KIEV, July 15 – The price of imported gas for Ukraine in the third quarter of 2009 will be $198 per 1,000 cubic meters, Naftogaz Ukrayiny spokesman Valentyn Zemliansky told Interfax-Ukraine.

"According to the preliminary estimates, the price of natural gas for Ukraine in the third quarter of 2009 is $198 per 1,000 cubic meters, compared to $270.95 per 1,000 cubic meters in the second quarter," he said.