Yanukovych prepared to offer Putin a gas deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych met in Moscow on the 4 March 2013 to discuss energy cooperation and other aspects of relations between Ukraine and Russia.

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