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plans to run in presidential elections due on January 17, said the gas deals with Russia would not be reviewed. She also said Ukraine had stopped buying Russian gas for storage as it had sufficient supplies in its underground facilities to ensure the smooth transit to the EU this winter.Russian gas supplies to the EU were interrupted for two weeks in January over a bitter pricing and debt row between Moscow and Kiev. Russia supplies about 80% of its Europe-bound gas via Ukraine.
Tymoshenko said the agreement reached in Poland did not require amendments to the contracts, but several additional documents would be signed, which would not run counter to the contracts.
Tymoshenko said Kiev would buy around 25 billion cubic meters in 2010, half the agreed amount of gas stipulated in the 2009-2019 contract. Naftogaz earlier said the transit fee could rise from the current $1.7 to $2.7 per 1,000 cu m per 100 km for Russian gas transits across Ukraine next year.