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Ukraine siphoned off European gas -Gazprom

Sun Jan 4, 2009 8:26am EST

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MOSCOW, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Ukraine siphoned off or held back a total of 50 million cubic of Russian gas intended for Europe on Jan. 3, the spokesman for Russian gas company Gazprom (GAZP.MM), Sergei Kupriyanov, said on Sunday.

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"In total, over the past day European consumers have not received 50 million cubic metres," he told journalists.

Ukraine still owes Gazprom $614 million for gas supplies in 2008, Kupriyanov said. (Reporting by Tanya Mosolova and Christian Lowe, writing by James Kilner, editing by Toni Vorobyova)

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