Gazprom to cut supplies to Ukraine from June if no prepayment

If Kiev does not pay its gas bills by June 2, exports to Ukraine will be halted the next day, Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller said. Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev meanwhile urged demanding advanced payment from Kiev as early as Tuesday.

Miller told Medvedev on Monday that Gazprom will issue a preliminary June bill to Ukraine’s Naftogaz on May 13. 

Russia says no gas talks with Ukraine until debt paid

Moscow on Monday ruled out holding new negotiations with Ukraine over the price it pays for Russia's natural gas until Kiev covered its outstanding debts.

The announcement raises the possibility of Russia following through on its threat to cut off deliveries to Ukraine next month in a move that would endanger the supplies of at least 18 EU nations.

"We are saying that in order to discuss any sort of compromise, the debts must be paid first," news agencies quoted Russia's Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky as saying.

Gazprom sends Ukraine $11.4bn bill for unshipped gas. - In the take-or-pay contract Ukraine is obliged to pay for the volume agreed

Russia’s Gazprom, the world’s biggest natural gas producer, has sent a $11.4 billion bill to Ukraine’s Naftogaz. The money is for the two thirds of the gas it failed to use under its 2009 take-or-pay contract .
According to the contract Naftogaz had to consume 41.6 billion cubic meters of gas last year, while Ukraine used only 12.9 billion cubic meters, Bloomberg quotes Aliona Osmolovska, a spokeswoman for the Ukrainian company as saying.

Ukraine’s debt for Russian gas supplies over $1.8 billion — Gazprom CEO

Ukraine’s debt for Russian gas supplies by country’s gas giant Gazprom makes more than $1.8 billion now, Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller told reporters Thursday.

Ukraine’s debt for Russian gas supplies by country’s gas giant Gazprom makes more than $1.8 billion now, Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller told reporters Thursday.

Miller: Gazprom cannot supply gas to Ukraine for free

Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom has received no payments from Naftogaz, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said.

MOSCOW, March 07. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom has received no payments from Ukraine’s state energy company Naftogaz Ukrainy for February’s Russian gas supplies, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller told journalists on Friday.

Naftogaz notifies Gazprom about its inability to pay for gas supplies in February

Naftogaz warned about possible problems with payment for Russian gas supplies in February a week ago, a source in Gazprom said.

MOSCOW, March 04. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukraine’s energy company Naftogaz on Monday notified Russia’s national gas utility Gazprom that it would not be able to pay the entire sum for the Russian gas it had bought in February, a source in Gazprom told Itar-Tass on Tuesday.

Naftogaz warned about possible problems with payment for Russian gas supplies in February a week ago.

Naftogaz zahlt nur 15 Mio US-Dollar für Oktober-Gas – Gazprom spricht von Milliardenschulden.

Der ukrainische Versorger Naftogaz wird dem russischen Monopolisten Gazprom für das im Oktober bezogene Gas nur 15 Millionen US-Dollar zahlen.

Das sagte ein ranghoher Naftogaz-Vertreter, der anonym bleiben wollte, am Donnerstag in Kiew nach Angaben der ukrainischen Nachrichtenagentur UNIAN. 

„Naftogaz wird für Oktober nur für das real bezogene Gas zahlen - 15 Millionen Dollar“, wurde der Gesprächspartner von der Agentur zitiert.