Miller: Resolution on the discount on gas for Ukraine has the opportunity to be signed on the last working day of the week
Resolution of the government of the Russian Federation for the discount on gas for Ukraine to $ 100 is able to be signed on the last working day of the week, said the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller in an interview to television channel " Russia 24 ". " We expect that the Resolution has the opportunity to be signed tomorrow (October 31), " said Miller, quoted by TASS. According to Miller, gas supplies from Russia will be resumed within 48 hours after payment Ukraine in the first part of the debt in 1, 45 billion dollars and recording pre-payment." Two days after the performance of the contract, signed on 30 October deliveries will be resumed, " - said the head of Gazprom. Miller said that Ukraine considers possible ways to increase gas purchases before the end of the year in excess of 4 billion cubic meters specified in the " winter package ". According to him, on the sidelines of the negotiations, the Ukrainian side is called the sum of up to 7 billion cubic meters. According to the results of the trilateral talks in Brussels, Russia, the EU and Ukraine signed the final agreement on gas supply and transit until March 2015. A legally recorded consensus, the cost of gas to Ukraine until March 2015 will amount to 378 USD per cubic meter with a planned return to the price under the contract since April. Russian energy Minister Alexander Novak said that Ukraine has agreed its funds for the prepayment of 4 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia during November-December.