Interfax reported that Mr Dmitry Medvedev Russian President argued recently that the European Union is today more likely to be concerned about its economic stability than about its natural gas imports.

Mr Medvedev said at a joint news conference in Donetsk with Yanukovych that "It seems to me by the way that our partners in the European Union who Viktor Fedorovych spoke about and who are worrying about gas and something else as well are at the moment worrying about their stability primarily."

(Sourced from Interfax)