MOSCOW, March 26 – Russia’s Gazprom slammed Ukraine's planned modernization of the country's gas transit system with financial support from the European Union, saying it "may have unpredictable consequences for the entire Eurasian space."

"Putting into practice the provisions of the Ukraine-EU declaration on the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transit system that was approved in Brussels recently involves a change to its operation regime," Oleg Aksyutin, head of Gazprom's department for the transmission, underground storage and use of gas, told reporters.