Gas Summit to be held in the European Union.

SyuzhetyVozobnovlenie transit of gas through Ukrainu14.01.2009Yuschenko rejected the idea of a gas summit in RossiiKommentariiPodnimite they veki14.01.2009Uchastniki gas crisis entangled in mutual accusations summit between Russia, Ukraine and the European Union on resolving the gas crisis is likely to held in the territory of a European country. As reported by Interfax, said the Ambassador of the Presidency of the EU the Czech Republic Miroslav Kostelka. According to him, the relevant agreement was reached on Jan. 14, 2009 between the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Mirek Topolanek.
At the same time, the agency AFP reported, citing the words Kostelki that Medvedev and Topolanek was unable to agree on modalities for the summit.
January 14, 2009, President Medvedev suggested that a summit of the consumer and transit of Russian gas. According to him, a meeting of representatives from Russia, Ukraine and the EU should take place in Moscow on 17 January. Later, President Viktor Yushchenko said that the summit to resolve the gas crisis is to be held not in the territory of Russia, and in one of the European capitals - Brussels and Prague.
As the "Korrespondent.net, on the night of January 15, Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko agreed to hold talks in Moscow. They will be held on 17 January. In addition, Tymoshenko's government of Russia has sent a telegram, which stated that Ukraine is ready to ensure the transit of all volumes of natural gas to Europe. In transit, according to the Ukrainian prime minister, the country will keep the eight per cent of gas that goes to the operation of gas plants.
Meanwhile, Russia's Gazprom for the third time applied Ukrainian Naftogaz on the transit of gas through the station Sudzha "to" Orlovku "and" Uzhhorod "in the amount of 99.2 million cubic meters a day. In doing so, "Naftogaz" has once again refused to grant the application of Russian natural gas company, proposing to begin deliveries of gas through the station Sudzha, "and through" Valuiki and Pisarivka. According to the Ukrainian company, in the case of transit route Sudzha "-" Orlovka without gas can remain Lugansk, Donetsk, Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk some areas.
Gazprom stopped shipping gas to Europe through Ukraine on 7 January 2008, accusing Naftogaz "in the theft of gas transit. January 13, a Russian company has restored fuel into the export pipeline, but its system of Ukraine for the transit has not yet been opened, explaining that step by technical difficulties.