( Itar-Tass ) - Ukraine's visiting Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich has said that his country will remain Russia's reliable partner.
"We believe that crises come and crises go, but life continues. The friendly relations between our peoples are a guarantee Russia and Ukraine will always be each other's reliable partners," Yanukovich said at a meeting with Russian President Putin. "In any case that's the sort of position we have always adhered to."