Ukraine will have an opportunity to pass the winter in the off gas from Russia, reducing consumption presumably by 20%, said the head of Naftogaz Andrey Kobelev on the last working day of the week correspondents.

" We need to reduce consumption of gas allegedly for 6 billion cubic meters per year, that is 20 percent, " said he.

According to Koroleva in the utility sector savings potential gas is about 4 billion cubic meters of gas per year.

The Parliament of Ukraine on the last working day of the week passed in the first reading a law that allows the Cabinet to impose a special period in the fuel and energy complex in the case of limits of delivery of gas and oil in the country. Such activities are related to the fact that " Gazprom " has passed to a prepayment for gas deliveries to Ukraine because of debts of Kyiv.

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