Global Witness concerned at choice of new Ukraine energy minister
Global Witness, the transparency watchdog, is concerned that Yuri Boyko, a controversial figure from the murky past of Ukraine's gas industry, has been put back in effective charge of a key gas supply route from Russia to the European Union.
According to media reports on Thursday, the parliament under Ukraine's new President, Viktor Yanukovych, has appointed Boyko to be the country's energy minister, a position he has held before.