On January 19, 2009, Russia and Ukraine signed a contract setting the price at which Ukraine would purchase Russian gas for the next decade. The agreement terminated the 2009 gas war—a dispute over gas prices that prompted Russia to withhold gas supply to Ukraine and Europe for over two weeks. It also committed Ukraine to purchasing Russian gas at high oil-linked prices, which was bound to significantly impact its gas-intensive economy. Competing business-administrative groups in Ukraine spun the conflict’s outcome in ways that furthered their respective agendas.