Ukraine says would sign power contract if Crimea part of Ukraine
KYIV Jan 14 Ukraine is ready to sign a new
contract to supply Crimea with electricity provided the region
is recognised as part of Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko
told reporters at a news conference on Thursday.
Power supplies to the disputed Crimean peninsula, which was
annexed by Russia in 2014, have been disrupted after electricity
pylons were blown up by unknown saboteurs in November.
Poroshenko also said he expected inflation to be
significantly slower in 2016, compared to the rate of 33.3
percent seen last year.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets; Writing by
Matthias Williams; Editing by Alison Williams)