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BUDAPEST, January 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and Hungary should find new ways to manage the risks connected with gas transits via Ukraine following the recent "gas crisis" between Kiev and Moscow, a Russian first deputy premier said on Saturday.

Viktor Zubkov made the remarks at an extended meeting of the Russian-Hungarian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation in Budapest where participants discussed the gas row and developing relations against the backdrop of the global financial crisis.

Talking about the gas row Zubkov, who also chairs energy giant Gazprom's board of directors, said "We did everything to resume transits through Ukraine," adding that Russia planned to discuss with Budapest proposals for Gazprom's participation in infrastructure projects in Hungary.

Hungary, who was one of the countries affected by Gazprom's decision to cut gas supplies to Europe following a protracted spat with transit-country Ukraine, has been devastated

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