If Ukraine will reject the proposals of the Russian Federation on gas, " relations will proceed to another stage ", said the head of the Russian Federation centuries Putin.

" I believe that the joint proposal more than a partnership, aims to support the Ukrainian economy in a difficult time, to help, " Putin said at a meeting with members of the government on Wednesday.

" If our proposals are rejected, This means that we will move completely into another stage. This is not our choice, we don't want. If so, then we will live in a different dimension, " added the Manager.

According to Putin, Russia has proposed Ukraine to similar rules in gas price, as under the presidency Viktor Yanukovych: discount on the contract price and the target price in $ 385 per thousand cubic meters.

The current price for gas from Russia to Ukraine after the abolition of all discounts is 485 dollars per thousand cubic meters. Kyiv demands to return the price in 268, 5 dollars per thousand cubic meters, which operated in the first quarter of the current year in service with a number of other economic agreements achieved at the end of last year with the former authorities of Ukraine. The Russian side calls the price in 268, $ 5 absolutely non-market. The Commission proposed to establish a price in the range of $ 350-380 that corresponds to the cost of gas on the European market.

in Brussels on Wednesday held the next round of trilateral negotiations on gas in the format of Russia-Ukraine-EU. The results of the talks until not delivered.

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