The Russian position indicates that Moscow's primary objective is to maintain the existing mechanisms for keeping Ukraine dependent on its gas, as it consistently refuses to enter into negotiations on a proposed revision of the gas contract with Kyiv dating from 2009. Moscow will also undermine Ukraine's attempts to change the bases of the two states' gas cooperation by bringing a case to the arbitral tribunal in Stockholm. Reports by the Russian daily Kommersant indicate that during the talks, Gazprom turned to the Ukrainian side with a request to withdraw the petition submitted to arbitration. On the other hand, in the face of Kyiv's expected determination, Gazprom will seek to undermine the Ukrainian position during the arbitration proceedings. This is illustrated by Gazprom's assertion that the debt for gas supplied in November-December 2013 and April-June 2014 (which according to Russian calculations amounts to around 11.5 bcm) is US$5.3 billion.