Ukraine

Ukraine is among the five largest grain exporters globally and takes the first place in the world as supplier of sunflower oil with a share of about 60%.

The main activity of SOCAR Energy Ukraine is developing a network of petrol stations in Ukraine and organizing wholesale of gasoline and oil products.

For the next several hundred years, Ukraine was ruled by a mix of Mongol, Lithuania, Poland, and Ottoman empires.

Sanctions against Russia are in talks in Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, stated Poroshenko.

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko, in a tweet, said martial law would be introduced in regions bordering Russia, or adjacent to regions where Russian troops are posted.

Besides the strategic achievements in its foreign policy that created favourable conditions in curbing Russian aggression and supporting the independence and the restoration of territorial integrity of the country, President spoke on basic achievements in cardinal reforming of Ukraine.

The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko put forward five new strategic long-term goals on the road of Ukraine's European integration: association of Ukraine with the Schengen Area; integration into EU Customs Union; integration into EU Energy Union; integration into EU Single Digital Market; and entry into EU Common Aviation Area.

Ukraine is a Eastern European state, bordering with Russia to the east, northeast, and south, Belarus to the northwest, Poland, Hungry and Slovakia to the west.

A total of USD 200 million worth of loan shall be disbursed to Ukraine in several installments under the loan agreement.

The United States has granted Ukraine market economy status and terminated the application of the Jackson-Vanik amendment to Ukraine, giving Ukraine permanent normal trade relations status.

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He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University where he examines the economic policies of Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, as well as focuses on the broader implications of economic transition.

WITH a major battle around the rail hub of Debaltseve ending with the withdrawal of Ukrainian government forces, it looks like the tenuous truce in eastern Ukraine may hold.