Lower Russian gas transit tariffs not discussed - Ukrainian minister

KIEV (Itar-Tass) - The issue of lower Russian gas
transit tariff in Ukraine has not been raised at negotiations with Russia,
Ukrainian Minister of Energy and the Coal Industry Yuri Boiko said on
Thursday.
"We have not discussed the gas transit tariff issue at any stage of
the negotiations," he told a news conference.
On Thursday, a Ukrainian delegation held talks in Moscow on the terms
of natural gas supplies and transit within the framework agreements
reached by Presidents Viktor Yanukovich of Ukraine and Dmitry Medvedev of
Russia on September 24.
According to the Ukrainian minister, the implementation of these
agreements "will be done quickly since we have been tasked to find a
compromise solution acceptable for both states in a very short time, or
before the heating season starts."