Sergei Kupriyanov European Quotations

Ukraine refused, which shows that the Ukrainian authorities planned a conflict from the very beginning, i.e. to tap, or rather steal, gas intended for European consumers.

Ukraine is taking the gas from our European partners. We decided to compensate the stolen gas for our partners.

We have information from the ground that shows Ukraine has started illegally siphoning off Russian gas destined for European consumers.

We have fully completed work to restore gas supplies to Europe. At this time we are carrying out deliveries to European consumers in full.

We have signed a contract based on a European price formula, which allows us to begin selling gas at a price of $230 for 1,000 cubic meters starting from January 1.

The position expressed by the European Commission today was just the position we were responding to on Tuesday.

We understand that it is cold, but it is not only cold in Ukraine. We are currently providing more gas for all our consumers, both in Russia and abroad, and we do not plan to put up with the fact that gas destined for European consumers is being used in Ukraine and is not even reaching the border. Nobody gave Ukraine the right to take more gas than the contracted volume.