Yatseniuk: Ukraine has 3, $ 1 billion to pay for gas

To pay for gas Ukraine can apply 3, $ 1 billion within its accounts, said the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Ukrainian TV channel ICTV.
" We currently have 3 accounts, 1 billion dollars which they can use To pay for gas as for previous deliveries, And thus for the future, as you will agree, " said the head of Ukrainian government, according to TASS. Yatseniuk said that on the morning of the 19th of October, in the Ukrainian gas storage is 16, 7 billion cubic meters of gas. On the first day of the weekend, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko promised that in winter, the country will not be issues with gas. Remember, during the meeting of the RF President centuries Putin Poroshenko on the last working day of the week, the leaders agreed on the terms of resumption of gas supplies to Ukraine in the winter. This Poroshenko announced the existence as if the common position of the EU And Ukraine on " winter " prices. However, the contract on gas supplies to Ukraine is a pipe, not a spot, And not subject to price fluctuations depending on the season. It, thus, can not go on so called summer And winter the price of gas supplies to Ukraine. We emphasize that Poroshenko repeated the same that was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the results of the negotiations. Namely, the gas Ukraine has the opportunity to be granted, but as long as it remains unclear as Kiev wishes for him to pay." Agreed price in 385 dollars, Ukraine is ready to prepaid gas supplies, " said the head of Ministry of energy of Russia Alexander Novacon also said that " the issue now is different - in the presence of Ukraine in full sources To ensure the payment of debts And payment of current supply. While Putin on the last working day of the week hinted that the Russian Federation does not want to give the gas in debt." debt Russia has nothing to put will not. And I will say why. First, you need some discipline consumer, because the collection level, say, Ukraine is very low, much lower than in Russia, And the cost is quite low, " he said.

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