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(9 Jan 2009) SHOTLIST
RU-RTR - No Access Russia
Sochi, Russia - 9 January, 2009
1. Wide of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Gazprom Chairman Alexei Miller speaking
2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Alexei Miller, Gazprom Chairman:
"I think, no, I am sure, if such a mechanism (of monitoring) is set up, our Ukrainian colleagues will have to work honestly and transparently."
3. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Medvedev, Russian President:
"You're guided by my instruction when dealing with this task - all these actions can be made only after documents are signed. Unfortunately, we have no trust left in the good intentions of the Ukrainian side. So we will act only after the documents are signed. Otherwise, such irresponsible policies and stealing, which has been going on for many years, will never stop."
4. Wide shot of talks
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Alexei Miller, Gazprom Chairman:
"After this protocol (on monitoring) is signed, the independent experts have arrived at the of gas-transporting installations in Ukraine, and following a signal that they are ready to carry out their work, the transition of Russian gas across the territory of Ukraine for consumers in Europe will be instantly resumed."
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Kiev, Ukraine - 9 January, 2009
6. Wide shot UkrTransGas company exterior ++NIGHT SHOT++
7. Mid shot sign on building ++NIGHT SHOT++
8. EU monitors entering and taking seats for news briefing
9. Cutaway of photographers
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Filip Cornelis, head of group of monitors:
"The purpose of our monitoring mission is to verify on an independent basis the flows of gas coming into the Ukrainian system and be able to compare them on an independent basis with the precise flows of gas that reach the European customers with whom Gazprom has commercial contracts."
11. Cutaway of reporters
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Filip Cornelis, head of group of monitors:
"The purpose is to provide a necessary degree of confidence and reassurance to all the parties about the precise flows of gas."
13. Wide of news conference
STORYLINE
Russian and Ukrainian officials bickered into the night on Friday over a deal leading to the resumption of Russian gas supplies, weakening hopes for an end to a dispute leaving parts of Europe in the cold and dark.
European Union representatives started work in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, to monitor the flow of gas, offering an independent assessment that was critical to sealing a bargain.
But Russia said it would only restart pumping gas to Europe via Ukraine after a written deal was signed.
"Unfortunately, we have no trust left in the good intentions of the Ukrainian side," Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said.
"We will act only after the documents are signed. Otherwise, such irresponsible policies and stealing, which has been going on for many years, will never stop," Medvedev said.
Russia wants monitors in place to prevent what it described as Ukraine's theft of supplies meant for Europe, a charge Kiev hotly denies.
Gazprom's CEO Alexei Miller pledged Gazprom would resume shipments to Europe once the monitoring teams deploy to pipeline-pumping stations across Ukraine, a country roughly the size of South Africa or Texas.
Gazprom halted all natural gas shipments through Ukraine on Wednesday, ending or reducing gas supplies to more than a dozen European nations amid a pricing dispute with Kiev.
Russia in the past has sold gas to Ukraine and some other ex-Soviet neighbours at prices significantly less than European prices.
Ukraine had initially opposed including Russians in the EU monitoring team, but finally accepted their presence on Friday, Miller said.

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