Pushkov believes " absurd " rules for gas, exhibited Kiev
Head of the state Duma international Affairs Alexei Pushkov called " absurd " rules on which Kiev has made the initiative to carry out deliveries of Russian gas.
The head of the Ukrainian Ministry of energy Yuriy Prodan said before, that Ukraine does not agree to the use of the mechanism of payment for deliveries of Russian gas and insists that payment is made upon receipt of gas.
" Kiev puts us absurd rules for gas, requiring delivery No pre-payment. No pre-payment means Without payment. We are already well learned, " Pushkov wrote in his own microblog on Twitter.
before the first day of the week according to the Russian energy Minister Alexander Novak was announced that Moscow and Kiev in the beginning of the next trilateral gas meeting with the participation of the EC, which is scheduled for October 21, have adjusted their proposals for " winter gas ". For example, Russia has reduced the requirement to Ukraine for the first tranche debt for gas to 1, 5 billion dollars, and Kiev expressed readiness to pass the winter and four billion cubic meters of additional gas from Russia.
on a tripartite gas negotiations on September 26, Russia, Ukraine and the EU discussed the " winter plan ", designed for the period until the end of March. He foresaw that Kyiv this year will repay 3, $ 1 billion debt for gas from Russia, and Gazprom will supply Ukraine 5 billion cubic meters of gas at the prepayment price 385 dollars per thousand cubic meters. Russia from the requirement of prepayment is not refused, and also requires the 1st tranche of the debt for gas before delivery.