KIEV, April 21 – Russia's Gazprom did not demand that Naftogaz Ukrayiny pay fines for not pumping contacted volumes of gas in Q1, Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan said.

"Gazprom bills us on actual consumption. Of course, each month we’re in correspondence on actual gas consumption and payments. Information appeared in the mass media now is an echo of correspondence between the two economic entities," he said.