* Russia's state-run energy giant Gazprom employs foreign company SGS to estimate volume of natural gas allegedly stolen by Ukraine from Russian deliveries to Europe

* Gazprom said a contract on natural gas supplies to Moldova would be signed soon

* World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lami said Monday that Ukraine and Russia should pay market prices for energy supplies to ensure effectiveness of their economies

* Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko met with European Union ambassadors, accredited in Kiev, to discuss the situation around Russian natural gas deliveries to and via Ukraine

* Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov said the Ukrainian government had set limits for natural gas consumption in country's industrial sectors

* Belgian gas company Distrigas said it did not exclude short-term increase in the world natural gas prices due to the unsettled gas dispute between Ukraine and Russia

* Undersea earthquake hit Russia's Far East leaving no casualties or damage