Russia reduces the supply of gas transit to Ukraine.

SyuzhetyDolgi Ukraine to Gazprom in 2008 godu05.01.2009Za stolen gas Ukraine pays for gas market tseneKommentariiNevynosimost bytiya01.01.2009Rossiya cut gas supplies to UkrainuRossiya from January 5, reduces the supply of gas to Ukraine at 65, 3 million cubic meters, the agency Interfax. This is the amount of fuel was illegally selected the Ukrainian side. This was Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin informed the chairman of Gazprom Alexei Miller.
In doing so, Miller acknowledged that because of cuts in supplies to Ukraine consumers of Russian gas to Europe nedopoluchat fuel in the same volume, said RIA Novosti. However, Gazprom compensates European partners reducing the supply of gas by increasing fuel transit through Belarus, Poland and Turkey.
Miller added that Gazprom "is ready to buy gas to European partners on the matter of the market and to increase the selection of fuel from underground storage facilities in Europe. Ultimately, however, pay for it should Naftogaz Ukrainy.
Recall now goskompanii Ukrainian debt to Gazprom reaches 600 million dollars from penalties and fines for overdue payments for fuel supplies. However, according to Miller, if Ukraine will continue to "steal Russian gas," debt "Naftogaz" will soon have to run to billions of dollars.
The situation with the transit of gas through Ukraine is complicated by the fact that Gazprom and Naftogaz "has not yet agreed on a purchase price of Russian fuel. Ukrainian side is not organized a preferential price of gas at 250 dollars per thousand cubic meters. The proposed Gazprom Middle price of gas at 450 dollars per thousand cubic meters to Naftogaz "called inadequate. In 2008, one thousand cubic meters of Russian gas to Ukraine 179,5 cost a dollar.
From 1 January 2009, Gazprom fully stopped gas supplies to Ukraine, however, continues to fuel transit to Europe on Ukrainian territory. January 4, the Russian concern said that the fault of Ukraine illegally selective gas from transit pipelines, European consumers nedopoluchili 50 million cubic meters of fuel.