KIEV, Jan. 24 – President Viktor Yanukovych has said that the Ukrainian authorities intend to maintain the dynamics of economic growth in 2012 and said the public will see real positive results from current reforms.

"2012 is the year that will show the results of our work and allow us to optimize the reforms that we have started... Our aim for 2012 is at the very least to maintain the dynamics of economic growth," the president said in an interview for a joint project of the New York Times News Service & Syndicate and Segodnya Multimedia - "Ukraine and the World in 2012. Global Agenda."