What is Gazprom going to do to counter that view?
These declarations seem enigmatic to us; we greatly value our reputation. For more than 40 years we’ve provided gas to Europe and we have everything necessary to ensure that the 21st century is the century of natural gas. And we will fulfil our obligations, which is why these declarations are baseless. We did everything necessary to ensure that this crisis didn’t blow up and then to overcome it. But the positive outcome is that it created a more reliable delivery system, because we have signed two long-term transit and delivery contracts, for a period of 11 years each. What guarantees are there this crisis won’t be repeated? The guarantee is the contracts signed by Ukraine. We hope that – despite their making lots of noise about questioning these contracts – actually there are no reasons for Ukraine to be dissatisfied with them. Moreover, Russia has put forward initiatives, which Gazprom supports, to create international mechanisms aimed at averting and overcoming such risks. It’s not
