Gas price formula applied to Ukraine is the same as for other European countries - Putin
MOSCOW. June 7 (Interfax) - The price formula for Russian natural gas is the same for Ukraine and for other European partners of Russia, and almost all buyers of Russian gas pay more than Ukraine, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
"To be accurate, the natural gas price formula for Ukraine is absolutely the same as for all of our European partners and includes gasoil, fuel oil, and so on. It's the same formula," Putin said at a press conference following negotiations with Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.
Russia's Ukrainian partners have proposed including different components in the gas price formula than it includes now, Putin said. "But we don't compose [the formula] of different components for Germany, Poland, Ukraine, or Romania," he said.