31 Aug 2011 20:50

Russia bewildered by Ukraine's position on gas - Medvedev

SOCHI. Aug 31 (Interfax) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said he is stunned by the Ukrainian position over the gas price.

"They have always asked for relaxations. It seemed to me that we have made a clear offer: if you want a gas discount, you must become a part of the integration space. Or, if you don't want that, you make us a commercial offer, profitable for Russia, such as the Belarusian offer to sell its gas transportation system, for example," Medvedev told Russian journalists in Sochi.

"They want neither this, nor that. Give us a discount, and that's it," the president said.

Such a negotiating position "is very said, this is dependency," he said.