Russia's Putin says he doesn't want rerun of gas rows with Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with members of the government, with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev seen in the foreground, at the Kremlin in Moscow, March 4, 2015. REUTERS/Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti/Kremlin

MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he did not want a gas conflict with Ukraine similar to ones that took place in the past, and that Kiev only had enough pre-paid gas from Russia to last two days.

Moscow cut off gas supplies to Kiev from June until December in a dispute over pricing and unpaid bills that marked the third such stoppage in a decade, after price rows in 2006 and 2009.