Russia demands $7bln from Ukraine for unused gas
A spokeswoman for Ukraine's state oil and gas company, Naftohaz, told journalists on January 28 that Russia's Gazprom has demanded that Kyiv pay $7 billion for using less gas than promised, RIA Novosti news agency reported.
Gazprom says Ukraine did not buy the full amount of natural gas as required under a deal between the two countries.
A 10-year contract on natural gas deliveries was signed in 2009 by Ukraine's then-prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, and her Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
According to the contract, Kyiv agreed to buy 33.3 billion cubic meters of natural gas each year.
In 2012, Ukraine bought only about 25 billion cubic meters.
Tymoshenko is currently serving a seven-year prison term for an abuse-of-office conviction connected to the natural gas contract with Russia.
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