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Gazprom: Tymoshenko more important for EU than stable gas transit to Europe
Oct 20, 2011 at 09:41 | Interfax-Ukraine"For example, in negotiations with Ukraine on the future expansion of cooperation, the EU demands the release of ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko as a specific preliminary condition. However, the EU does not emphasize in unambiguous form that it demands from Ukraine the provision of unimpeded and continuous transit of Russian gas to Europe," Medvedev's report said, the text of which is posted on the Gazprom Export website.
Medvedev sees a policy of double standards in this.
The protracted gas transit crisis of January 2009 is associated with Tymoshenko. In order to end the crisis, Tymoshenko sanctioned the signing of long-term contracts on gas transit and delivery to Ukraine, for which the new Ukrainian authorities recently convicted hr.
"The Ukrainian transit crises of 2006 and 2009 were artificially created by politicians, moreover not by Russians," Medvedev said.
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