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Ukraine needs to push for new energy suppliers / Van  Matiyeshyn, founder of the Ukrainian Foundation for Democracy-People First, BlogActiv, 23/03/2012http://matiyeshyn.blogactiv.eu/2012/03/23/dependence-on-gazprom-%E2%80%94-a-long-term-prospect-of-ukraine/Information concerning possible signing of the gas agreement between Naftogaz of Ukraine and German RWE recently appeared in Ukrainian mass-media.  What’s meant is the delivery of spot gas bought in Europe to Ukraine through pipelines of Slovakia.Even in case the short-term contract between Naftogaz and RWE is signed, it won’t reduce dependence of Ukraine upon Gazprom.  Annual volumes declared by the new contract can make up about 1 billion cubic meters.  Whereas Ukraine consumes about 70 billion cubic meters of gas per year, out of which at least 40 billion cubic meters under the current contract...