Russia, Ukraine sign new gas deal

MOSCOW - Russia and Ukraine clinched an agreement Monday ending a protracted dispute that froze gas shipments to Europe for nearly two-weeks.

Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko were shown on Russian television presiding over the signing of a new contract on gas prices and transits between the two states in Moscow.

Gas flows to Europe would resume ’shortly’ after the contract was signed, the two premiers said earlier.