Vladimir Putin declares, that Ukraine must pay for Russian gas intake in the period of frosts at the earlier agreed price. "It is important that they should pay that price Russia and Ukraine have agreed on. It may be done in the end of February, or it may be done in another way, as the amount of gas which Russia is to supply to Ukraine is limited to 17 billion tons a year ", said the President on the big press-conference on Tuesday. According to President?s word, in the present situation it is important that the Ukraine to the contrast with her past position recognized the fact o illegal gas intake. "We hope that we will be able to balance our relations with Ukraine partners. It is good, that Ukraine has at last directly admitted gas intake, despite of previous years. They neither concealed anything nor distorted", Putin said.
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