There is a danger that after having proposed to freeze the price for the first 10 days of January, the Ukrainian side will then want to freeze it for another 10 days.
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If there is no contract, gas delivery to Ukraine's users will be stopped at 10 o'clock in the morning on January 1.Sergei Kupriyanov
We have information from the ground that shows Ukraine has started illegally siphoning off Russian gas destined for European consumers.
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We believe agreement will be reached when contracts to last throughout 2006 have been signed.
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We are fully prepared to restrict gas supplies to Ukraine after December 31, if there is no contract.
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The price for natural gas and other energy resources has increased several times in recent years. And leaving the price for Ukraine unchanged or slightly raising it would be unreasonable.
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Yesterday, we made a proposal on how to break out of this very knotty situation. We were ready to meet the Ukrainian people's needs halfway and to provide them with normal conditions of work during the winter, the most complex period of the year.
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