Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 35

31-Aug-2009

CASPIAN

Ukraine PM Pledges Energy Independence From Russia In 3-5 Years

Ukraines Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko told a conference in Lviv on 21 August that the country could achieve complete energy independence from Russia in a matter of years. Mrs Timoshenko, who plans to oppose current President Victor Yushchenko in presidential elections scheduled for 17 January 2010, said: We will obtain this energy independence even if anybody seeks to...