KIEV, Oct. 22 – Payments to the victims of the fatal Dnipropetrovsk gas explosion which occurred Oct. 13 was on the agenda at a meeting on Monday between President Viktor Yushchenko and Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg.

Vekselberg is chairman of the large Russian conglomerate Renova Group, which owns Dniprogaz. Dniprogaz runs the gas supply network in Dnipropetrovsk, which suffered a gas explosion that killed 23 people.