Ukraine and Russia reached a five-year agreement on a gas transit contract. Russia will pay the $2.9 billion it owes to Ukraine, while Ukraine will withdraw its $12.5 billion claim against Russia’s state gas company Gazprom.
U.S. sanctions against Nord Stream 2 were signed into law on Friday, followed shortly by the pipeline’s main contractor suspending work on the project.
Law enforcers searched Petro Poroshenko’s party’s headquarters and a gym owned by Poroshenko and his political and business associate, Ihor Kononenko. The gym was found to have recording devices embedded in its smoke detectors and alarms.
PrivatBank’s should coordinate with authorities before launching international lawsuits against its former owners, Ukraine’s Security Service requested in a letter to bank officials.
Protesters demanded interior minister Arsen Avakov’s resignation in front of the president’s office.
