Tymoshenko is pleased with Russian visit

“All the tasks set by the government for the visit to Russia and for the committee meeting have been fulfilled, and we continue fruitful cooperation,” Tymoshenko said. The Prime Minister emphasized that they managed to settle the question of opening new and strengthening old commercial missions of the two countries in one another's territory.  The question of technical cooperation in aviation and outer space industries was also settled. Tymoshenko paid a special attention to the agreements signed on cooperation in the field of nuclear fuel supply to Ukraine in 2010 - 2020, and on completion of two reactors at Ukraine's Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant. The fourth problem, that of pumping into Ukraine's underground storages Russian gas to be used in winter period, was also solved. The Prime Minister pointed out a particular importance of the accord on lifting restrictions on the volume of natural gas to be bought by Ukraine from Russia's Gazprom.  “This year Ukraine will face no sanctions for taking less gas than contracted,” Tymoshenko emphasized. As reported, in the first quarter of 2009, Ukraine used only 2.6 billion cubic meters of Russian gas, with 5 billion cubic meters contracted, which threatened with a fine of USD 1.188 billion.