You can’t solve your problems at the expense of your neighbors, especially nearby and dear Poland, which is freezing.

There can be no talk of ‘when’ until a feasibility study is completed.

This project is a step in the joint exploration of water resources and RUSAL is investing more than a billion dollars in the construction of the plant.

Additional daily gas supplies to Europe have been increased to 80 mm cm, although Russia is dealing with cold weather itself.

It could be replaced but only with another structure that is clear to all parties.

The facility is brilliant for Russian infrastructure in terms of all parameters.

We are working on three documents – two contracts [on gas transit and deliveries] and an underlying intergovernmental protocol for 2006.

Launching the Customs Union to the full will take at least two or three years.

When you start to think about energy security, you must discuss global energy security, because there is no other type.

Infrastructure is a key part of energy security.

We have an extremely clear understanding of our own economic interests connected with these countries’ markets, and problems to discuss and resolve.

Major projects lead to a variety of reactions in the beginning, but once they are launched the reactions become positive. Infrastructure is a key part of energy security.

The fewer contradictions between them… the lower the risks to the global energy security.

These statements absolutely do not correspond to reality. The Russian proposals are very simple: stop all form of barter arrangements and shift to normal, market relations affecting gas supplies and gas transit.

For the moment, the only undisputed figure is the volume of possible gas transit to Europe – at least 110 billion cubic meters.

Ratification of the Energy Charter Treaty means it should be followed by a transit protocol.

This is a unique deposit not just in terms of reserves, but also in terms of extraction techniques. Therefore there’re grounds to talk about [applying] the Product Sharing Agreement.

Traditional energy sources will be dominant in the first half of the 21st century. We cannot do without hydrocarbons.

I am absolutely positive that Ukraine must return to its contractual obligations on gas imports, as well as take measures to limit energy consumption.

I do not see [any] antagonistic, irresolvable differences.

These statements ‘¦ absolutely do not correspond to reality. The Russian proposals are very simple: stop all form of barter arrangements and shift to normal, market relations affecting gas supplies and gas transit.

Unreliable access to energy, which has been evident from recent short- and long-term challenges and threats, has influenced the well-being of the entire world community.