Ukraine's cabinet submitted on Friday a draft 2010 budget to parliament.

The adoption of this year's budget was delayed by political rows, which further deepened ahead of the January presidential elections.

The new government, led by Mykola Azarov, prepared the draft version shortly after coming to power in early March, but a parliamentary vote was again postponed amid uncertainty over the price for Russian gas.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych agreed during their meeting on Wednesday in Kharkov in east Ukraine that Russia would grant Ukraine a 30% discount on the gas price of $330 per 1,000 cu m over the next ten years.

The new Ukrainian budget's parameters are based on the new gas price.

KIEV, April 23 (RIA Novosti)