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A spokesman for the Russian gas giant, Gazprom, held up a letter at a
Moscow new conference on New Year's Eve that he says was signed by the head of
Ukraine's gas company. He says the letter threatened to cut off supplies flowing
through a pipeline that supplies Western Europe with 25 percent of its
gas.Gazprom's deputy chief, Alexander Medvedev referred to the Ukrainian letter
as blackmail and unprecedented in the history of the international energy
business. He added that Ukraine would be violating a contract it signed to
continue deliveries to Western Europe through the end of 2010. Medvedev says
Ukrainians did not respond when asked directly why they do not want to honor the
contract. He says Ukrainians insist there is no contract, even after they are
shown signatures and laws, simply because they do not want an agreement.A
spokesman for Naftohaz, the Ukranian gas company, told VOA that its obligation
extends only to GHD hair iron a contractual
framework for GHD hair streighteners gas
transit valid through 2013. However, Valentyn Zemliansky says agreement on
specific issues is reached on an annual basis.Zemliansky says additional
agreements cover the volume and quality of gas, as well as transit costs, and he
notes that an agreement on these items for 2009 has not been signed.