KIEV, Jan. 27 – “We were honest in this incident and the truth remains on our side," Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said of his country;’s gas dispute with Russia to the British newspaper the Financial Times in Brussels.

The interview's major subjects were the row over the transit of gas to Europe and its supplies to Ukraine, their political influence on relations with the European Union, as well as Ukraine's domestic political situation and Ukrainian-Russian relations in this context.