the U.S. will not lift sanctions against Russia as long President Putin does not hand Crimea back to Kiev. In internal politics, we would expect Mr Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, to sign the Association Agreement, thus improving his diminishing ratings and to win the presidential elections in 2019. I

orrow are % day and all of Europe will be closed on Thursday and Friday). Russia $RTS +1.7% and the RUB is stronger after Putin spoke by phone with Poroshenko, Merkel and Hollande last evening and they agreed to hold the next round of peace talks tomorrow and Thursday. Saudi oil minister vows that they wil

ty, and served until 2019, three years before Russia's full- scale invasion of the country. After his election, many in the West learned of President Poroshenko as the chocolate king thanks to his confectionary company. But those who followed Ukraine's post—Cold War development also knew him as a member of

ufficiently large to drag other TNT bonds several basis points wider on the day. Looking at some of the geopolitical headlines, Ukrainian President Poroshenko said late on Tuesday that we would end the cease-fire with pro-Russian rebels and vowed to intensify military operations in the country's east. How