The position of the capital of Russia in gas dispute with Kiev remains the same: the Russian side will agree to continue dialogue on the issue of gas supplies only After payment of the debt of the blue fuel, said the head of the energy Ministry of Russia Alexander Novak. " The situation today has not changed, the Position of the Russian side, too, We expect payments for gas from Russia, " said Novak, confirming that then Russia is ready again to sit down at the negotiating table, RIA " Novosti ". Answering the question, whether Ukraine is ready to pay for gas, he said: " we have no such information, We hear only those statements (the Ukrainian side, as amended), which are made in the media ". Remember, the first day of the week Gazprom 10. 00 Moscow time on Monday imposed a regime of payment of deliveries of gas to Ukraine. Then the Minister of energy of Ukraine Yuriy Prodan said that Gazprom stopped supplying gas to Ukraine, the gas pipeline is only intended for transit to the European Union blue fuel in the amount of 185 million cubic meters per day. And appointed by the Verkhovna Rada, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk on the background of the termination of deliveries to Kiev gas from Russia ordered to prepare a draft law on introduction of state of emergency in the energy sector of the country. The Prime Minister of Russia D. Medvedev A. said that the new Kiev guide artificially created gas crisis, which in the end will hit the Ukrainian economy. In addition, Gazprom and Naftogaz of Ukraine has already filed lawsuits in the Stockholm arbitration court, presenting each other multibillion complaints. However, the European Commission proposes to continue the dialogue and try to find a consensus out of court. Kiev informs about readiness for dialogue, but to extinguish debts in no hurry.
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