- 13:25 23/04/2012 KIEV, April 23 (RIA Novosti)
Exorbitant Russian gas prices are to blame for low healthcare spending in Ukraine, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Monday.
- 14:33 26/03/2012 KIEV, March 26 (RIA Novosti)
Ukraine may use its gas transport system in "reverse mode" to bring European gas to Ukraine, if Russia stops gas transit to Europe through it, Ukraine's Naftogaz energy firm deputy board chairman Vadim Chuprun said on Monday.
- 06:44 18/03/2012 KIEV, March 18 (RIA Novosti)
Ukraine is unable to buy Russian gas at current prices, which are “wrong and unfair,” Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said in an interview with a Russian TV channel.
- 14:33 07/03/2012 KIEV, March 7 (RIA Novosti)
Ukraine pays about $3.8 billion too much every year for Russian gas when compared with neighboring countries, President Viktor Yanukovych said on Wednesday.
- 14:42 06/03/2012 KIEV, March 6 (RIA Novosti)
Ukraine will reduce its gas imports from Russia in the next few years due to its high price, President Viktor Yanukovych said on Tuesday.
- 14:18 27/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 27 (RIA Novosti)
Ukraine’s national energy company Naftogaz has sent evidence to Gazprom it claims disproves accusations from the Russian company that it siphoned off natural gas bound for Europe, Naftogaz said in a statement on Monday.
- 19:51 22/02/2012 MOSCOW, February 22 (RIA Novosti)
Ukraine illegally siphoned off up to 40 million cubic meters of Russian natural gas for Europe over several days this month, Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Wednesday.
- 19:06 03/02/2012 KIEV, February 3 (RIA Novosti)
Ukraine should own a 34 percent stake in any gas transortation consortium with Russia and the EU to manage its gas transportation system, Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported on Friday, quoting Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych as saying.
- 14:37 01/02/2012 KIEV, February 1 (RIA Novosti)
Ukraine and Russia are considering inviting the European Commission to take part in bilateral gas talks, Ukraine’s energy minister Yury Boyko said on Wednesday.
- 17:49 17/11/2011 KIEV, November 17 (RIA Novosti)
Ukraine and Russia have yet to finalize an agreement offering gas price cuts for the ex-Soviet republic, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said on Thursday.
- 16:07 16/11/2011 MOSCOW, November 16 (RIA Novosti)
It is too early to speak about any new accords reached between Russia and Ukraine on gas price cuts for the ex-Soviet republic before Moscow and Kiev sign corresponding agreements, the Russian government's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said on Wednesday.
- 15:50 02/09/2011 MOSCOW, September 2 (RIA Novosti)
Ukraine raised the stakes in its spat with Russia over gas prices on Friday, announcing plans to scrap national energy company Naftogaz and tear up its existing gas contracts with Moscow.
- 14:58 02/09/2011 KIEV, September 2 (RIA Novosti)
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Friday instructed Prime Minister Mykola Azarov to set plans to reorganize the country's state gas company, Naftogaz, by October 1, the president's official website said.
- 13:05 02/09/2011 KIEV, September 2 (RIA Novosti)
Kiev plans to liquidate its state-run energy firm Naftogaz, and to scrap all current gas deals with Russia, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Friday, in an escalation of a bitter row with Moscow over prices for gas.
- 13:51 30/08/2011 KHARKOV, August 30 (RIA Novosti)
Kiev still hopes to cut prices in the gas contract between Russia and Ukraine through peaceful negotiations, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Tuesday.
- 13:45 24/08/2011 ULAN UDE, August 24 (RIA Novosti)
The existing gas contract between Russia and Ukraine, which Kiev wants to revise to cut prices, must be fulfilled, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.
- 13:26 11/08/2011 SOCHI, Russia, August 11 (RIA Novosti)
Ukraine and Russia should seek a compromise in their dispute over gas prices without taking the matter to court, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said on Thursday before a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
- 02:39 28/06/2011 KIEV, June 28 (RIA Novosti)
Kiev hopes that the details of the current deal with Moscow on the Russian natural gas deliveries will be revised and finalized in July.
- 17:29 06/06/2011
Ukraine may have to pay $500 per 1,000 cubic meters of Russian gas in the fourth quarter compared to $264.30 in the first quarter, head of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom Alexei Miller said on Monday.
- 16:42 06/06/2011
Russia's state-run gas export monopoly Gazprom will stick to the market price formula for natural gas supplies to Ukraine, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Monday.
