The directors of Gazprom, Russia’s biggest energy company, is establishing a quick response unit on transit of Russian natural gas to Europe via Ukraine. As the set-up is stormy and adverse, Gazprom is intended to monitor the pipeline all the way long, Chief Executive Officer Alexey Miller said. In case some part of Russian gas is found trapped in Ukraine, Russia will accuse the country of illegal siphoning. Should the suspicions be confirmed, the Russian giant will increase supplies via Nord Stream and Yamal – Europe pipelines and pump more gas into storage tanks located in Europe. Presently, as Alexey Miller says, there is no threat to gas transit, yet the exports will be thoroughly supervised round the clock anyway. Earlier, Ukraine’s government has repeatedly grudged against Russia, refusing to lower the price for gas. Meanwhile, Kiev said that it was going to take as much gas as needed without paying for it. By the way, Gazprom introduced a prepayment regime for Ukraine filing a suit in Stockholm arbitration court regarding Ukraine’s debt of $4.5 billion. EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger stressed the need "to fill Ukraine's storage as full as feasible" ahead of the coming winter, otherwise the gas supplies will be interrupted. The Russian company has sent the European Commission a prior notice warning of possible supply disruptions if Ukraine's Naftogaz state energy company steals transited gas. According to Mr Oettinger, the EU is ready to boost reverse-flow gas supplies to Ukraine from Slovakia to 8 billion cubic meters a year only.