Russia, Ukraine sign contract on gas supplies for 2009-2019

Briefly:

MOSCOW, January 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russian energy giant Gazprom and Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz signed on Monday a contract on Russian gas supplies to Ukraine for 2009-2019.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Moscow and Kiev had reached agreement on all issues of gas transit and supplies.

He added that there would be no intermediaries in Russian-Ukrainian gas relations.

Putin said Gazprom had been ordered to restart full natural gas transit to Europe via Ukraine.