Analyst: “The main victims of the benchmark gas price decline for industrial consumers will be producers of Ukraine-sourced gas: the subsidiaries of JKX Oil & Gas (JKX PW) and Serinus Energy (SEN PW), as well as Regal Petroleum (RPT LN) and Cadogan Petroleum (CAD LN).”

 

Trading volume declines as traders prepare for holiday period.

Analyst: “Any attempt to remove Klitschko as a candidate will be viewed as illegitimate by Western institutions and Ukraine’s pro-Western majority, casting doubt on the election’s legitimacy, which is already in question given the absence of imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.”

 

The United States government condemns recent actions in a statement that it titles on its State Department website as “Targeted Violence and Intimidation Towards Activists, Journalists in Ukraine”.

Analyst: The “expensive” stockpiles of 8 bcm of gas will be fully used by industry by May 2014, we estimate. Thus, if Gazprom will fulfill its promise to sell gas to Ukraine at USD 268.5/tcm throughout 2014, industrial consumers will be eligible to buy the gas at the 1/3 discount only in June-July 2014, which means the positive effect of Russia’s gas discount on the Ukrainian economy will be delayed.

 

Analyst: “…the SPF’s total privatization proceeds are only 13% of the Fund’s 2013 privatization plan (which was set at UAH 10.9 bln).”

 

Analyst: “[Minister of Internal Affairs] Zakharchenko remains in his post despite the Western condemnation of the police assaults on peaceful protesters and journalists on Nov. 30, Dec. 1 and Dec. 11.”

 

Femen celebrates Christmas by disrupting mass in one of the Catholic Church’s largest and most famous venues, Cologne Cathedral

 

“We express our concern at a strikingly similar series of events over the last few weeks, targeting individuals, property, and political activity, apparently aimed at intimidating or punishing those linked to the EuroMaidan protests.”

Typical extremes were a +7.6% gain for Bank of Georgia over four days while Cadogan Petroleum plummeted -8.8% in just two sessions

 

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