Azarov: Putin - Savior of Ukraine

The agreements reached with Russia saved Ukraine from bankruptcy and social collapse. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov.

The head of the government called the consent of Russia to reduce gas prices for Ukraine by a historical event, noting that the previously concluded gas contract "bleeded the domestic economy." "This opens up opportunities for Ukrainian industry, energy, housing and communal services, resume economic growth and use the resulting resources for modernization," he added.

On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who arrived on a visit to Russia, met with Vladimir Putin. According to the results of the meeting, Putin said that the price of Russian gas for Ukraine will be $ 268.5 for 1000 cubic meters. This, according to him, provides for additions to the contract for fuel supply, which signed Gazprom and Naftogaz.

Recently, in accordance with the contract, Ukraine bought Russian gas at a price of more than $ 400. Local authorities have repeatedly sought a revision of the agreement concluded in 2009, when the government was led by Yulia Tymoshenko.

According to ZN.ua, received from the source in the Ukrainian delegation, the cost of the value of Russian gas for Ukraine will be reviewed and approved on a quarterly.

According to the results of Yanukovych’s meeting with Putin, it also became known that Russia will invest $ 15 billion in Ukrainian securities. We are talking about funds from the National Welfare Fund.

In Ukraine, over the past five quarters, a drop in GDP has been recorded. In ten months, the indicator decreased by 0.6 percent. About 40 percent of gold and foreign exchange reserves have been spent on the retention of the foreign exchange rate over the past two years, according to the former Minister of Finance, Viktor Pinzenik. The probability of the country's default, according to early December, was estimated at more than 50 percent.