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An agreement with Moscow on sharing the natural gas pipeline would mean lower energy costs for Ukraine. Ukraine is willing to give Russia joint control of a pipeline to southeastern Europe in exchange for access to natural gas supplies,Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said as the two countries negotiate a gas venture. The governments are seeking to create the venture between NAK Naftogaz Ukrainy and OAO Gazprom, both of which were once part of the Soviet gas monopoly, by year-end, Azarov said in an interview in his Kiev office Thursday. The agreement would reduce the price Ukraine pays for Russian gas, he said. Read the story.