MOSCOW, January 4 (RIA Novosti) - The State Duma, the Russian parliament's lower chamber, positively assessed the compromise that Russia and Ukraine had reached in a natural gas conflict.
"This is the triumph of common sense, a major political compromise in the interests of Russia, Ukraine and our European partners," State Duma Deputy Speaker Oleg Morozov said.
Co-chairman of the Rodina (Motherland) faction Dmitry Rogozin said everyone had benefited from the settlement of the problem in the energy sector because it was an issue of national security.
Russia and Ukraine signed a contract for five years Wednesday, which set the price for Russian natural gas supplies to Ukraine at $230 per 1,000 cubic meters and at $1.6 for the transit of 1,000 cu m of gas via 100km of Ukraine's territory.
