Ukraine need about 3 billion cubic meters of gas for the normal passage of winter, said on the first day of the week Russian energy Minister Alexander Novak.
The Minister said that the Ukrainian side during last fall's tripartite negotiations in Brussels announced the information about 4 billion cubic meters of gas. While Novak added that the prepayment for the delivery of 1 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia, which was made on December 5, is a positive factor to ensure stable gas Supplies to the European Union, reports TASS. Before the first day of the week, the official representative of Gazprom Sergei Kupriyanov said that the Company received from the " Naftogaz of Ukraine " advance payment for 1 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia for Delivery in early winter, now awaits the receipt of the application at the beginning of the supply. According to the authorized organization " Ukrtransgaz ", Ukraine will receive 1st paid for gas from Russia with eleven December. On the last working day of the week " Naftogaz of Ukraine " said transferred to Gazprom 378 million dollars as an advance payment for the supply of 1 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia. Russian gas supplies to Ukraine were completed from mid-June because of the billions of dollars of debt Kiev. The issue with winter gas supplies from Russia was only resolved on 31 October, when the results of the trilateral talks in Brussels, Russia, the EU and Ukraine signed the final agreement on gas supply and transit until March 2015. A legally recorded consensus, the cost of gas for Ukraine will be 378 dollars for 1 thousand Cubic meters until the end of 2014 and 385 USD per 1 thousand Cubic meters until March 2015.


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