Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) is welcomed by European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (L) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso upon his arrival at the EU council headquarters for a EU-Russia Summit in Brussels January 28, 2014. REUTERS/Yves Herman
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia will honour its pledge to lend Ukraine $15 billion and reduce the price of gas it supplies to its neighbour even if the opposition forms the next government, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.
However, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said soon afterwards that Russia and Ukraine had no agreement yet on the second tranche of the $15 billion loan.
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