| January 2009 |
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The European Union does not intend to support either party to the gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine, a deputy prime minister of the Czech Republic, which is currently holding EU presidency, said Sunday. 
Georgia denies redeployment of its troops toward the border with Abkhazia, a spokesman for the Georgian Interior Ministry said Sunday. 
Russian energy giant Gazprom offers its natural gas to Ukraine at $450 per 1,000 cubic meters and hopes the proposal will prompt the country's energy company Naftogaz to resume talks, the Gazprom CEO said Sunday. "Let us hope the proposal... will return Naftogaz to the negotiating table as soon as possible," Alexei Miller said. 
Ukraine illegally tapped 50 million cubic meters of Russian natural gas bound for European consumers, a spokesman for Russian energy giant Gazprom said Sunday. 
Russia is calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday. 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a law to ratify the convention to avoid double taxation and tax dodging between Russia and Venezuela, the Kremlin said Sunday. 



