MOSCOW, January 20 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's...

Following Sunday's talks between the two country's premiers, Russian energy giant Gazprom and Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz signed on Monday a contract on Russian gas supplies to Ukraine for 2009-2019.

"They [Ukrainians] are ready to open the taps for gas transits to Europe. On our side, the pipe has been under pressure since January 13, when Gazprom was ready to start gas supplies to European consumers," Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said at a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Following mediation by the EU, the two sides signed a deal on monitoring gas transit a week ago to resume supplies, but deliveries did not restart, with each side blaming the other for the lack of progress.

Apart from Sudzha, Gazprom is also opening up the other gas transit routes, and is set to pump a daily volume of some 400 million cubic meters of gas, a Gazprom source said, adding that the Russian gas monopoly was also expecting a signal to start pumping gas for

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