OREANDA-NEWS. December 25, 2013. The agreements signed by the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych in Moscow will increase the investments into Ukraine’s economy by USD 1 bln within nearest time already.

The Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov announced on air of the Shuster Live program on the INTER channel.

“At the account of the fact that we have leveled our situation we are planning already now an increase by almost USD 1 billion in investments. We are making even the situation with the Customs Union, preserving favorable regime in trade, we realize a whole series of projects of industrial cooperation and receive USD 2.5 from cooperation, decrease the negative balance to minus USD 5 bln, reduce payments for gas to minus USD 6.5, receive an investment loan and in whole receive plus USD 5.1 and increase our foreign reserves,” Mykola Azarov said.