Yushchenko said that he supported liberalization of gas prices in principle, but warned the country could not cope with an immediate price hike. ?We should acknowledge: everything should be paid for, especially for independence,? Yushchenko said. He said Ukraine had to adapt to market conditions to become truly independent.
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Natural Gas Won't Be A Sticking Point
Ukraine's dispute with Russia over prices for natural gas will not damage relations
Ukraine?s increasingly tense dispute with Russia over prices for natural gas will not damage relations between the two countries, President Viktor Yushchenko promised in a radio address broadcast Sunday, The Associated Press reported.
Referring to last year?s confrontation between the two countries over the tiny island of Tuzla near the Sea of Azov, Yushchenko said the dispute ?won?t be a new Tuzla in Ukrainian-Russian relations.?
Yushchenko said that he supported liberalization of gas prices in principle, but warned the country could not cope with an immediate price hike. ?We should acknowledge: everything should be paid for, especially for independence,? Yushchenko said. He said Ukraine had to adapt to market conditions to become truly independent.
Yushchenko said that he supported liberalization of gas prices in principle, but warned the country could not cope with an immediate price hike. ?We should acknowledge: everything should be paid for, especially for independence,? Yushchenko said. He said Ukraine had to adapt to market conditions to become truly independent.
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