Last week the president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev instructed the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller recover from the Ukrainian debt to 2.4 billion dollars for Russian gas delivered.However, the same day, vice-chairman of the Naftohaz Vladimir Trikolich said that the Gazprom at the holding company has no debt and current debt of Ukrainian companies to RosUkrEnergo is about 1.3 billion dollarov.V Gazprom on Monday announced that the company will discuss the parameters of a new agreement with Ukraine only after the debt repayment that had already been put gaz.Zamestitel chairman of Gazprom, Alexander Medvedev said that Gazprom has prepared documents to the International Court of Justice filed a complaint to Ukraine for non-payment of debt and an official of the gas monopoly Sergey Kupriyanov said that the Russian concern will be to supply Ukraine with gas contracts in 2009. In 2008, Russia and Ukraine have agreed to supply gas to 179.5 dollars per thousand cubic meters. Prices for 2009 have not yet been determined. The parties still differ in understanding the amount and structure of the debt. In Kiev, said that Russia requires to pay have not yet chosen the Ukraine gas from underground storage. Moscow insists that Ukraine does not pay for gas consumed in the September-October noyabre.Za Ukraine has not yet begun to settle, so the September debt added $ 798.6 million of debt in October. During November RosUkrEnergo already bill of $ 835 million, plus over the untimely calculations at the beginning of the year had counted a fine of $ 250 million Thus, total debt was $ 2.25 billion in Gazprom insisting that it was a $ 2 , 4 billion, and that in the event of non-payment of this amount, the price of gas for Ukraine will exceed $ 400 per thousand cubic meters instead of the current $ 179.5. In the Ukrainian PHG uploaded about 30 billion cubic meters of gas, of which Naftogaz owned 17.2 billion, RosUkrEnergo – 11,5 billion cubic meters, the rest – private ownership of Ukrainian gazodobytchikov. We would like to see this gas, which has not yet proplachen consumers, Ukraine was given installment of one or two months , – explained Yulia Tymoshenko. In RosUkrEnergo said that gas from UGS to be paid separately and the current debt will not make it. Gazprom proposes to pay the debt off by transit fees Gazprom for the 2009-2010 years, transit maintaining rates at current levels – $ 1.7 prokachku 1 per thousand cubic meters per 100 km. However, in this case, the already scarce balance of payments Naftogaza lose the guaranteed source of income, so the proposal Gazprom Ukraine to take no hurry.
