Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held negotiations with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Moscow, following which Gazprom and Naftogaz Ukraine signed a contract for the sale and purchase of natural gas for 2009-2019
"Russia and Ukraine have agreed to go over to the European market gas pricing formula beginning from January 1, 2009. I am sure that it will allow us to normalise relations in the gas area in the long term."
Vladimir Putin Negotiations with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko
