KIEV, Nov. 19 – The price of Russian imported gas for Ukraine in Q1 2010 will grow to $270-300 per thousand cubic meters compared to $208.1 per thousand cubic meters in Q4 2009, according to Bohdan Sokolovsky, the presidential representative for international energy security.

"If to speak about the start of the year – January – there are assessments for imported gas – from $270 to $300 per thousand cubic meters. I support the second figure, taking into account oil price trends," he said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.