UPI: Ukraine cuts Gazprom import volumes

Ukraine says it will unilaterally cut the volume of gas it imports from Russia's state-owned Gazprom, escalating the long-running Kiev-Moscow gas price feud.

Ukrainian Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Yuriy Boyko declared Wednesday in Kiev his country will only import enough gas to sustain the national economy -- some 27 billion cubic meters in 2012, Ukrainian National Radio reported.

That's only half of the amount Ukraine is contractually stipulated to buy under a long-term contract that runs until 2019, Gazprom Chief Executive Alexei Miller responded in Moscow.

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