Interfax: Russia’s Gazprom head says Ukraine gas debt can’t go on forever
(Interfax – March 5, 2014) Ukraine must pay its debt for gas supplied by Russia based on the contracts signed in 2009, Aleksey Miller, the head of Russian gas giant Gazprom, has said, as reported by...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: US Can’t Replace Russian Gas in Ukraine – Gazprom
MOSCOW, April 7 (RIA Novosti) – American gas cannot become an alternative to the Russian fuel in Ukraine for the lack of “vacant export objects” in the foreseeable future, said Sergey Kupriyanov an...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: Opinion: EU, US Would Not Be Patient With Ukraine on Gas Issue
MOSCOW, April 11 (RIA Novosti) – US and EU energy companies would not tolerate the delays in payment by Ukraine that Russia has faced, an economist at the London Vanguard investment firm told the Voice...
View ArticleRussia Beyond the Headlines: Why giving up Russian gas is not an option for...
(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Tatyana Zykova, special to RBTH – April 10, 2014) Despite talk in Europe of reducing dependence on Russian fuel and promises of help from the U.S., for the...
View ArticleWill Ukraine be able to find an alternative to Gazprom?
(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Alexei Lossan, RBTH – April 15, 2014) After seeing its gas discounts canceled by the Russian gas giant, Kyiv is seeking alternatives to purchasing gas directly...
View ArticleUkraine’s Unpaid Russian Gas Bills Dwarf U.S. Aid Offer
(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Joe Carroll, Nicole Gaouette and Julianna Goldman – April 23, 2014) Ukraine’s best hope for keeping furnaces and factories running through next winter is to store as much...
View ArticleUkraine may stop importing Russian gas by 2016 – Poroshenko
BEREZHANY, Ternopol region. April 27 (Interfax) – Ukraine will start receiving reverse gas as early as October 2014, and will stop importing Russian gas after 2015, said independent parliamentary...
View ArticleBNE: Russia is reportedly ready to provide a discount for gas to Ukraine
(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Concorde Capital – May 7, 2014) Russia will be ready to consider a discount for natural gas to Ukraine on the second round of negotiations on the gas issue where EU...
View ArticleUkraine prepared to settle gas debt within 10 days, if Gazprom agrees to...
(Interfax – May 8, 2014) Ukraine is prepared to complexly settle its debt for Russian gas within 10 days after Russian gas giant Gazprom agrees to return the price to $268 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: Kiev Refuses to Acknowledge $3.5Bln Gas Debt to Russia
(RIA Novosti – KIEV, May 8, 2014) Ukraine does not acknowledge the $3.5 billion debt for Russian gas deliveries earlier announced by Russian energy giant Gazprom, acting Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: Naftogaz Debt Remains Unpaid Even at Low Price – Gazprom Official
BRUSSELS, May 14 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine’s state-run Naftogaz has not paid any part of its gas debt to Russia, despite Kiev’s announcement that it is ready to cover the debt at a reduced price, a...
View ArticleGazprom Sees Little Risk Of Disruption To European Energy Supply
(Oilprice.com – Daniel J. Graeber – May 14, 2014) Russian gas monopoly Gazprom says that despite the ongoing turmoil in Ukraine, the risk to disruption of European energy supplies is “insignificant”...
View ArticlePutin’s Shanghai Expedition Stokes Gazprom Deal Talk
(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Halia Pavliva and Ksenia Galouchko – May 19, 2014) President Vladimir Putin’s planned China visit this week is helping spark the longest rally in OAO Gazprom since 2006 as...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: Opinion: Russia Could Turn Off Gas Supply to Ukraine
MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti), Nadia Koulikova – There is every possibility that Russia will turn off gas flows to Ukraine should the country not pay its outstanding debts, William Powell, senior...
View ArticleRussia Bats Off Yatsenyuk’s Accusation of Gas Stealing
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Alexander Panin – May 28, 2014) Acting Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Tuesday that Russia should return the $1 billion worth of gas that he said it...
View ArticleGazprom’s Miller says Ukraine will owe $5.2 billion by June 7
(Business New Europe – bne.eu – Tim Ash, Standard Bank – May 29, 2014) I guess that is the $2.5bn for the period to the end of March, another $1bn for April/May, and then $1.7bn in pre-payment for...
View ArticleUkraine Nears Russian Gas Deal as Eastern Clashes Persist
(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Elena Mazneva, Brian Parkin, Ewa Krukowska – May 31, 2014) Russia and Ukraine moved closer to a deal that would keep gas flowing between the countries even as they spar...
View ArticleRIA Novosti: Russia Demands Kiev to Pay Gas Debt in Full Before June 9
MOSCOW, June 2 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine has to pay Moscow the remaining part of $2.2 billion gas debt and agree on payment schedule for April-May gas supplies before June 9, press-service of Russia’s...
View ArticleGazprom Says U.S. Can’t Prevent European Reliance on Russian Gas
(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Elena Mazneva – June 3, 2014) OAO Gazprom (OGZD), Russia’s gas-export monopoly, said U.S. pressure won’t stop it from supplying fuel to Europe and increasing market share...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: Russian gas keeps flowing to Ukraine as deadline passes
[“Russian gas keeps flowing to Ukraine as deadline passes” – Reuters – June 10, 2014] Reuters reports that Russian gas supplies to Ukraine and the EU have remained stable, despite the passing of a...
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