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Ukraine has to reduce purchases of Russian natural gas under price pressure and plans to buy 18 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia in 2013, President Viktor Yanukovych said at a meeting with Interfax Group Chairman and CEO Mikhail Komissar and Interfax-Ukraine General Director Oleksandr Martynenko on Friday. 

“Our only lever to affect the situation is to continue reducing the volumes of Russian gas purchases,” Yanukovych said.