Ukraine has cut back on purchases of Russian gas.
The country has been facing serious cash problems and Russian supplier, Gazprom, has only given it until January 11th to pay up.
Gazprom has cut off supplies to the country over unpaid bills in the past.
Ukraine may find it hard to cover its next gas bill due to the International Monetary Fund turning down its request for a new loan tranche of 3.8 billion dollars.
While Ukraine's energy company Naftogaz has declined to comment, gazprom executives have said they will act according to the contract and will cut gas supplies to Ukraine again if the struggling ex-Soviet nation fails to pay for its energy supplies.
Last month, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko vowed there would be no repeat of previous gas crises in 2010.
Source:laosnews.net/
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