KIEV, April 3 - Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said on Thursday his government expected Russia to limit gas supplies to Ukraine as it steps up pressure on Kiev over energy sales, Reuters reported.

His comments followed an announcement by Russian natural gas producer Gazprom that it would increase the gas price for Ukraine to $485 per 1,000 cubic metres this month, a move Yatseniuk said was politically motivated and "absolutely unacceptable".