Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych talk during their meeting in Moscow on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander Nemenov, pool)Via the usage of Darya Korsunskaya and Gleb Gorodyankin MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has agreed to resume oil provides to a refinery in Ukraine, merchants said, in a sign Moscow is able to reward the usa's president for spurning a transformation care for Europe in desire of ties with its former Soviet seize. The resumption subsequent yr of oil flows to the Odessa refinery after a 3-365 days smash was a raise for President Viktor Yanukovich's hopes of securing new Russian loans at talks which began out within the Kremlin on Tuesday. Yanukovich was moreover looking for a discount within the related price of very important Russian gas provides to Ukraine to assist stave off an financial predicament, although it would almost certainly gas new anti-executive protests within the snowbound Ukrainian capital, Kiev. Putin seem guaranteed and relaxed before the talks, slouching in his chair in a gilded Kremlin corridor, whereas Yanukovich sat stiffly and upright beside him in entrance of the Ukrainian and Russian flags.