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RF taxation chief attends RF media chief editors club at Itar-Tass.
MOSCOW, December 25 (Itar-Tass) -- Chief of the Federal Taxation
Service Mikhail Mishustin attended a meeting of the Club of the Chief
Editors of leading Russian mass media that was held traditionally at the
Itar-Tass news agency on Friday.
Mikhail Mishustin dwelt on the current situation in the Federal
Taxation Service and gave his assessments on the development of the
currency and financial regulation system and its legal basis and answered
in detail all questions.
.Ukraine offers Russia, EU to upgrade Ukraine gas transit system.
KIEV, December 25 (Itar-Tass) -- Ukraine offers Russia and the
European Union to upgrade jointly the Ukrainian gas transit system. "The
modernization project of the Ukrainian gas transit system is unviable
without Europe," Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said in an
interview with Ukrainian television channels on Friday.
"We should pursue the policy that will convince our partners of our
reliability. Russia and Europe will receive the access to the control of
the Ukrainian gas transit system. The modernization project will turn them
in stockholders with the access to the information on how this system
operates through the board of directors and the supervisory board of the
consortium," Yanukovich noted. Alongside, he noted that the project
envisages a new gas pipeline that will cost 3-3.5 billion dollars rather
than the operating gas pipeline. "The South Stream gas project costs 15
billion dollars. So, if Russia and the EU agree on the Ukrainian variant
of the gas transit system modernization, the South Stream project will
drop itself," the president believes.
In this respect, he emphasized that Ukraine insists on the country's
interests being taken into account in a new consortium. "Ukraine should be
a player as well. The Ukraine-Russia-EU triangle should agree on all as
partners," the Ukrainian president underlined.
.Ukraine not to join Customs Union in near future - Yanukovich.
KIEV, December 25 (Itar-Tass) -- Ukraine will not join the Customs
Union (Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan) in the near future, Ukrainian
President Viktor Yanukovich believes.
"There are no chances to amend the Constitution, because the
fundamental law of the country should be amended for the membership in the
Customs Union. Some 300 parliament deputies should vote for it,"
Yanukovich said in an interview with three Ukrainian television channels
on Friday.
Alongside, he noted that Ukraine "cannot deceive itself or its
partners" over an opportunity to join this union.
.Ukraine accuses Timoshenko of $121,000 of damages to country.
KIEV, December 25 (Itar-Tass) -- The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's
Office charged the former prime minister Yulia Timoshenko with 121,000
dollars of damages to the country. These funds were transferred as the
currency conversion fee for the allocations to Ukraine under the Kyoto
Protocol, Timoshenko told reporters after an interrogation at the country'
s Prosecutor General's Office on Friday.
"The only additional accusation that they brought against me is
960,000 hrivnas (about 121,000 dollars) of losses to the state. This is
the currency conversion fee the government paid," the opposition
politician said.
"I passed another interrogation today with the investigator and an
expertise that was initiated by the Prosecutor General's Office, which is
seeking to 'prove' that the funds transferred for pensions is a crime and
the funds transferred to the national bank as the currency conversion fee
are state losses," Timoshenko elaborated. "I believe that these actions
are obviously absurd," she added.
Meanwhile, Timoshenko rejects the accusations brought by the
Prosecutor Genera's Office over violations in the ambulance purchases by
the government that she headed. She has made a statement before an
interrogation in the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office on Friday.
"A new criminal case over ambulance purchases is as groundless as the
one for misappropriation of the funds, which Ukraine received under the
Kyoto Protocol," Timoshenko's press service reported. "All this sounds
absurd, shameful and quite risky for the country," Timoshenko pointed out.
She believes that Viktor Yanukovich's team is seeking to bar her from
running at next parliamentary and presidential elections. "They are just
seeking to bar me personally from any elections," the former prime
minister said with confidence.
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka stated earlier on Friday
that a criminal case may be instituted over the ambulance purchases at
overstated prices by the Timoshenko-led government.
The Prosecutor General's Office also noted that a criminal case was
instituted versus the deputy chief of the State Customs Service Viktor
Bondar on December 24. He is suspected of "connivance in premeditated
destruction of property that inflicted a gross material damage and of
office abuse." "He was detained on suspicions of the foresaid crime," the
Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement.