- 13:45 06/06/2011
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov will discuss prices for Russian gas and fees for gas transit through Ukraine to Europe at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, Azarov said on Monday.
- 14:46 02/06/2011
Ukraine has rejected the European Union's demands for additional guarantees for transit of Russian gas through its territory, First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Klyuyev said on Thursday.
- 15:52 29/04/2011
Russia and Ukraine have made progress in talks on revision of the Russian-Ukrainian gas agreement, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Friday.
- 01:57 16/04/2011
The 2009 gas contract between Ukraine and Russia was signed with gross violations of Ukrainian laws and could be canceled by court.
- 14:58 15/04/2011
The head of Ukraine's state-owned gas company, Naftogaz, has been charged with abuse of office over the 2009 contract with Russian energy giant Gazprom, prosecutors say.
- 20:31 07/12/2010
Ukraine should carry out prompt payments for gas supplies to ensure their security, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
- 13:07 29/11/2010
A halt of Russian gas deliveries to Europe due to the absence of a transit deal between Moscow and Kiev will not happen again, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Konstantyn Gryshchenko said on Monday.
- 23:04 28/10/2010
Russia has agreed to create a working group with Ukraine to revise contracts on gas supplies, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Thursday.
- 20:22 28/10/2010
Ukraine will pay roughly $230-235 for 1,000 cubic meters of Russian gas in the first quarter of 2011, less than was predicted, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Thursday.
- 15:56 25/10/2010
Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov ruled out a merger between Russian energy giant Gazprom and Ukraine's national oil and gas company Naftogaz on Monday, but welcomed the idea of a joint venture between the two companies
- 15:16 25/10/2010
The price of Russia's natural gas supplies to Ukraine should reflect "changed realities", Ukraine's Prime Minister Mykola Azarov told RIA Novosti on Monday.
- 11:26 30/09/2010
Ukraine will buy 41 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia in 2011 instead of the contracted 55 billion, the Kommersant-Ukraina newspaper said on Thursday.
- 13:11 20/09/2010
A close ally of Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has been called in for questioning by the SBU, Ukraine's security service, her party said on Monday.
- 15:45 01/09/2010
Ukraine hopes to find a compromise on the price at which Russia supplies it with gas, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Wednesday, calling the current formula "enslaving."
- 20:30 28/08/2010
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said on Saturday there will not be another gas crisis or disruption of gas supplies to EU countries.
- 08:51 27/08/2010
A Ukrainian delegation headed by the country's energy minister, Yury Boiko, is to arrive in Moscow on Friday for talks with Gazprom's management, the Russian gas monopoly's spokesman said.
- 13:16 25/08/2010
The Ukrainian government plans to suggest a review of the Russian-Ukrainian gas contract, which provides for a quarterly change in Ukraine's gas price, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Wednesday.
- 19:03 20/08/2010
Gazprom on Friday launched a new round of negotiations with Naftogaz of Ukraine on forming a joint venture, the Russian gas monopoly said.
- 14:10 02/08/2010
Ukraine hopes to seal a deal on a gas consortium with Russia in the near future, Ukrainian fuel and energy minister Yuriy Boiko said on Monday.
- 13:42 02/08/2010
The Ukrainian government is currently holding talks with Russia's Gazprom to settle a dispute over 11 billion cubic meters of gas belonging to Swiss energy trader RosUkrEnergo, the Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuri Boyko said on Monday.
- 16:59 23/07/2010
Ukraine hopes to complete talks with Russia and the European Union on a gas consortium in the near future, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Friday.
- 13:34 25/06/2010
Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has unveiled an agreement on purchasing by the Ukrainian state gas company Naftogaz of 11 billion cubic meters of gas from the Russian energy giant Gazprom, a Russian respected daily said on Friday.
- 18:59 08/06/2010
Ukraine will take any decision on creation of a joint international gas transportation company with Russia only with the understanding and support of Ukrainian society for its national interests, Ukrainian fuel and energy minister Yuri Boiko said on Tuesday.
- 18:05 28/05/2010
Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom and Ukraine's state oil and natural gas company Naftogaz may set up a joint venture on a parity basis, the CEO of the Russian gas giant said on Friday.
- 22:00 21/05/2010
Kiev should be thankful to Moscow for its intentions to modernize Ukraine's gas transportation system, an expert from the Ukrainian Center for Systematic Analysis and Forecasts said on Friday.
