Alexander Medvedev Quotes (24 Quotes)

We will fully deliver the amount of gas intended for Europe to the openings of Ukraine's gas pipeline system, and from that moment on responsibility will lie with Ukraine. If they make good on their threat to take unsanctioned gas, they will bear full responsibility for that.

Eighty percent of our gas transits through Ukraine, which was the motive behind our Ukrainian colleagues' decision to start to blackmail us ... But we are ready to go to the Swedish court in the event of Ukraine's unsanctioned use of gas.

If there is no contract, there will be no supplies.

Ukraine has wasted time in these talks, and now there can be no talk of US160. The market situation has changed, and it's continuing to change.

We have always supported the idea of parity management and we stick to it now. Moreover, we see the possibility of inviting a third, foreign partner into the consortium and of redistributing stakes in it accordingly, say, among Ukraine, Russia and Germany, because Germany was brain-father of this proposal.

We have taken all necessary measures to supply Europe with gas according to contracts. By tomorrow evening, full supply to Europe in accordance with these contracts will be restored.

The cost of Russian gas stolen by Ukraine over 24 hours was more than US25 million.

You can call it withholding or taking, legal or illegal -- call it whatever you like.

Having come across the undeniable fact of theft of our gas from the export pipe and in order to ensure energy security for Europe, we have decided to take all possible measures to ensure that Western consumers continue to receive gas in accordance with the contracts in effect.

Understanding that a political decision had been taken, we executed it perfectly and sent the Ukrainian side... the most beneficial offers to resolve the situation.

We want to expand our business commercially to ensure stable income for our investment program. We're expanding new markets and we're doing every bit to build relationships with Asian nations.

We run serious business in Great Britain with large industrial partners and energy stations. We intend to hold 20 percent of the fuel market by 2015.

We have taken all necessary measures for Europe to receive gas in the full quantity. By tomorrow evening full connections with Europe will be restored.

We are analyzing the proposals received. There isn't a lot of time left until the end of April.

We have proposed thinking about ways to adapt Ukraine's economy to new prices.

We will restore full supplies to Europe by tomorrow evening, but you must understand the circumstances when Ukraine keeps stealing our gas and we continue to supply it cannot go on forever.

We have employed an international company that has a clear reputation in qualitative evaluations of foreign trade in order to have independent estimations besides our own documentary proof.

Since the EU has applied a market economy status to Ukraine then Ukraine should live up to that.

One gets the impression that our president was more concerned about the problems of the Ukrainian people than its own leadership, since energy is vital for any country's economy.

If the theft continues at this pace, the volume and cost of the stolen gas will rise quite considerably.

Preserving such a situation would mean encouraging theft on the path of our gas to Europe. Therefore, all our foreign partners are warned that, while we are doing everything possible to keep up our gas exports to Europe, Ukraine would bear all the responsibility for any possible disruption of exports.

If there isn't a (new) contract, there won't be deliveries.

We now have a good wholesale business in the UK with big industrial customers and power stations. We are aiming to secure 20 of the market by 2015.

There is still a danger that the situation could develop in such a way that we are not going to be in a position to compensate.