-0-baz
Service Mikhail Mishustin attended a meeting of the Club of the Chief
Editors of leading Russian mass media that was held traditionally at the
Itar-Tass news agency on Friday.
Mikhail Mishustin dwelt on the current situation in the Federal
Taxation Service and gave his assessments on the development of the
currency and financial regulation system and its legal basis and answered
in detail all questions.
.Ukraine offers Russia, EU to upgrade Ukraine gas transit system.
KIEV, December 25 (Itar-Tass) -- Ukraine offers Russia and the
European Union to upgrade jointly the Ukrainian gas transit system. "The
modernization project of the Ukrainian gas transit system is unviable
without Europe," Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich said in an
interview with Ukrainian television channels on Friday.
"We should pursue the policy that will convince our partners of our
reliability. Russia and Europe will receive the access to the control of
the Ukrainian gas transit system. The modernization project will turn them
in stockholders with the access to the information on how this system
operates through the board of directors and the supervisory board of the
consortium," Yanukovich noted. Alongside, he noted that the project
envisages a new gas pipeline that will cost 3-3.5 billion dollars rather
than the operating gas pipeline. "The South Stream gas project costs 15
billion dollars. So, if Russia and the EU agree on the Ukrainian variant
of the gas transit system modernization, the South Stream project will
drop itself," the president believes.
In this respect, he emphasized that Ukraine insists on the country's
interests being taken into account in a new consortium. "Ukraine should be
a player as well. The Ukraine-Russia-EU triangle should agree on all as
partners," the Ukrainian president underlined.
.Ukraine not to join Customs Union in near future - Yanukovich.
KIEV, December 25 (Itar-Tass) -- Ukraine will not join the Customs
Union (Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan) in the near future, Ukrainian
President Viktor Yanukovich believes.
"There are no chances to amend the Constitution, because the
fundamental law of the country should be amended for the membership in the
Customs Union. Some 300 parliament deputies should vote for it,"
Yanukovich said in an interview with three Ukrainian television channels
on Friday.
Alongside, he noted that Ukraine "cannot deceive itself or its
partners" over an opportunity to join this union.
.Ukraine accuses Timoshenko of $121,000 of damages to country.
KIEV, December 25 (Itar-Tass) -- The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's
Office charged the former prime minister Yulia Timoshenko with 121,000
dollars of damages to the country. These funds were transferred as the
currency conversion fee for the allocations to Ukraine under the Kyoto
Protocol, Timoshenko told reporters after an interrogation at the country'
s Prosecutor General's Office on Friday.
"The only additional accusation that they brought against me is
960,000 hrivnas (about 121,000 dollars) of losses to the state. This is
the currency conversion fee the government paid," the opposition
politician said.
"I passed another interrogation today with the investigator and an
expertise that was initiated by the Prosecutor General's Office, which is
seeking to 'prove' that the funds transferred for pensions is a crime and
the funds transferred to the national bank as the currency conversion fee
are state losses," Timoshenko elaborated. "I believe that these actions
are obviously absurd," she added.
Meanwhile, Timoshenko rejects the accusations brought by the
Prosecutor Genera's Office over violations in the ambulance purchases by
the government that she headed. She has made a statement before an
interrogation in the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office on Friday.
"A new criminal case over ambulance purchases is as groundless as the
one for misappropriation of the funds, which Ukraine received under the
Kyoto Protocol," Timoshenko's press service reported. "All this sounds
absurd, shameful and quite risky for the country," Timoshenko pointed out.
She believes that Viktor Yanukovich's team is seeking to bar her from
running at next parliamentary and presidential elections. "They are just
seeking to bar me personally from any elections," the former prime
minister said with confidence.
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Pshonka stated earlier on Friday
that a criminal case may be instituted over the ambulance purchases at
overstated prices by the Timoshenko-led government.
The Prosecutor General's Office also noted that a criminal case was
instituted versus the deputy chief of the State Customs Service Viktor
Bondar on December 24. He is suspected of "connivance in premeditated
destruction of property that inflicted a gross material damage and of
office abuse." "He was detained on suspicions of the foresaid crime," the
Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement.
-0-baz
