Russia Medvedev: gas contract must be at market price

MOSCOW, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told his Ukrainian counterpart on Wednesday that gas supplies to Kiev would resume when both sides sign a new contract at European market prices, Russian news agencies quoted the Kremlin as saying.

Agencies reported that Medvedev and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko spoke by telephone on Wednesday evening. (Reporting by Robin Paxton, editing by Amie Ferris-Rotman and Jon Boyle)