- 14:18 21/05/2010
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Hryshchenko on Friday said Kiev had no plans to transfer control of its gas pipeline system to Russia
- 14:28 18/05/2010
Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko said on Tuesday cooperation with Russia in energy could be acceptable only on a parity basis.
- 12:04 14/05/2010
Kiev will only agree to integrate the main Ukrainian and Russian gas companies on a parity basis, media sources have said
- 13:53 12/05/2010
No energy deals are expected to be signed during Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's forthcoming visit to Ukraine, Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Klyuyev said on Wednesday
- 14:42 05/05/2010
Russia's proposal to merge its state-run Gazprom and Ukraine's national energy company Naftogaz merits attention and will be studied by the government, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said on Wednesday.
- 15:36 04/05/2010
A proposed merger between the two largest gas companies of Russia and Ukraine has caused a surge of criticism among the Ukrainian opposition, the Russian press said on Tuesday
- 23:18 01/05/2010
Export duty on Russian natural gas for Ukraine has been reset to zero from April 1, a decree signed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said
- 22:41 30/04/2010
Former Ukrainian premier and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko said on Friday that Russia is planning to deprive her country of sovereignty by proposing a merger of both countries' largest gas companies.
- 21:06 30/04/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed on Friday that Russia's energy giant Gazprom and Ukraine's gas monopoly Naftogaz should create a joint holding.
- 20:25 30/04/2010
Russia's Gazprom and Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz are ready to consider an assets swap, the head of the Russian energy giant said on Friday.
- 18:35 30/04/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed on Friday that Russia's energy giant Gazprom and Ukraine's gas monopoly Naftogaz should create a joint holding.
- 18:15 30/04/2010
Russia's Gazprom and Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz are ready to consider an issue of assets swap, the head of the Russian energy giant said on Friday.
- 20:38 28/04/2010
The price of Russian natural gas for Ukraine in the second quarter of the year will be $236 per 1,000 cubic meters, including a 30% discount, a Gazprom executive said on Wednesday.
- 10:59 28/04/2010
Russia will seek to use the momentum created by a deal with Ukraine extending the stay of its naval base in Crimea for a discount on gas prices to forge new long-term partnerships in the air industry, energy and nuclear sectors with Kiev
- 13:54 26/04/2010
The global natural gas market includes the pipeline gas market and the liquefied natural gas market.
- 03:20 26/04/2010
Ukraine's gas transportation system will give the country some $6 billion in annual revenues if Kiev manages to persuade Russia and the European Union to invest in the modernization of Ukraine's pipelines.
- 23:52 25/04/2010
Ukrainian national oil and gas company Naftogaz will pay Russian energy giant Gazprom for gas supplies in April with its own funds, Ukrainian ICTV channel said citing Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister as saying
- 14:41 22/04/2010
The new gas deal with Russia offering Ukraine a 30% discount on the price of Russian natural gas supplies will help Naftogaz to avoid bankruptcy, the Ukrainian national energy company said in a statement on Thursday.
- 13:44 22/04/2010
Russia and Ukraine will step up efforts to create a consortium on modernizing the Ukrainian gas transportation system, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said on Thursday.
- 13:00 22/04/2010
Ukraine secured a 30% discount for Russian natural gas, expected to cost Russia $40 bln in the next 10 years, in exchange for extending the lease of a Russian naval base, a business paper reported on Thursday.
- 12:00 22/04/2010
The revisions of gas contracts with Ukraine will not lead to corrections in contracts with other countries, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said on Thursday.
- 16:51 21/04/2010
Ukraine will receive a discount of $100 per 1,000 cu m at the natural gas price of $330 and a 30% discount on other prices, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.
- 16:32 21/04/2010
Russia's energy giant Gazprom and Ukraine's Naftogaz signed addenda to contracts on Russian natural gas transit via Ukraine for 2009-2019 and on the sales of gas.
- 12:49 19/04/2010
Ukraine could save over $3 billion annually from a new gas deal agreed between the two ex-Soviet republics, a business paper reported on Monday.
- 17:26 17/04/2010
Russia is looking into the possibility of a gas discount for Ukraine in exchange for participation in Ukrainian energy projects
- 15:58 17/04/2010
Russia is looking into the possibility of a gas discount for Ukraine in exchange for participation in Ukrainian energy projects, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said on Saturday.
- 21:19 16/04/2010
The Ukrainian government is satisfied with gas talks held with Russia on Friday, the Ukrainian government site said.
