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Ukrainian opposition demands details of gas talks with Russia

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Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko demanded on Monday that the government make public the details of its gas talks with Russia

Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko demanded on Monday that the government make public the details of its gas talks with Russia.

"We are concerned about statements, which the Yanukovych government is making on the aviation industry and the establishment of a consortium in the nuclear power sector," the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN quoted Tymoshenko as saying.

Ukraine's new leader Viktor Yanukovych, who was inaugurated in February after defeating his rival Tymoshenko in the presidential election, is seeking to revise a long-term gas deal between Russia and Ukraine, which increased the price Ukraine paid for Russian gas, straining the country's troubled finances.

Ukrainian media said, in return for a lower gas price, the Ukrainian government may cooperate more closely with Russia in nuclear power engineering, giving up its interaction with the United States in this area.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said Ukraine has offered Russia mutually advantageous cooperation in nuclear power engineering and other sectors as compensation for lower gas prices.

The Ukrainian media also suggested that Russia may participate in the construction of two units at the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant in Ukraine to produce electricity to sell in the ex-Soviet republic and on EU markets.

Another proposal is that Russia participates in a gas consortium to maintain and manage the Ukrainian gas pipeline network to ensure uninterrupted Russian natural gas supplies to Europe.

KIEV, April 12 (RIA Novosti) 

 

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