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 | Russian Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko seen at a news conference in Moscow, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006. Viktor Khristenko said Gazprom has contracted the full volume of natural gas that can be exported from Turkmenistan through Russia during the first quarter of 2006. click to open  |  | A view of the Bogorechanke gas-holder near Ivano-Frankivsk district, western border of Ukraine. Russia restored natural gas supplies to its crucial European customers after they felt the squeeze of an ongoing price war with Kiev, while Ukrainian officials flew to Moscow for talks to resolve the crisis. click to open  |
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