Archive for January, 2009

Ukraine, Russia will not seek gas feud compensation - Tymoshenko (Russian Information Agency Novosti)

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
KIEV, January 21 (RIA Novosti) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Wednesday that Russia and Ukraine would not seek compensation from one another for losses caused by the recent gas dispute.

Medvedev says Moscow summit on gas useful (Itar-Tass)

Saturday, January 17th, 2009
MOSCOW, January 17 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday night he believes that an emergency summit on the problem of Russian gas transits to European countries via Ukraine was a useful one.

Medvedev says Moscow summit on gas useful (Itar-Tass)

Saturday, January 17th, 2009
MOSCOW, January 17 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday night he believes that an emergency summit on the problem of Russian gas transits to European countries via Ukraine was a useful one.

Gas siphoners going out of business

Thursday, January 15th, 2009
The drastic downfall of gas prices over the last ten months is taking it’s toll on one of this countries most creative and dangerous entrepreneurs, the Gas Siphoner.When gas prices topped-off at nearly five dollars per gallon a year ago, Siphoner’s like Sutton were sucking more hoses than a Vietnamese whore.

Yushchenko asks prosecutor-general’s office to investigate allegations of illegal siphoning of transit gas (KYIV Post)

Monday, January 12th, 2009
President Viktor Yuschenko has written to the Prosecutor-General's Office to demand an investigation into the allegations that Ukraine illegally siphoned natural gas intended for other European countries.