Yushchenko demanded that Medvedev resume gas transit through Ukraine.

KommentariiZamorozili07.01.2009Evropa severely affected because of the Russian-Ukrainian gas voynySyuzhetyOtklyuchenie gas Ukraine06.01.2009V Kiev declare the closure of the transit of gas in EvropuPrezident Viktor Yushchenko appealed to Russia to demand "immediate" to restore gas supplies through its territory to Europe.
According to France Presse, referring to Yushchenko's press service, a claim contained in a letter sent to Ukrainian President on January 7 Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev and European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso.
"Before the new agreement between Moscow and Kiev should immediately resume its daily gas transit to European countries in the volume and direction of 2008" - the message reads.
The morning of January 7, the official representative of "Naftogaz of Ukraine Valentin Zemlyanskiy said that the Russian side completely halted gas supplies to European customers through Ukraine.
In the "Gazprom" did not directly refute the words of Ukrainian colleagues, however, the first vice-chairman heads of the Russian monopoly, Alexander Medvedev said that Ukraine has blocked the latest, fourth, a transit gas pipeline leading to Europe.
In doing so, the official representative of Gazprom Sergei Kupriyanov broadcast television channel Vesti 24, said that the Russian company has reduced the fuel into the Ukrainian gas transmission system to 21 million cubic meters - the amount, misappropriation Kiev.
"Obem gas, which was hijacked selected from the beginning of this year, the company Naftogaz, stolen from the transit obemov available to European consumers, and not vozvraschen. At the same time over the last day under the pretext of the gas flow to the technological needs of Naftogaz" stole esche 21 million cubic meters of gas intended for supply to Europe. In these circumstances we have no choice but to reduce the supply of esche to 21 million cubic meters, "- he said.
Remember, January 6, the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller in a conversation with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said not to supply fuel to the Ukrainian gas transmission system in the event that Kiev would steal it.