The Ukrainian side has requested from Russia 140 million cubic meters of gas to fill its gas transport system, said an official representative of Gazprom Sergei Kupriyanov at a press conference that was broadcast channel “Vesti”.According to him, the gas should be in the Ukrainian GTS. Kupriyanov reiterated the accusations against Ukraine in illegal oteme gas. “Often heard the statement that in order to get gas to European consumers, it is necessary to have passed up to 36 hours to make this gas, as they are expressed, arrived. This can only mean one thing: our Russian gas, which is in transit pipelines in Ukraine, razvorovan “- he said. However, the representatives of Gazprom’s difficult to say how much gas Ukraine illegally seized, as well as to call the amount of damages suffered by the Russian company since the end of the transit of gas. Earlier, Gazprom accused Ukraine of stealing 25 million cubic meters of gas. For his part, deputy chairman of Gazprom, Alexander Medvedev said that “Naftogaz Ukraine” since 1 January 2009 did not intend to carry out the transit of Russian gas to Europe. As reported, January 13, Russia has launched a trial pumping gas to European consumers via Ukraine, but later it was reported that prior to the fuel does not reach Europe. Ukraine declared that it was unable to open a transit gas pipeline, as Gazprom has not enough fuel, sends Lenta.ru.
