MOSCOW, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A delegation from Russia's Gazprom is flying back to Moscow from Brussels and does not know when talks with Ukraine over their gas dispute will resume, Gazprom's deputy chief executive Alexander Medvedev said. Medvedev told Reuters on Thursday talks on a multi-lateral monitoring system to ensure smooth gas transit collapsed on Thursday because Ukraine did not accept Russian proposals and Gazprom could not accept those of Kiev. He said Ukraine had first refused to sign a protocol prepared by Gazprom and then Gazprom refused to sign a protocol proposed by Ukraine because Russian specialists or observers from European gas firms were not included among the monitors. "It (the Ukrainian proposal) is a perverted version of the idea of multi-lateral control and can only serve the goal of public opinion manipulation. We do not intend to supply gas which is simply disappearing in Ukraine's gas transportation system," he told Reuters by telephone.
MOSCOW, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A delegation from Russia's Gazprom is flying back to Moscow from Brussels and does not know when talks with Ukraine over their gas dispute will resume, Gazprom's deputy chief executive Alexander Medvedev said.
Medvedev told Reuters on Thursday talks on a multi-lateral monitoring system to ensure smooth gas transit collapsed on Thursday because Ukraine did not accept Russian proposals and Gazprom could not accept those of Kiev.
He said Ukraine had first refused to sign a protocol prepared by Gazprom and then Gazprom refused to sign a protocol proposed by Ukraine because Russian specialists or observers from European gas firms were not included among the monitors.
"It (the Ukrainian proposal) is a perverted version of the idea of multi-lateral control and can only serve the goal of public opinion manipulation. We do not intend to supply gas which is simply disappearing in Ukraine's gas transportation system," he told Reuters by telephone.
LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Russia's insistence Ukraine should pay market prices for gas means an increase of at least 22 percent in Kiev's gas bill this year, forecasts by energy consultants Poyry imply. Russia told Ukraine on Wednesday gas supplies to Kiev, cut since Jan. 1, would resume when both sides signed a new contract at European market prices. Until now Ukraine has paid much less than western European consumers. After weeks of fierce rowing with Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM), the head of Ukraine's gas company Naftogaz said on Thursday he believed the only remaining differences with Gazprom were economic ones.
LONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Russia's insistence Ukraine should pay market prices for gas means an increase of at least 22 percent in Kiev's gas bill this year, forecasts by energy consultants Poyry imply.
Russia told Ukraine on Wednesday gas supplies to Kiev, cut since Jan. 1, would resume when both sides signed a new contract at European market prices. Until now Ukraine has paid much less than western European consumers.
After weeks of fierce rowing with Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM), the head of Ukraine's gas company Naftogaz said on Thursday he believed the only remaining differences with Gazprom were economic ones.
