Andriy Lopushanskiy, the first deputy chairman of the state-controlled Naftohaz Ukrayiny gas concern, told reporters that under an agreement reached on 4 January with Russia's monopoly Gazprom, most of the Central Asian gas that will transit through Ukraine this year will be meant for domestic consumption.
Under a five-year agreement, Gazprom will sell natural gas to RosUkrEnergo -- a company it co-owns -- at a rate of $230 per 1,000 cubic meters. RosUkrEnergo will then mix this gas with supplies from Central Asia and resell it to Ukraine at a price of $95 per 1,000 cubic meters.
(Ukrayinska pravda/lenta.ru/ITAR-TASS)
