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Ukraine threatens Russian TV station over daytime vodka ads

Ukraine threatens Russian TV station over daytime vodka adsKiev - Ukraine on Thursday threatened to pull the plug on Russia's biggest TV station unless it agrees to stop transmitting ads for vodka during daytime programming.

Under Ukrainian law, advertising alcohol on TV is only allowed in the evening after prime time, and then only as long as actual drunkness is not depicted.

Kiev claims that Russia's state-run Perviy Kanal (First Channel) is breaking written undertakings not to broadcast vodka ads and has given it until June to clean up its act.

Ukraine extradites two Moldovans over anti-government protests

Ukraine extradites two Moldovans over anti-government protestsKiev/Chisinau - Ukraine has extradited a pair of Moldovan nationals suspected of organising violent anti-government protests in Chisinau, a Ukrainian official confirmed Thursday.

Businessman Gabriel Stati and his associate Auren Marinescu have been returned to the Moldovan capital "and are no longer on Ukrainian territory," said Oleksander Shinalsky, a spokesman for the Prosecutor General's office.

Ukraine to extradite Moldovans wanted for violent protests

Ukraine to extradite Moldovans wanted for violent protests Kiev/Chisinau - Ukraine will extradite back home a pair of Moldovans suspected of organising violent anti-government protests, a government official said Wendesday.

Moldovan businessman Gabriel Stati and his associate Auren Marinescu could be returned to Chisinau "as early as tomorrow," said Oleksander Shinalsky, a spokesman for the Prosecutor General's office.

France's Platini gives Ukraine edge in UEFA Cup quarters

France's Platini gives Ukraine edge in UEFA Cup quarters Kiev - Former French footballing great Michel Platini on Wednesday said a pair of Ukrainian sides had an edge over their French opponents in Thursday's UEFA Cup quarter-finals.

"I have to say the Ukrainians have a certain advantage," the European football boss Platini told a news conference in Kiev.

Shakhtar Donetsk visit Olympique Marseille with a 2-0 cushion from the first leg while Dynamo Kiev take on Paris St Germain after drawing 0-0 last week in Paris.

Ukraine border police intercept record load of smuggled cigarettes

Ukraine border police intercept record load of smuggled cigarettes Kiev - Ukrainian border police have intercepted a record load of smuggled cigarettes, Korrespondent magazine reported Wednesday. Law enforcers at the Chop border crossing inspecting vehicles traveling from the former Soviet republic into the Czech Republic late Tuesday night discovered more than 220,000 packages of L&M cigarettes concealed in a rail car.

IMF: New loans to Ukraine still difficult despite reform attempts

IMF: New loans to Ukraine still difficult despite reform attempts Kiev - New loans to Ukraine's cash-strapped government remain difficult to approve, despite recent attempts at market reforms in country, a senior fund official said Tuesday. "We are continuing our discussions... but at this point is is premature to say, when it might be possible," said Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission head in Ukraine.

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