Economy and politics
March 17, 2010S&P increases ratings for a series of Ukrainian companies Standard & Poor's Ratings Services upgraded the ratings and prospects of a list of Ukrainian companies. In particular, there was an upgrade in a long-term credit rating of AR Crimea, Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk and Luhansk from CCC+ to B- with a “positive” outlook. The long-term rating of Kyiv was confirmed at the CCC+ level, while the outlook was upgraded to “stable”. Lviv and Odesa ratings remained at the level of CCC+ with a “negative” outlook. S&P also improved the outlook of Kredobank and Alfa Bank (Ukraine) from “negative” to “stable” with a CCC+ ratings.