Prime Minister of
Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko
told briefing that price for Russian natural gas is calculated for all European
countries according to one formula: “An absolutely standard formula is applied
for all the countries including Ukraine”.
She reminded that with 20 percent discount for 2009 gas price is 228.8 dollars per one thousand
cubic meters. As regards the gas price for 2010-2011, it is negotiable: “The price for another two
years - 2010-2011 – is a matter of talks. In particular, when the 2010-2011 price
to be calculated, then we carry on negotiations on reduced prices”.
The Prime Minister views
critical claims of the President of Ukraine about Ukraine’s obtaining of too
high price for the Russian natural gas, groundless. According to her, the Head
of State repeatedly held negotiations with the high officials of Russia but they
being not successful. “All these talks resulted in the price for gas supplies
to Ukraine for 2009 at 450 dollars per one thousand cubic meters and the transit
price – 1.6 dollars one thousand cubic meters. I have succeeded to stop this
negative list of events and assure the Russian leaders to return to the
Memorandum and to get for Ukraine the price of 228.8 dollars instead of 450
dollars per one thousand cubic meters. At the same time the process gas for
transit is by 25 dollars cheaper. If the President could succeed better, nobody
impeded him”.
Besides, Yulia Tymoshenko stressed, there
is no need to hold a session of the NSDC on gas issue because this was required
when the crisis was at its height. “This dispute was artificially started to
preserve the corruption mediator RosUkrEnergo. I am very
glad the crisis if over now and there is no need to summon the NSDC,” the Head
of Government claimed. Yulia Tymoshenko
also declared that she would keep the President from returning the corruption mediator
between Gazprom and Naftogaz.
