OAO Gazprom said Friday it may suspend gas supply to Ukraine after Kiev failed to pay for February deliveries, but Russia’s gas monopoly said it will continue transit shipments to Europe. “We cannot supply gas for free. Either Ukraine redeems debt and pays for the current deliveries, or there is a risk to return to the situation of early 2009,” Gazprom Chairman Alexei Miller said. Mr. Miller said that Ukraine now owes $1.89 billion for gas after it failed to meet a March 7 deadline for payment of the February deliveries. Russia switched off natural gas to Ukraine at the start of 2009 after talks on a new contract ended in failure. The failure of those talks lead to the temporary suspension of deliveries to Europe through Ukraine. But a spokesman for Gazprom said the current dispute with Ukraine wouldn’t have impact on supplies to the rest of Europe. […]