Yanukovych to discuss Ukraine-Russia gas issues on Moscow visit | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said on Tuesday he intended to discuss gas issues with the Russian leadership during his upcoming visit to Moscow.
Ukraine’s leader is due in the Russian capital on Friday, his second foreign trip as president following Monday’s talks with the leadership of the European Union in Brussels, where the gas issue was also discussed.
In an interview with the BBC Ukrainian service, Yanukovych said the price of natural gas supplied to Ukraine by Russia must be fair for Kiev, and the issue should be discussed in a broader context involving Ukraine’s access to Russian and Central Asian gas deposits and the creation of a gas transportation consortium to manage the Ukrainian gas pipeline network.”