Medvedev orders Gazprom to collect gas debt from Ukraine
Dmitry Medvedev, Russian President

Medvedev orders Gazprom to collect gas debt from Ukraine

November 20, 2008 at 14:07 | Interfax-Ukraine
Moscow, November 20 (Interfax) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller to collect the Ukrainian gas debt.

"It is necessary to resolve the Ukrainian gas debt problem and collect the debt either voluntarily or compulsory in line with current laws and within the framework of bilateral relations," he said.

Miller told the president that the Ukrainian gas debt to Russia stood at $2.4 billion.