MOSCOW, May 22 ??“ Russia will impose an 18.2% hike on price of natural gas supplied to Ukraine starting July 1, a newspaper reported Monday citing a senior official at Gazprom, the Russian gas monopoly.

Ukrainian consumers will have to pay $130/1,000 cubic meters of gas, up from $110/1,000 cu m, Kommersant daily reported citing Alexander Ryazanov, a deputy chairman of Gazprom.