KIEV, March 3 – Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov has said that he will discuss in Kiev the problems impeding economic cooperation between Ukraine and Russia.

"The Russian president ordered me to discuss with my colleagues in the [Ukrainian] government the difficulties that currently prevent us from moving forward in the implementation of these projects," Shuvalov said at a meeting with Serhiy Liovochkin, head of Ukraine's Presidential Administration, on Thursday.