57 ordspråk av Sergei Kupriyanov
Sergei Kupriyanov
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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They [Ukrainians] want to freeze gas prices for the first ten days of January, and then for another ten days.
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This is not part of our plans.
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Ukraine has reportedly started tapping Russian gas intended for European consumers.
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Ukraine is continuing to steal.
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Ukraine is still stealing gas. Ukraine will have to pay.
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Ukraine is taking the gas from our European partners. We decided to compensate the stolen gas for our partners.
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Ukraine refused, which shows that the Ukrainian authorities planned a conflict from the very beginning, i.e. to tap, or rather steal, gas intended for European consumers.
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Ukraine rejected the option, which shows that the Ukrainian authorities had planned a conflict in advance, i.e. planned to tap, or simply steal, gas intended for European consumers.
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Unfortunately, the situation with Ukraine's gas tapping above contract levels remains the same.
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We are all at work, all the services are prepared for signing the necessary agreements in the remaining eight hours before the end of the day and the year.
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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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We are now providing more natural gas for all our consumers both in Russia and abroad, and we are not going to put up with Ukraine using the gas meant for European customers.
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We believe agreement will be reached when contracts to last throughout 2006 have been signed.
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We believe it will be extremely difficult, or impossible, to be more precise, for the Ukrainian authorities to explain to their people the reason for such a short-sighted policy.
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