KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament gave preliminary approval on Friday to a draft law that would allow the Kiev government to exert tighter control over the energy sector in the face of dwindling natural gas supplies after Russia cut off exports last month.
The parliament also approved, in a first reading, a bill that would allow consortiums with European or U.S. companies to operate Ukraine's ageing gas distribution system and storage facilities.
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