Russia will look for to exploit the speed shaped by an agreement with Ukraine on the additional room of the stay its naval base in Crimea for a discount on gas prices to create new long-term partnerships in the air manufacturing, energy and nuclear power sectors in Kiev, a Russian commerce daily said Wednesday. An agreement to extend the lease on a Russian base in the Ukrainian port of Sevastopol for 25 years after the present lease expires in 2017 was ratified Tuesday the Russian and Ukrainian assembly. In exchange for the lease, which can be further comprehensive by five years, Ukraine will receive 30% reduction on Russian natural gas, which is equivalent to 40 billion US dollars. On Friday, Russia and Ukraine will hold intergovernmental negotiations to discuss possible joint projects. "We are ready for the whole thing at once," says daily Vedomosti quoted the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who says about Russia's intentions. Putin has future setting up a holding company ", which includes manufacture, nuclear power manufacturing, fuel cycle, and operation of the nuclear fuel division." |
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