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Lower rates, unclear rules for expat taxes - Kyiv Post
While its statement said that tax officers are going “to carry on monitoring of foreign companies' personnel or other foreigners who are currently conducting their activities in our country,” the tax officers admit when speaking off the record that ...
Telegraf.by: Ukrainian Media Adviser Not Allowed in Belarus - Kyiv Post
An employee of the embassy refused to give his name," he said. Read more here Web links to Kyiv Post material are allowed provided that they contain a URL hyperlink to the www.kyivpost.com material and a maximum 500-character extract of the story.
Ever wonder why clothes are so expensive in Kyiv? - Kyiv Post
“I order Victoria's secret underwear on the Internet and save about 20 percent,” says one shopper in Globus mall on Khreshchatyk Street who wouldn't give her name. She said the brand's bras and pajamas cost about $50 per unit in Ukraine, ...
Train service cuts disappoint travelers while railway employees fear layoffs - Kyiv Post
“We received about Hr 6 billion losses in passenger sector this year,” the press service officer of Ukrzaliznytsia, who refused to give her name, told the Kyiv Post by phone. “So, the optimization is needed.” The officer said that nobody in the last 20 ...
Akhmetov reportedly faces US visa delay - Kyiv Post
Both sources refused to be named out of fear of damaging their relationship with the formidable man who is well-stocked with lawyers and PR experts. According to the former presidential adviser, the delay with Akhmetov's application has dragged on for ...
Source: Gazprom may start discussing sending gas to China via eastern route - Kyiv Post
Moscow - Consultations on the supply of Russian gas to China via the so-called western route have evoked new disagreements, and the agenda for the negotiations may grow to encompass shipment by the eastern route, a source close to the management at ...
Poland trade union rally raps EU ministers on economy - Kyiv Post
"We are the ones who end up having to pay the costs of the crisis," said a 34-year-old Polish hospital worker who declined to give her name. "We want the state to provide better living conditions, better policies." Poland has weathered the economic ...
Moscow wants to discuss Tymoshenko arrest at Sochi with Ukraine - Kyiv Post
"It is completely obvious that Russia chose to 'put all of its cards on the table' in defending the gas agreements and the fate of its important political ally," the source said. Russian authorities were not immediately available to comment on these ...
Russia plans to launch unmanned cargo-returning spacecraft to orbit - Kyiv Post
"Possessing an unmanned cargo-returning spacecraft is becoming especially important to Russia with the end of the US space shuttle operations," the source said. Until lately, cargos from the International Space Station (ISS) have been returned on board ...
Over 40 gay activists, opponents held in Moscow - Kyiv Post
"The most active have been detained, currently journalists and law enforcement officer remain at the squares," the source said. Meanwhile, there is still no information about the whereabouts of rally organizer Nikolai Alexeyev. ...
Sinking Belarus rouble eats away at savings - Kyiv Post
I think the market is trying to find a rate," the source said. The sharp devaluation, which set in dramatically in the ex-Soviet republic last week after Russia snubbed a request for a bailout loan, is eating away at ordinary people's incomes and ...
Strike ends over firing of top Kyiv Post editor - Kyiv Post
A number of Ukrainian journalists, speaking on condition of anonymity out of fear for their jobs, told the Kyiv Post that their editors would occasionally pull stories when asked by their owner or by the company management. “No one would make much of a ...
Sources: American sells leading Ukrainian media group - Kyiv Post
All requested anonymity because they are not authorized to talk about the sale. It remains unclear who will become KPMedia's new owner, but one informed source claims a businessman who ranks as one of Ukraine's richest individuals is likely involved. ...
US pro-democracy groups sound alarm about election law - Kyiv Post
But knowledgeable sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said a decision could come within days. Such a pullout could deepen criticism that Yanukovych, since taking power more than a year ago, is reversing ...
Law enforcement raid on prestigious law firm sparks more fears of persecution - Kyiv Post
All spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. Around 30 prosecutors and armed police barreled past security at the entrance to Magisters' ...
Ukrainian love for astrology - Kyiv Post
A journalist from a major Ukrainian daily, who asked to remain anonymous in fear of losing his job, said he used to write a horoscope page by himself. ...
Japan willing to buy more carbon permits, says checks show money accounted for - Kyiv Post
... from Ukraine as its checks have shown that money Tokyo previously paid for permits has been properly accounted for, a government official said on Jan. ...
MTS not participating in Ukrtelecom's privatization tender - Kyiv Post
Russia's OJSC Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has not applied for participation in a tender to sell a state 92.79% stake in OJSC Ukrtelecom, a source close to the ...
Ukraine turns convicted Federal Security Service colonel over to Russia - Kyiv Post
... Service (FSB) colonel convicted in Ukraine this summer on a spying charge was handed over to Russia under an agreement, a source said on Friday. ...
Kremlin slams Lukashenko's inconsistency on South Ossetia, Abkhazia - Kyiv Post
... including the recognition of Abkhazia's and South Ossetia's independence, said an anonymous source from the presidential secretariat. ...
Russia angry as US seeks to limit spy fallout - Kyiv Post
In Washington, administration officials said the case would not set back President Barack Obama's drive to "reset" ties with Russia, one of the signature ...
Stalin statue unveiled in Zaporizhya - Kyiv Post
A police officer, who refused to give his name, said he is under orders not to let “opponents of Communists” to the grand opening. ...
Summary: Moscow metro re-opens as death toll from double bombing hits 38 - Kyiv Post
The second blast was probably meant to be staged at Oktyabrskaya station where the Interior Ministry building stands, a source said. ...