MOSCOW, Dec. 23 - Russian gas giant OAO Gazprom (RTS: GAZP) on Friday carried out training of a crisis center set up to ensure stable supplies of gas to European consumers through Ukrainian territory, Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev said at a press conference in the Interfax central office on Friday.

Sergei Kuprianov, press secretary to the Gazprom CEO, said at the press conference that this training "showed that all our production services are ready to limit supplies to Ukraine and maintain gas supplies to Europe in the volume set down in contracts."