Ukrainian subsidiary of Hungary’s OTP Bank reported a FY 2009 Net Loss of UAH435.3 mn with expenses totaling UAH357.8 mn.

As of January 20, supermarket prices for sugar in Ukraine were about UAH10.5 per kilogram and about UAH11 per kilogram at smaller retailers. According to the head of Ukrainian association of sugar producers Ukrsakhar, over the past month wholesale prices have risen steeply from UAH5,500 per ton to UAH7,500 per ton, a 36% increase.
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Transnefteproduct, a subsidiary of Transneft, will raise by an average of 7.3% its tariffs for transportation of petroleum products in Russia and abroad, beginning on February 1, 2010.  The cost of transportation in Russia will rise by 7.9% on average. Transportation services for petroleum products in Russia will see prices rise by 8.1% on [...]

Wages in arrears in Ukraine declined in December 2009 by 10.2% from UAH1.641 bn on December 1, 2009 to UAH1.473 bn on January 1, 2010, according to Ukraine’s State Statistics Committee. During 2009 wage arrears rose by 23.9% in nominal terms from UAH1.189 bn to UAH1.473 bn.

Ukraine’s alumina export in December 2009 rose by 2.1% MoM to 120.95 th tons, valued at $33.18 mn, but was down by 5.2% YoY from 127.56 th tons. Most of December’s alumina exports went to Russia – 114.27 th tons or 94.5%. FY 2009 alumina exports were down by 0.3% or 4.74 th tons to [...]

Real wages in Ukraine declined by 9.2% in real terms in 2009, according to the State Statistics Committee. Average wages rose sharply towards year-end, ahead of the presidential elections, with the end of December number reaching UAH2,233 per month, up by 14.2% on the month.

Ukraine’s state budget in 2009 ran a deficit of UAH19,865.6 mn, 37% lower than the planned deficit of UAH31,563 mn, said the Finance Ministry.
The 2009 consolidated budget, which includes state and local budgets, came in with a deficit of UAH21,606.9 mn. Principal debt repayment was in the amount of UAH31,304.7 mn, UAH30,552.1 mn from the [...]

Kiev-based Pravex Bank, a unit of Intesa Sanpaolo [ISP IM] reported a FY 2009 Net Loss of UAH 710.8 mn, far steeper than its FY 2008 NL of UAH18.8 mn. Its 4Q 2009 NL came to UAH214.5 mn, following 3Q 2009 NL of UAH303.1 mn, 2Q 2009 NL of UAH151.5 mn, and 1Q 2009 NL [...]

Kiev-based Alfa-Bank (the Ukrainian banking unit of Russia’s Alfa-Group) reported a UAH348.41 mn FY 2009 Net Loss, versus FY 2008 NI of UAH 161.35 mn. Its 4Q 2009 NL came to UAH208.5 mn, following 3Q 2009 NI of UAH52.91 mn, 2Q 2009 NL of UAH31.38 mn, and 1Q 2009 NL of UAH161.44 mn. Its 4q [...]

We are saying that simultaneous dealing in (the shares of) Vimpelcom, Ukraian assets and Telenor, as well as dealing by TeliaSonera and Alfa itself in (the shares of) Megafon is undesirable and even unacceptable at the same time” said Igor Artemiev, the head of Russia’s Anti-Monopoly Service…