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Ukraine To Cut Russian Gas Imports In Half

Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko (center) and Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller (right) meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov in Moscow in 2010.
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Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko has said that in 2012 his country will reduce the amount of natural gas it uses by 50 percent.

Boyko said the country would only consume some 27 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas this year, down from the 54 bcm total Ukraine used in 2011.

Such a reduction means that Ukraine would only need some 16-17 bcm of Russian gas.

Ukraine has signed contracts for 33 bcm of Russian gas and officials at Russian gas giant Gazprom have said repeatedly that Ukraine must pay for the full amount contracted whether Ukraine needs all of it or not.

Asked about Russia's reaction to the cut, Boyko said, "if our [Russian] partners have questions, they should resolve them in a civilized manner."

Gazprom chief Aleksei Miller said he was "alarmed" by Boyko's comments.

Miller was meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and told Medvedev "so far our Ukrainian friends are only talking." 

compiled from agency reports
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by: rick
January 11, 2012 17:46
these are contracts of gas supply
called

"Take-or-pay"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take-or-pay_contract

means that buyer
agreed to buy a certain amount of gas

in exchange for a better price

than buyers also bet on the future price of gas
because if the price goes up
hir price remains stationary
gaining

on the contrary,
if the price drops ....
lost .

but discount obtained can compensate for the loss

As always in these last 20 years
Ukrainians are just doing
smart

by: Konstantin from: Los Angeles
January 11, 2012 20:03
Russian occupants are back - their arrogance is growing.
Varanga-Prashka dragg again its neighbours under old
"Ger Muller" slavery and plunder - using stolen oil from
Turkmen and stolen gas from Tatars.

Not so long ago I wrote here that if it is just, neighbours of
Russia can be members of number of international trade
organizations, including with Russia.
Next days I was surprised by reaction of Russian leaders.
I should know!
Russia galvanized the "custom union" by force, danceling hideously and victoriously, as bestial macaques!

It appears they forced already new members,
like Kazahstan, to force out of their markets foreign cars,
charging an arm and a legg, made them buy only Russian
cars and other products, while bying little from Kazahstan
and trying repossess their country.

Now they giving ultimatum to Ukraine - slavery and plander
by Russian occupiers with repossession of Ukraine,
or Russia, Britain, Germany and Austria's new pact of
Imperial treachery will try Ukraine by the conspiracy of
liers for being economic with over-prices "Russian" gas.

As British and Sweeden reporters lied and smeared
Georgia, while Russian armies of death unleashed
genocide against Georgian men, women and children -
Russia imply that British, Germans and Austrians will
lie against Ukraine as guilty and as must pay penalty
and be ruined!

It is Russia that guilty and must pay -
Russia already was cutting in the past gas volumes,
but never paid real penalty!

Russia is going to go arround Ukraine and other nations
anywhere, to link deadly garote on Europe, made from
imperial resurectors pipe-lines, but never pay penalty!

Can Ukraine negotiate with EU to give them unused gas,
considering Russia has no right to charge Ukraine more
than any other country?

Can Ukraine investigate, how Rssian spies and telepaths managed to make Timoshenko sign such agreement?
Former USSR republics must learn to bring to negotiations
with Russia full delegations with anti-"non lethal weapons",
anti-telepaths and anti-intimidation security force!


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