“Naftogaz Ukrainy is taking an irresponsible stance in relation to Ukrainian consumers. The contract for gas supply to Ukraine in 2009 hasn’t been concluded yet. Naftogaz Ukrainy has rejected the favorable offer by Gazprom to supply Russian gas at USD 250 per 1,000 cubic meters and has withdrawn unilaterally from the negotiating process. Neither the offer to supply Central Asian gas at USD 370, nor the offer to supply gas at the average European price of USD 418 have helped bring our Ukrainian counterparts back to the negotiating table.

Let’s hope that the offer to deliver gas to Ukraine in January at USD 450 per 1,000 cubic meters, which is a gas price for the Eastern European countries bordering Ukraine minus costs of gas transit across Ukraine, will return Naftogaz Ukrainy to the negotiating table in the shortest possible time,” OAO Gazprom Management Committee Chairman Alexey Miller told reporters.