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The Ukrainian government owes around $8 billion in foreign debt payments in 2014.
Russia has decided to provide Ukraine with a $15bn loan and cut price for gas supplies.
The US, China, Russia and members of the EU are assisting the disarmament effort in Syria.
The Defense Ministry has submitted a report about planned deployment of the system to President Vladimir Putin.
Russia granted a $15 bn loan to Ukraine and also reduced gas prices to aid Kiev.
Syria has agreed to surrender its most deadly chemical weapons by the end of 2013.
An intergovernmental Russian-Ukrainian commission will convene in Moscow on Tuesday.
Russia’s economy will expand by 1.3 per cent this year, the World Bank said.
Energy hungry Asian markets, bordering its Far East, have attracted Russia’s strategic focus.