The gas crisis which strikes Europe “worsens” in spite of the efforts made to regulate it quickly. It is what the Russian Vladimir Poutine at the time of a meeting with its Czech counterpart stated.

Mr. Putin, who was accompanied high ranking officials of the Russian government and the owner by the gas giant Miller, showed the Ukraine to devote himself to a “gas blockade” of Europe. “At all events, we will try” to solve the conflict, has it tells.

“We hope that you will be able to convince our Ukrainian partners of the need for signing the document”, he added. He referred to the protocol which must establish the conditions of the deployment of the observers charged to supervise the transit of gas by the Ukraine, and which has seemed the major point of obstacle of the negotiations for Friday.

“I sent a signal to the Ukrainian management who I will remain in the area until the gas passes again”, has on its side stated Mr. . currently chairs the European Union (UE).

Mr. recognized that the tended relations reigning between the Ukrainian chairman and his prime minister were an element of the crisis, but affirmed to have regulated this problem.

The Czech is in Russia after a meeting Friday in Kiev with the Ukrainian management, to try to untie the crisis which has deprived for Wednesday part of Europe of Russian gas forwarding by the Ukraine.

showed the Ukrainian chairman to lock the signature of the protocol on the deployment of observers to supervise the transit of gas by the Ukraine. This text is an essential condition for the resumption of the deliveries towards Europe.