Gas War: Ukraine Says Russia Stealing Turkmen Gas

Kyiv is now accusing Moscow of illegally siphoning off Turkmen natural gas earmarked for Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraina reports. In Moscow today, Gazprom's press secretary Sergei Kupriyanov stated that "we have the confirmation of the Turkmen side in relation to the volumes of gas delivery to Gazprom in the first quarter on a daily basis. The entire volume of Turkmen gas now enters the balance of Gazprom."