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Brussels – The European Commission is not commenting on the new gas supply dispute between Kyiv and Moscow, but hopes that it will not lead to the disruption of gas supplies to the EU states.

“The Commission has no comment on this matter. We expect that the two parties will guarantee there are uninterrupted gas shipments to the EU,” European Commissioner for Energy Gunther Oettinger’s spokeswoman Marlene Holzner told Interfax-Ukraine in Brussels on Monday.

Russia’s gas company Gazprom earlier presented Naftogaz Ukrainy with a bill for about $7 billion for importing less natural gas in 2012 than agreed. Naftogaz again said that the company on time and in full paid for the whole amount of natural gas under bills sent by Gazprom. The holding also said that it several times informed the Russian company that Ukraine plans to reduce purchases of natural gas in 2012.

Some experts said that Moscow may stop the gas supplies to Ukraine due to this new gas dispute.