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Ukraine gas price to rise gradually-PM Tymoshenko

Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:57am EST

KIEV, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Ukraine will sign a deal on gas supplies with Russia within weeks and the price will rise gradually to market levels, Interfax news agency quoted Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko as saying on Friday.

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Tymoshenko, speaking while on a visit to Sweden, said she believed the two sides would stick to a deal she clinched in talks last month with Russian Prime Minister Vladmimir Putin.

"We need to be patient and wait for the signing of an agremeent, where I believe the price will be that set down in the memorandum I signed with Vladimir Putin, where it is stressed that we will move gradually towards market prices," Interfax quoted her as saying. (Writing by Ron Popeski)

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