Russia expects that Ukraine during the week starts to pay gas debt for April-may, at least not completely, said the head of the Ministry of energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak.

" We expect that during the week will be resolved issues with repayment of the debt for November and December and launched payments for April and may, at least not completely ", - he told reporters on the results of the next round of trilateral negotiations on gas.

before the first day of the week Novak said that Russia's position in gas talks with Ukraine remained previous: the Ukrainian side has a week to pay the debt for November-December 1, 451 billion dollars and start payments for April-may. Ukraine had paid Russia 1-St part of the gas debt in the amount of 786 million dollars.

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