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Russia is ready to discuss the possibility of reviewing the formula for natural gas supplies to Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said, while opening a government meeting in Kyiv on Wednesday.

"The main positive result of our discussion was the fact that the Russian prime minister promised to instruct his deputy [Igor] Sechin to discuss with the Ukrainian government this formula setting the gas price for Ukraine during his visit to Ukraine on April 19," he said, while commenting on the outcome of his meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held in Kyiv on Tuesday.

Azarov also ordered Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Trade Andriy Kliuyev to prepare respective arguments.