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

Arbitration is a last resort, but if Ukraine is ready to do this we are ready too.

Ukraine has wasted time in these talks, and now there can be no talk of US$160. The market situation has changed, and it's continuing to change.

The talks with Ukraine have dragged on for more than nine months and, regrettably, no progress has been reached.

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

The difference between a price acceptable for Ukraine and a European price could be converted into shares of certain companies.

This is a direct route that will link Russia and Germany, as well as consumers in other countries in the future. It is ... of principal significance.

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.

Negotiations are under way and I do hope they can finish before the year end.