25 Quotes by Sergei Kupriyanov

The problem must be solved in the coming days. This conflict absolutely has a negative impact on Russia's image and reputation.

We have been forced to start the operation to lower the pressure in Ukraine's gas pipeline system.

We have fully completed work to restore gas supplies to Europe. At this time we are carrying out deliveries to European consumers in full.

We believe it will be extremely difficult, or impossible, to be more precise, for the Ukrainian authorities to explain to their people the reason for such a short-sighted policy.

We have signed a contract based on a European price formula, which allows us to begin selling gas at a price of $230 for 1,000 cubic meters starting from January 1.

The price for natural gas and other energy resources has increased several times in recent years. And leaving the price for Ukraine unchanged or slightly raising it would be unreasonable.

The position expressed by the European Commission today was just the position we were responding to on Tuesday.

But our proposals were turned down, which means that the Ukrainian authorities were tuned to confrontational moods from the very start.

We understand that it is cold, but it is not only cold in Ukraine. We are currently providing more gas for all our consumers, both in Russia and abroad, and we do not plan to put up with the fact that gas destined for European consumers is being used in Ukraine and is not even reaching the border. Nobody gave Ukraine the right to take more gas than the contracted volume.