Lays out a basic price of 450 dollars – is a clear defeat , – said Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. In addition, he was confident that the Prime Minister announced an average price of gas for Ukraine at 228.8 dollars per thousand cubic meters. meters will not be achieved. If in the first quarter of the gas price is 360 dollars, in the fourth quarter should have a price of 132 dollars per thousand cubic meters to reach the average price of 228 dollars. Everyone understood that these prices will not , – said on.Krome that Yushchenko has expressed the view that the agreements reached by the Government on the gas issue with the Russian side had not been paritetnymi and fair. In particular, the head of state expressed his dissatisfaction with the liberalization of gas prices and transit rates freeze at last year’s level. Yushchenko believes that the formation of prices for supplies to his country and for the transit of gas on the Ukrainian territory must be synchronized. If the price of gas is growing at a rate that at the same rate should grow and transit , – he said at a joint press conference with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko yesterday in Chernihiv. According to Yushchenko, if the base price for the supplied Russian gas to Ukraine has risen from 180 dollars to 450 dollars per thousand cubic meters, the tariff for pumping up to two times. And authorized the president on international energy security Bohdan Sokolovsky had previously stated that the Russian side, suggesting the price of gas at 360 dollars per thousand cubic meters. m., put Ukraine in worse conditions, compared with other European countries. In doing so, he cited estimates that gas price for Ukraine was up 199 dollars per thousand cubic meters. m. The cost of gas for Ukraine in the I quarter of 2009 amount to 360 dollars per thousand cubic meters. m. The average price is expected to be 228.8 dollars, estimated head of the Ukrainian government, and less than $ 250, it is estimated Gazprom . The rate of transit of Russian gas through Ukraine in the coming year is projected at U.S. $ 2,4-2,6 . / thousand. cu. meters per 100 km. The tariff for transporting gas to Ukraine, which is provided for 2009 is U.S. $ 1,7 / thousand. cu. meters per 100 km. From next year, the parties will reach a formula for the formation of a transport fare, which is common in Europe. “It is a competitive rate, given the complexity of ramified Ukrainian TCU” – stressed the eve of the Vice-Chairman of the Board of JSC Gazprom Alexander Medvedev.Pri He noted that the transit rate of $ 2,4-2,6 / thousand. cu. m at 100 km has been included in the light of the forecast of world prices for uglevodorody.Yuschenko said that all agreements on gas would be considered at a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. According to him, the Council will discuss how to minimize the negative effects of high gas prices, at this meeting, we could see the details of the documents signed, and evaluate them in terms of national interests and security . Apart that, Yushchenko said that the State would reconsider its relations with gas consumers. National Security and Defense Council meeting on the gas issue is scheduled for Friday, January 23. Yushchenko noted that this meeting will be held in private.
