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Ukrainian gas row politically motivated

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Published 14 January, 2009, 15:27

Ukraine has the means to let the gas flow through its territory immediately, says deputy head of Russia's State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Andrey Klimov. He believes Ukraine is only playing political games.

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