Yushchenko ordered to suspend the negotiations with Gazprom.

Continuing: Ukraine has denied information about the termination of negotiations with Gazprom
SyuzhetyDolgi Ukraine to Gazprom in 2008 godu31.12.2008Ukraina refused to buy gas at 250 dollarovKommentariiChto it was holodat19.12.2008 Gazprom threatened to halt gas deliveries to Ukraine 2009 goduPrezident Viktor Yushchenko gave the Chairman of the Board of "Naftogaz" Oleg Dubina, who heads the delegation that company in Moscow, an indication to suspend the negotiations with Gazprom. That was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to an anonymous source in the delegation of Naftogaz. " At the direction of the Yushchenko, Dubina to fly to Kiev.
In addition, sources told the agency that Yushchenko had prevented a flight on December 31 for talks in Moscow, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, whose visit to Moscow was lifted after about an hour after the media reported on the visit. Press Service Tymoshenko officially announced that the leadership of "Naftogaz" presented in Moscow at the talks at a level which can sign an agreement on gas deliveries.
It is noteworthy that authorized the president of Ukraine on energy security Bogdan Sokolovsky in Kiev said that he did not know about the withdrawal of the delegation of "Naftogaz" from Moscow, Interfax reports.
Gazprom said earlier on December 31 that will stop supplying gas to Ukraine at 10 am 1 January 2009, will cease to operate when the current contract for the supply of fuel, if by that time will not be awarded a new contract for 2009.
The contract for gas supplies for next year will not be signed until the debt for 2008 will not be fully repaid. Earlier Naftogaz "listed 1.5 billion dollars through debt, but still remained to be 600 million, taking into account the fines and penalties.