Sunday, January 4, 2009

Negotiations with Ukraine on gas ended inconclusively.

SyuzhetyDolgi Ukraine to Gazprom in 2008 godu31.12.2008Yuschenko ordered to suspend the negotiations with Gazprom KommentariiChto something was holodat19.12.2008 Gazprom threatened to halt gas deliveries to Ukraine 2009 goduUkrainskomu Naftogaz " not able to agree with Gazprom on the repayment of debt for gas, and the contract for the supply of fuel into the territory of Ukraine for 2009 was unable to conclude. Gazprom will stop gas supplies to Ukraine under the terms of the current contract, that is, 1 January 2009 at 10 am Moscow time. This was said during the briefing, Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Alexei Miller; briefing aired television Vesti.
According to Miller, the Ukrainian partners have not listed the talks due to the Russian company funds. Recall that Naftogaz of Ukraine announced the transfer of 1.5 billion dollars through debt, but the company still must Gazprom 600 million dollars, taking into account the fines and penalties. In this regard, Miller added, the "Gazprom" has no legal basis to supply gas to the customs territory of the Russian Federation. "
Commenting on the outcome of negotiations, the chairman of the board of Gazprom said that in his view, the "gas conflict between Russia and Ukraine would be interested in some Ukrainian forces. Alexei Miller also said Gazprom is in full will continue to supply gas to Europe, citing the current transit contract. It should be noted that earlier the representatives of "Naftogaz Ukrainy" stated that after January 1 will receive the right to confiscate the Russian gas that goes in transit to Europe. Representatives of Gazprom called such allegations of blackmail.

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