6 january 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia Andrei Belyaninov and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller

"I would like to draw your attention to the fact that Gazprom does not supply gas to Ukraine, and consequently, its actions cannot be called smuggling, whichever way you look at it. Gazprom has nothing to do with what is happening in Ukraine. Rather, it is the transit country that is to be blamed."