8 Jun 2010 17:20

Yanukovych offers assets in exchange for hydrocarbon production in Russia

ISTANBUL. June 8 (Interfax) - Ukraine can swap certain assets with Russia and produce oil and gas together, said country's president Viktor Yanukovych.

"We could exchange some assets with Russia for the sake of joint cooperation, so that we can produce oil and gas in Russia," Yanukovych said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Istanbul.