually doubled or even tripled their prices. 

 

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