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Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said that the Russian Federation agreed to return to the issue of revision of the Ukrainian-Russian gas contracts signed in 2009.

"The Russian Federation’s leadership have agreed to seriously consider Ukraine’s arguments regarding the Russian gas supplies to Ukraine and will soon return to revising of the contract, which obviously puts Ukraine in unequal competitive conditions," he said opening a government meeting on May 31.