Title: Russia–Ukraine gas disputes - Wikipedia
Headings: Russia–Ukraine gas disputes
Russia–Ukraine gas disputes
Contents
Historical background
Disputes of the 1990s
Dispute of 2005–2006
Dispute of 2007–2008
Dispute of 2008–2009
2010 natural gas agreement
Prologue
Agreement
Dispute of 2013–2014
Annexation of Crimea
June 2014 gas supplies to Ukraine cut off
November 2015 gas supplies stop
Public reaction in Ukraine
See also
References
External links

Content: approximately 80% of those exports travel through pipelines across Ukrainian soil prior to arriving in the EU. A serious dispute began in March 2005 over the price of natural gas supplied and the cost of transit. During this conflict, Russia claimed Ukraine was not paying for gas, but diverting that which was intended to be exported to the EU from the pipelines. Ukrainian officials at first denied the accusation, but later Naftogaz admitted that because of harsh winter (lower than minus 30C) some natural gas intended for other European countries was retained and used for domestic needs. Ukraine said it will still meet its contractual transit obligations. The dispute reached a high point on 1 January 2006, when Russia cut off all gas supplies passing through Ukrainian territory. On 4 January 2006, a preliminary agreement between Russia and Ukraine was achieved, and the supply was restored. The situation calmed until October 2007 when new disputes began over Ukrainian gas debts. This led to reduction of gas supplies in March 2008. During the last months of 2008, relations once again became tense when Ukraine and Russia could not agree on the debts owed by Ukraine.