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Gazprom threatens Ukraine supplies

posted by zaina19 on October, 2007 as Imperialism


From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng  (Original Message)    Sent: 10/3/2007 3:23 PM

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 02, 2007
21:50 MECCA TIME, 18:50 GMT

Gazprom threatens Ukraine supplies
Experts say Gazprom's pressure is in support of Ukraine's prime minister, Viktor Yanukovich [AFP]
Gazprom, the Russian gas exporter, has said it will reduce supplies to Ukraine in October if Kiev fails to agree repayment terms on a $1.3 billion debt.
 
The move threatens to affect supplies to Europe as Gazprom, the world's largest gas producer, supplies a quarter of the continent's gas via Ukraine and Belarus.
Previous pricing disputes with the transit states have led to significant cuts in deliveries to Europe.
 
Two days after a parliamentary election in Ukraine, the company said: "Gazprom today warned its European partners about existing problems with gas deliveries to Ukraine."
No clear winner has yet emerged between the pro-Western president, Viktor Yushchenko, and the prime minister Viktor Yanukovich, from Ukraine's Russian-speaking east.
 
Some analysts interpreted Gazprom's statement on Tuesday as a message of support for Yanukovich.
 
A spokesman for Gazprom's export arm, Gazpromexport, Ilya Kochevrin, denied the move was politically motivated.

"We did not want to bring this issue before and during the elections to avoid accusations that we try to politicise the issue and influence the results," he said.

Gazprom warning

Andre Andrijnovs at ING in London said Ukraine's rival political forces could both benefit from Gazprom's warning.

"Both camps can play this as a card. One side can say that Gazprom is trying to play with Ukraine and alter the election outcome, and Yanukovich can use it to his advantage as well by saying under his control things went smoother," he said.

The European Commission urged Gazprom and Ukraine to resolve the issue quickly and said Gazprom had promised to honour all existing gas supply commitments to European companies.

"The commission was informed by Gazprom about a problem of payments for gas delivered to Ukraine and a possibility to reduce gas deliveries to Ukraine if no satisfactory solution was found.

"The commission urges to find a speedy settlement for this issue."

Debt redemption

Supplies to some EU countries fell by as much as 20 per cent for a few days in January 2006 after Gazprom and Ukraine failed to agree on the price of Russian gas imports.

Ukraine has failed to pay debts for deliveries on a number of occasions over the past decade, but Tuesday's statement was the first mention of any new debt in recent months.
 
"Gazprom has repeatedly raised the issue of a quick gas debt redemption with Ukrainian colleagues," it said in a statement.

Gazprom currently sells gas to Ukraine at $130 per 1,000 cubic metres or around half its export price to Europe. Both sides have yet to agree on prices for 2008.
 
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/EECD3423-61C1-45F1-B2D3-34FECE46C566.htm

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