Naftogaz Raid

The offices of Ukraine´s Naftogaz, the company accused of illegally tapping off Russian gas supplies to Europe at the start of this year has been raided. The BBC reports that armed national security guard agents had been deployed as part of a new criminal investigation to retrieve contracts signed in January following the restriction of gas supplies. However the prime minister YuliaTymoshenko said the move was illegal. President Viktor Yushchenko who is in charge of the national security agents had criticized the January deal.