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They are all thinking about Ukraine, but have different economic views and approaches to political slogans. It will some take some time before the political forces resolve these differences.

Yuriy Yekhanurov

Even if the dispute between Russia and Ukraine continues, we can be certain to receive our gas.

Sandor Kantor

There is a very simple explanation -- Our Ukraine wants to take a break and come to terms with what happened. And there is a good way out for them: there are no complete election results yet.

Oleksander Dergachev

The German government expects from Russia and Ukraine that the bilateral negotiations between the two countries about gas deliveries to Ukraine should not lead to the curtailing of gas provisions in Europe.

Thomas Steg

I think it is also extremely important to revive Bulgaria's relations with Russia, Ukraine and other strategic partners.

Georgi Parvanov

We urge Ukraine to assess the political consequences of this decision and prevent a large-scale social and economic catastrophe, which will also affect hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian citizens.

Igor Smirnov

If in the remaining hours, Ukraine does not sign a contract for gas, then at 10 a.m. Moscow time (0700 GMT) on January 1 the Russian Federation will completely sever supplies to the Ukrainian customer.

Alexei Miller

If in the remaining hours, Ukraine does not sign a contract for gas, then at 10 a.m. Moscow time on Jan. 1 the Russian Federation will completely sever supplies to the Ukrainian customer.

Alexei Miller

I call on all parties to accept the verdict of the ballot box and to refrain from rhetoric which may fuel division in Ukraine.

Terry Davis

This is a very special election. At stake is whether Ukraine has passed the point of no return to its so recent authoritarian past.

Volodymyr Lytvyn

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

Alexander Medvedev

What happened between Russia and the Ukraine will be an important wakeup call for Europe and countries that were thinking of leaving nuclear aside.

Fatih Birol

The official word from Ukraine was they cannot sign it.

Sergei Kupriyanov

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.

Alexander Medvedev

If we knew there was a Russian family around, we'd try to get together, especially around holidays. Although the former Soviet states are now separate, we still feel ties together with the people of Russia or Ukraine or Belarus or Serbia. We were brought up with this culture and religion. Especially here in the U.S., it's important to keep our religion and heritage.

Alexander Yakovlev

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

Alexander Medvedev

Events took a turn for the worse there and Ukraine turned out to be an unsound partner in terms of economic cooperation.

Sergei Markov

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

Alexander Medvedev

Russia and Ukraine should as quickly as possible find a sustainable compromise which does not affect gas deliveries to Europe.

Thomas Steg

If we win the Denmark and Ukraine matches we will not have a problem. We think that seven points will take us to the 2006 finals.

Fatih Terim

The gas row between Russia and Ukraine should further support the sector.

Markus Steinbeis

I will not say who won or who lost. The people of Ukraine and Russia won. Europe won because it will calmly receive gas. Common sense won.

Yuriy Yekhanurov

Polls show the attitude of Russians toward Ukraine has deteriorated lately. So, people might easily believe that Ukrainians want to do them harm.

Masha Lipman

The signing of this contract means that less gas will be left for Ukraine -- for their direct purchases. In this gas dispute, Russia gets another instrument of pressure over Ukraine.

Valery Nesterov

As European markets move farther east, Ukraine becomes cost-competitive with our most competitive places.

Bill Muir

Ukraine rejected the option, which shows that the Ukrainian authorities had planned a conflict in advance, i.e. planned to tap, or simply steal, gas intended for European consumers.

Sergei Kupriyanov

Ukraine has reportedly started tapping Russian gas intended for European consumers.

Sergei Kupriyanov

It's not a secret that in Ukraine, unfortunately, many conflicting situations in the courts are decided either through corruption or through personal ties. The presence of these people, who know the judiciary inside out and who have enormous personal ties... is very advantageous for these political forces.

Volodymyr Fesenko

Ukraine will never join NATO.

Taras Chornovil

Eastern Europe really represents three distinct opportunities global retailers should be acting on: Russia, traditional Eastern Europe like Hungary and Romania, and 'new' Eastern Europe like Ukraine, Slovenia and Latvia.

Fadi Farra

The goal of Kremlin strategists appears to be a weak coalition government in Ukraine that will be more vulnerable to Russian economic pressure. One twin is looking to Moscow, the other to Washington. And they can't separate.

Masha Lipman

We have reached an initially acceptable agreement which gives us the possibility to meet the gas needs of Ukraine and the transit of Russian gas to Europe.

Oleksiy Ivchenko

Russia is using primitive and vulgar methods. This is the last attempt, the last fight to keep its influence on Ukraine.

Oleksander Dergachev

Nobody is coming to this place to learn about Ukraine democracy or to be inspired by the courage of Tibetan monks.

Michael Burke

Today Ukraine consumes its own natural gas from underground facilities as well as the natural gas from Turkmenistan strictly according to the signed contracts.

Ivan Plachkov

Our Ukraine has agreed on the position that the force that gets the most votes... will propose its candidacy for the prime minister's post.

Roman Bezsmertnyi

Surprisingly, as of December 30, they [Ukraine] have not said how much natural gas they want Russia to supply next year. They simply cannot give a figure, cannot say how much gas they need.

