Ukraine asks a longer installments to repay $3, 1 billion debt for gas deliveries from Russia, wanting to pay the last installment in March, told reporters the Russian energy Minister Alexander Novak." The last sentence handed to the European Commission Ukraine is paying $1, 451 billion in the first tranche, and the remaining amount owed ? uniform installments through March inclusive ", ? said Novak. The Minister said, because the proposal of the Ukrainian side has sent to the European Commission, which now makes a total set of proposals. Another tripartite Ministerial meeting of Russia, Ukraine and the EU gas scheduled for October 21. On a tripartite gas negotiations on September 26, Russia, Ukraine and the EU discussed the " winter plan ", designed for the period until the end of March. He foresaw that Kyiv this year will repay $3, 1 billion debt for gas from Russia, and Gazprom will supply Ukraine 5 billion cubic meters of gas prepayment at a price of 385 dollars per thousand cubic meters. But Kiev has made a number of claims for this interim plan. For example, according to Novak, the Ukrainian side is willing to repay $3, 1 billion at a slower pace.

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