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Opposition demands transparency in government’s gas talks with Russia

The opposition is insisting that Mykola Azarov’s government disclose the terms and offers being made to Russia in exchange for a reduction in gas prices, opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has announced.

"We’re troubled by the statements being made by Yanukovych’s government regarding proposals to Russia regarding the aviation sector, creating a gas transport consortium, and other unknown proposals having to do with nuclear energy and related facilities," Yulia Tymoshenko said, according to her official website.

The opposition leader stressed that the agreement between Ukraine and Russia on gas supply that was signed by the previous government fully ensures a stable market price for gas.

"We’d like for Yanukovych and his government to clearly announce which national interests they’re selling in exchange for what they’re calling a decrease in gas prices. We’d like them to disclose the terms that concern that country’s strategic facilities. Nobody will allow them to humiliate and betray the national interests this way," Yulia Tymoshenko said.