Sergei Kupriyanov

I met a lady there from Buffalo, Mo., and I shared about the mission trip we took to the Ukraine last year and how I had saw a little girl there who I wished I could take home with me, ... That's when she told me she knew a lady who worked for an adoption agency and how they bring these Russian kids over to stay with host families for a couple of weeks.

Tammy White

Russia wants to be regarded as a pillar of the G8, a major player in the world economy because of its energy resources. But as a result of using gas supplies as leverage against Ukraine, they've created much doubt about this potential role.

Viktor Kremenyuk

Ukraine must once again be revered and respected by its citizens as well as the East and the West.

Viktor Yushchenko

Supplies to Ukraine were reduced by 120 million cubic meters a day, exports [to Europe] are being carried out in full.

Sergei Kupriyanov

The agreements will provide additional security guarantees to gas exports to Europe and serve as a sound foundation for further cooperation between Russia and Ukraine in the gas sector based on market principles.

Alexei Miller

This is not over. It is not just about gas. Russia over the last two weeks has taken decisions on limiting the exports of meat (to Ukraine), limiting the imports of metal products and has increased tariffs on oil exports.

Oleksander Dergachev

Stagflation is too tame to describe the economic crisis of Ukraine. The country is actually going through a 'hyper-depression'.

Daniel Kaufmann

Ukraine that existed before the elections no longer exists. It has been split up into two sides with absolutely opposite opinions.

Leonid Kuchma

The West was acting like a courteous gentleman or even a skilled lover, trying to defend Ukraine, although the Russian government behaved like an impotent rapist.

Yulia Timoshenko

All nuclear power facilities on the territory of Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan are part of the single complex of the former Soviet Ministry of Medium Machine Building, which we need to restore.

Sergei Kiriyenko

The agreement between Ukraine and the United States to sign a protocol on the mutual access to markets of goods and services enables Ukraine to seek admission to the WTO this year.

Yuriy Yekhanurov

I can confirm that Ukraine is talking about the next step toward basing our relations with Russia on international standards.

Oleh Rybachuk

In Russia there is great interethnic hatred, class hatred - I mean hatred for wealthy people - that is stirred up by official propaganda. That is why there can be no 'velvet' solution, as there was, for example, in Georgia or Ukraine.

Boris Nemtsov

Algeria was Russia's traditional arms client in Soviet times, but after the breakup it switched to Ukraine and Belarus mainly, buying Su-27s and MiG-29s. This contract will be Russia's triumphant return to North Africa.

Ruslan Pukhov

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.

Alexander Medvedev

The energy factor will be used extensively both to illustrate the performance of the government, which is not satisfactory in that sense, but also to claim that if Ukraine were closer to Russia, there wouldn't be such hardships.

Inna Pidluska

If we don't have a contract (with Ukraine) then all the gas in the pipe goes to European consumers.

Sergei Kuprianov

This is a picture of manure. In Ukraine we call this Ukrainian gold because when you spread it on the land it produces the wheat we turn into bread.

Sergei Shapoval

The bad results in the past few months were the defeat by Albania at the opening of our qualification campaign and the home defeat by Ukraine. But a win always turns the tables.

Otto Rehhagel

We must improve our lives and we will do it together -- all of our citizens and myself as president of Ukraine...,

Viktor Yanukovych

The key issue is politics and the relationship with Russia. Ukraine needs a stable government and a clear strategy in terms of its relationship with Russia.

Timothy Ash

Officials could see how the tough rhetoric resonated in society during the gas war with Ukraine last week.

Nikolai Petrov

We have agreed to give orders to respective structures to intensify t he talks on deliveries and transit of Russia's gas to Ukraine.

Mikhail Fradkov

If Ukraine does not sign the contract for gas supplies in the hours remaining until the New Year, Russian natural gas supplies for Ukrainian consumers will be stopped at 10 a.m. Moscow time [7a.m. GMT]. The actions will be clear and decisive.

Alexei Miller

It is a strange market at the moment and frankly I am surprised that the rise we've seen earlier in the week from the Ukraine-Russia dispute is still there. People still feel a bit shaky about what happened in Russia and Ukraine, and with Sharon ill and some uncertainty in Israel.

Simon Wardell

It's impossible to say how many diapers we've changed, because back in the Ukraine we didn't have those things. We used other means.

Vladimir Chernenko

When we talk about Eastern Europe we talk about Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine.

Ian Crawford

Under these conditions, all negotiations are called off. Besides, Ukraine is becoming the main tool in helping Moldova reach its political [aims].

Igor Smirnov

At the moment, Ukraine is completely fulfilling its commitments to European consumers regarding gas delivery and will do its best to fulfill those commitments.

Eduard Zanyuk

Gas is not flowing . . . through some transit routes, which can lead to a fall in pressure in all the pipelines and limit the overall supply of gas to Ukraine and Europe.

Eduard Zaniuk

Gas is not flowing at all through some transit routes, which can lead to a fall in pressure in all the pipelines and limit the overall supply of gas to Ukraine and Europe.

Eduard Zaniuk