Gazprom and Naftogaz of Ukraine had a night talks.

KommentariiZamorozili07.01.2009Evropa severely affected because of the Russian-Ukrainian gas voynySyuzhetyOtklyuchenie gas Ukraine07.01.2009Putin endorsed the decision to terminate the supply of gas to the border with UkrainoyRukovoditeli Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukrainy " Alexei Miller and Oleg Dubina held at night from 7 to 8 January, special talks, to discuss gas supplies to the territory of Ukraine. That was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the official representative of the Russian company Sergei Kupriyanova.
No other details of the negotiations did not result Kupriyanov, noting only that they were held in Moscow. Recall that the January 8, the day should be the next stage of negotiations. At this time the parties will meet in Brussels with the mediation of the European Union.
Gazprom and Naftogaz did not have a contract on gas deliveries to the territory of Ukraine. Because of this, the Russian side since the beginning of January, stopped sending gas to Ukraine, leaving only the transit to Europe. However, January 7, Gazprom halted deliveries and those by accusing Ukraine of illegal tapping of fuel and the overlapping of export pipelines.
In turn, the Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko called on his counterpart in Russia, Dmitry Medvedev to immediately resume delivery. Meanwhile, many European country loses a large amount of contracted fuel. In some countries such as Romania, due to a lack of Russian gas has already entered a state of emergency.
First, Gazprom has refused to sign the "Naftohaz" contract from the fact that the Ukrainian side is owed for fuel for more than two billion dollars. By the end of 2008, "Naftogaz" reported the latest translated most of the funds to the accounts of RosUkrEnergo - intermediary whose services enjoyed by Ukraine and Russia in the fuel supply.
After that, the parties could not agree on the cost of fuel. At various times, "Gazprom" is different amounts - from 250 to 450 dollars per thousand cubic meters. According to the Russian side, none of the proposals "Gazprom is not organized the Naftogaz Ukrainy.