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Ukraine is taking measures to diversify its energy supplies away from a dependence on Russia, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Wednesday. "The energy prices we are dealing with are not, in my opinion, the best for us, so we are taking very serious steps to ensure energy supplies from other countries," Azarov said. Ukraine, which is 100 percent dependent on Russian energy supplies, is seeking to revise a 2009 gas supply contract signed by former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Read more.