KIEV, Jan. 19 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny expects to meet with Russia's OAO Gazprom by the end of January to discuss new gas transit rates in connection with the introduction of the new "ship-or-pay" rate formation principle in Ukraine from 2016, Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolev said.

If the talks fail, the Ukrainian side may take the Russian company to court, Bloomberg quoted Kobolev who met with the press in Brussels on Monday, as saying.