Ukraine wants to sign a new package of agreements on gas supplies for the entire heating season under the same conditions as in the present time, follows from the message of the Ministry of energy and coal industry of Ukraine.
Tripartite meeting on gas in the format Ukraine-EU-Russia may take place in Vienna on 30 June.



"at the meeting in Vienna We wish to sign a new package of agreements on gas supplies for the entire heating season. According to our information, the Russian side end positions for the price until now, no, We will insist on the continuation of the conditions prevailing in the past year ", - said the Minister of the Ministry of energy of Ukraine Volodymyr demchyshyn, reports RIA " Novosti ". From November 2014 discount on Russian Gas for Ukraine is $ 100 per thousand cubic meters - at first it was provided for the period at the end of March 2015, then - and for the second quarter. Gas provides Ukraine on prepayment, in fact repealed the " take or pay ". Discounts are approved by decrees of the RF government, they are tied to customs duty. When the contract price of gas below 333, 33 dollars per thousand cubic meters, the fee should not exceed $ 100 and be zeroed, that is, the discount would be 30% of the contract price. At a price higher than 333, 33 dollar fee was $ 100 more and didn't reset back to zero, and reduced by $ 100. As reported by the print edition OPINION, on Wednesday the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at a meeting With members of the government said that the final price of gas for Ukraine should be at the level of the neighbouring countries, for example Poland." We cannot offer to the same extent as before, " - said the Russian President. According to his statement, this situation is due to the 1st turn With the change of the world prices for fuel. As long as Ukraine has not received official requests for a discount.

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