- 17:03 16/04/2010
The Russian and Ukrainian governments approved on Friday new gas agreements reached by gas monopoly Gazprom and its Ukrainian partners, the Russian government press service said.
- 15:44 16/04/2010
Russia and Ukraine approved on Friday new gas agreements reached by energy giant Gazprom and its Ukrainian partners, the Russian government press service said.
- 11:37 16/04/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will meet next week to discuss bilateral cooperation, particularly in the gas sector.
- 13:45 15/04/2010
Kiev's negotiations with Moscow on paying less for Russian natural gas are going well and may be concluded late this week or early next week
- 16:10 12/04/2010
Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko demanded on Monday that the government make public the details of its gas talks with Russia
- 19:55 10/04/2010
Russia may offer Ukraine a loan of between $5 billion and $6 billion for construction of the third and fourth units of the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant, Russian Prime Minster Vladimir Putin said on Saturday.
- 18:54 10/04/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is holding talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Mykola Azarov in Moscow.
- 04:55 10/04/2010
The Russian and Ukrainian prime ministers, Vladimir Putin and Mykola Azarov, will hold a meeting in Moscow on Saturday at which they are likely to discuss natural gas and steel pipe issues facing the two countries.
- 01:59 10/04/2010
The Russian and Ukrainian prime ministers will meet in Moscow on Saturday and are likely to discuss natural gas issues facing the two countries.
- 05:16 07/04/2010
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is heading to Kazakhstan on Wednesday to discuss possible gas supplies to Ukraine with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev.
- 16:38 01/04/2010
Ukraine needs economic integration with Russia, if it wants to secure lower prices of Russian natural gas, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on Thursday
- 10:43 25/03/2010
Russia is unlikely to make concessions to Ukraine as Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov arrives on Thursday in Moscow to seek a new gas deal with the Kremlin, a respected daily said on Wednesday.
- 14:02 23/03/2010
Ukraine's new leader Viktor Yanukovych will have to work hard to sell the idea of a gas consortium with Russia according to a poll published on the Ukrainian government's website on Tuesday.
- 21:38 22/03/2010
Ukraine's new President Viktor Yanukovych expressed hope on Monday that his country could sign a new gas deal with Moscow during the upcoming visit of the Russian president to Ukraine.
- 11:56 22/03/2010
Ukraine's new authorities are seeking a new gas deal with Moscow, offering Russia a stake in the Ukrainian gas transportation system in exchange for lower natural gas prices, a business paper reported on Monday.
- 18:18 05/03/2010
The Russian and Ukrainian presidents did not discuss in Moscow on Friday the issue of the Russian gas price that Kiev believes is too high, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said.
- 20:58 04/03/2010
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom confirmed on Thursday that Ukraine's national oil and gas company had paid in full for gas delivered by Russia in February.
- 14:20 24/02/2010
Ukraine will pay for Russian natural gas supplies in February on time, the former Soviet state's acting finance minister said on Wednesday.
- 19:18 11/02/2010
Viktor Yanukovych, who according to preliminary results won Ukraine's presidential election, could seek better terms for Kiev in gas contracts signed with Moscow last year, a deputy head of Yanukovych's party said on Thursday.
- 15:41 19/01/2010
Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Tuesday he could foresee no problems with gas payments by Ukraine after the presidential elections in the former Soviet republic.
- 14:49 14/01/2010
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is running as a candidate in the presidential elections on January 17, pledged to keep the gas transportation system under Ukraine's ownership.
- 16:32 13/01/2010
Ukrainian opposition Party of Regions leader and presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych said on Wednesday he intends to revise gas deals with Russia if he wins the election.
- 13:57 07/01/2010
Russia's Gazprom confirmed on Thursday that it had received payment in full for December's gas deliveries to Ukraine.
- 21:02 06/01/2010
Ukrainian national energy company Naftogaz has paid Gazprom in full for Russian gas deliveries in December, the company's press secretary said on Wednesday.
- 16:36 06/01/2010
Ukrainian energy minister Yury Prodan said on Wednesday Ukrainian national energy company Naftogaz would pay $892 million for Russian gas consumed in December on schedule, the country's Unian news agency said.
- 06:08 26/12/2009
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has said his country would pay for Russian gas consumed in December on schedule.
- 19:33 25/12/2009
Ukraine has consumed much less natural gas since mid-December, which may mean Kiev is experiencing difficulty in paying for Russian gas supplies, the CEO of Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Friday.
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