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Ukrainian PM heads to Moscow to sign gas deal

Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:46 AM EST
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<p>The gas pumping station at Sudzhe, Russia, seen late Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Ukraine signed a deal on Monday Jan. 12, 2009, to allow teams of EU monitors to be deployed at natural gas transit sites along Ukraine's vast pipeline network, and the agreement, which Russian gas company Gazprom said was signed Monday morning during talks in Kiev, could open the way for a resumption of gas shipments to Europe through pipelines that cross Ukraine.(AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov) </p>

The gas pumping station at Sudzhe, Russia, seen late Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Ukraine signed a deal on Monday Jan. 12, 2009, to allow teams of EU monitors to be deployed at natural gas transit sites along Ukraine's vast pipeline network, and the agreement, which Russian gas company Gazprom said was signed Monday morning during talks in Kiev, could open the way for a resumption of gas shipments to Europe through pipelines that cross Ukraine.(AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

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KIEV — The Ukrainian prime minister is heading to Moscow to sign a deal aimed at restoring gas supplies to Europe.

The Cabinet's press office says Yulia Tymoshenko and her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are to oversee the signing of an official agreement on Monday.

Russia cut off gas shipments to Europe via Ukraine on Jan. 7 as a dispute over 2009 gas prices sharply escalated between Kiev and Moscow.

The confrontation deeply shook Europeans' trust in both Russia and Ukraine as reliable energy suppliers and forced over 15 nations to scramble to find alternative sources of energy.

Tymoshenko and Putin reached a preliminary deal over the weekend for Ukraine to get gas with a 20 percent discount from average European prices this year.

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