KIEV, Sept. 10 - Ukraine will reduce imports of natural gas from Russia to 10 billion cubic meters annually within the next several years, Oleksandr Yefremov, the leader of the ruling Regions Party group in Parliament, said Tuesday.

“We studied all the issues and the only thing we can do is to reduce consumption” of Russian gas, Yefremov said at a press conference. “I think that after a while Ukraine will buy only about 10 billion cu m/year.”