Ukraine, Kiev, Jan. 13 /corr. Trend Z.Novsvitski/ The President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko does not exclude that Russia stopped gas supplies through Ukraine for the purpose to destabilize political situation in the east and south Ukraine, since the population of these regions very sensitively relates to the question of relations with Russia.
Due to stoppage in transit and also in gas supplies to Ukraine, firstly six regions in south and east of Ukraine suffered, since they obtained gas from the distribution systems, but not from the gas reservoirs.
Yushchenko stated that it is obvious without the preliminarily developed plan on Dec. 31 the Russian gas supply could not be blocked.
The President named the position of Ukraine in the gas question one of the methods of fight for the independence and sovereignty.
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