Kiev has saved 3, 4 billion dollars for the purchase of gas from Russia in 2014, said Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
"last year we saved 3, 4 billion dollars, not paying Russia's Gazprom the amount that, as Gazprom thought he would receive under the contract ", - said Yatsenyuk, without providing other details.
According to Yatsenyuk, " the scheme of gas supplies, which we have built up over the past year, can be called as energy independent ", RIA " Novosti ". Remember, 10 April it was announced that the tripartite meeting on gas from Russia, Ukraine and the European Union, scheduled for 14 April in Berlin at the level of energy Ministers was postponed to a later date. Before in the same day the head of "Naftogaz of Ukraine" Andrey Kobelev said that a trilateral meeting on gas in Berlin Ukraine hopes to discuss with the Russian Federation and the European Commission the prospects of signing a new gas pack on a 12-month period. Before that, the Minister of energy and coal industry Volodymyr demchyshyn said that Ukraine hopes that the price of imported gas from Europe and Russia will not exceed $ 250. on 8 April, the head of Gazprom Alexey Miller at the meeting with President of Russia Vladimir Putin said that Moscow gave Kiev a discount on gas for a period of only 3 months, because there is a risk of further reduction of prices on oil products. Before in the conversation with the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller, Putin said about the need to go towards Ukraine in the issue of penalties for arrears of gas on a " take or pay ". Naftogaz April 1, signed with Gazprom an additional contract for the supply of gas in the 2nd quarter of 2015. According to the document, the preliminary cost of gas for Ukraine in the 2nd quarter before discount is 348 dollars for 1 thousand Cubic meters and will be clarified. Promised by Russia, the discount is $ 100. The head of the Board of Gazprom Alexey Miller, explaining the contract, I noticed that Gazprom will not demand payment of fines by the rule of "take or pay" for gas deliveries in the 2nd quarter of 2015.

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