“If the debt is not settled in October, Gazprom will be forced to begin to cut natural gas supplies to Ukrainian consumers,” the company said in a statement, putting the amount of debt at $1.3 billion dollars (€900 million). Gazprom today warned its European partners about existing problems with gas deliveries to Ukraine in its statement. Gazprom, the world’s largest gas producer, supplies Europe with a quarter of its gas needs via Ukraine and Belarus and its previous pricing disputes with those countries have led to significant cuts in gas deliveries for Europe. (unian.net)