21 Dec 2011 14:41

Gas price for Ukraine must not exceed $250 per 1,000 cubic meters - Yanukovych

KYIV. Dec 21 (Interfax) - A fair natural gas price for Ukraine must not exceed $250 per 1,000 cubic meters, said Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

"We believe that the price in Ukraine must not be higher than $250. And today it is hard to say what it will be," he told a final press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday.

The current price for Ukraine is $515 per 1,000 cubic meters, and taking account of the Kharkiv agreements it is $415, he said.

"This price is unbearably heavy," he said.

This price is the highest in Europe, the Ukrainian president added.