MOSCOW, 29 Jun - RIA Novosti/Prime. Energy Minister Alexander Novak confirmed the tripartite talks on gas between Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission on 30 June in Vienna.
"Yes," said Novak, answering the question, does he negotiate.
before the Minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Volodymyr demchyshyn and the European Commission stated that the next trilateral meeting is expected to hold 30 June in Vienna. This date was confirmed by Russia's envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov.
One of the key issues for the upcoming negotiations as a discount on gas from Russia to Ukraine. From November 2014 to the end of the second quarter it, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the government of the Russian Federation, provided at the expense of customs duties by this formula: 30% of the contract price, but not more than $ 100 per thousand cubic meters. Since this entire period, the contract value was above 333, 33 per dollar, in practice, the discount was $ 100.
However, as said last week the head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, during such a fall in oil prices, Russia can not give Ukraine still a discount on gas, though the price for it and should not be higher than for neighbouring countries, such as Poland.
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