MOSCOW, Aug. 24 - Gazprom made it clear Tuesday it will charge Ukraine the same tariff for shipping natural gas from Turkmenistan as Ukraine charges Russia for moving its gas to Europe, a news agency reported.

"It was stipulated that the tariffs for gas transportation via Russian territory and the Ukrainian territory, would be the same," Sergei Kupriyanov, a spokesman for Gazprom, said, according to Interfax.