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Russia's government site reports that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is expected in Kyiv at 2 p.m. on Oct. 27 for talks with his counterpart Mykola Azarov on economic cooperation.

Putin’s website says that during the course of the talks, which will be carried out under the framework of the Cooperation Committee of the Russian-Ukrainian Interstate Commission, the sides will discuss "a wide array of economic, energy and investment cooperation issues." As of 9:00 a.m. on Oct. 25, Azarov’s press service had released no information about the visit.

The announcement of the visit by the Russian prime minister’s website is here.

The Russian-language results of Putin’s last April 26 working visit to Ukraine are available here.