STOCKSHOTS: Ukraine conflict hits Gazprom profits Russia's gas giant Gazprom on Thursday said its third quarter profits plunged 61 percent as supplies were suspended to Ukraine, one of its main customers. Gazprom cut supplies in June and only switched them back on in autumn, with reduced volumes of gas that Ukraine's state company Naftogaz has to pay for in advance. STOCKSHOTS of the he Naftogaz headquarters in Kiev.