18:45, 30 April 2009 | GMT +5
Ukraine must purchase 20 bcm of gas for supplies to Europe - Sechin
MOSCOW. April 30. KAZINFORM. Ukraine must purchase 19.5 billion cubic meters of gas to keep its gas pipeline system going and deliver gas to the European Union, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said at a meeting with the EU?s energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs on Thursday; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.

?In order to maintain uninterrupted transit of Russian gas to the European consumers Ukraine must purchase and pump into underground storages no less than 19.5 billion cubic meters of gas in the near future,? Sechin said.
He warned the European counterparts that ?if that is not done, the tragedy that we experienced in January will have a catastrophic replay?; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass. See www.itar-tass.com for full version.