KANIV, Cherkasy region, Dec. 28 - Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said she sees no reasons for Moscow to worry about Ukraine's ability to pay for natural gas imports from Russia.

"We have heard such statements at the end of every month for at least a year, and we, Ukraine, are confidently and steadily managing our financial affairs amid the crisis," Tymoshenko said at a Saturday news conference in Kaniv, the Cherkasy region, in commenting on Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller's Friday remark.