Ukraine’s Yanukovich: Thanks for the bailout, Russia… want the gas pipeline now? | beyondbrics:
"Viktor Yanukovich, Ukraine’s president, on Thursday said the “road is open” to bringing in Russia’s Gazprom – and possibly European companies – as partners to manage and modernise Kiev’s strategic natural gas transportation pipeline.
His comments, cautious though they may be, have fuelled lingering suspicions that a backroom deal is in place to give Gazprom a stake in the vast Ukrainian pipeline which still pumps the lion’s share of its Europe-bound exports. Such, say the rumours and claims of inside sources, was the trade-off attached to Tuesday’s $20bn bailout Yanukovich inked in Moscow.
Made during an afternoon TV interview, Yanukovich’s comments came during a simultaneously televised press conference by his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
Both presidents stressed during their first big appearances since Tuesday’s deal that there were no hidden strings attached."
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