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Kyiv, April 23 - Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has again expressed his displeasure for the high price of the Russian gas supplied to Ukraine.

"We are overpaying Russia for gas more than our annual healthcare expenditures. We could have increased the healthcare expenditures 2-3 times if it wasn’t for this burden," Azarov said during a visit to the Kyiv Radiation Medicine Center on Monday, the Ukrainian government reported on its website.

Azarov also reiterated that the funding of the healthcare sector in Ukraine has been increased and hospitals will be modernized in proportion to economic growth.