Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on January 30 that during her upcoming visit
to Moscow she intends to discuss increasing the price for the transit of
Russian natural gas across Ukraine to Europe, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service
reported. Tymoshenko said following a government meeting that Ukraine "moves
toward market prices for natural gas" purchased from Russia and therefore
"it also needs to move as regards tariffs on the transportation of Russian
gas" across Ukrainian territory. Tymoshenko believes that the transit fees
and the price for Russian natural gas are mutually connected and this
constitutes grounds on which agreement might be achieved. Tymoshenko said
her visit to Moscow is scheduled for February.
Source: RADIO FREE EUROPE
