Gazprom to retain take or pay principle
Interfax cited Mr Sergei Komlev who is in charge of contract structuring at Gazprom Export as saying that Gazprom plans to retain the take or pay principle in its long term contracts, but does not rule out the possibility of altering them.
The head of Ukraine's national gas company Naftogaz asked Gazprom on Wednesday to lend it ``technical gas'' in amounts necessary for the normal operation of the Ukrainian gas transportation system.