Ukraine is planning to sign an additional agreement with Russia on gas

Authorized Ukrainian Naftogaz hope after the talks with Gazprom in Berlin to sign an additional agreement to the contract on gas supplies, said Rada appointed Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
" I very cautiously evaluate the other prospects of negotiations between Gazprom and Naftogaz, but We have to go this path. We believe that as a result of this path must be signed additional agreement, the draft of which Ukrainian Naftogaz " gave even on Sunday evening, " said Yatsenyuk, RIA " Novosti ". He said that the gas dialogues continue on Tuesday in Berlin at the level of " Gazprom " and " Naftogaz ". While Yatsenyuk confirmed once again that Ukraine continues to insist on the price in $ 268 per thousand cubic meters of gas from Russia. On the first day of the week in Brussels was held the next round of trilateral negotiations of the EU, Russia and Ukraine for gas. The head of Gazprom Alexei Miller said after talks that Gazprom and Naftogaz agreed that no one of the parties will be filing a claim in the Stockholm court. For its part, the European Commissioner for energy Gunther Oettinger has made the initiative to introduce a new price for gas deliveries from Russia, Ukraine, noting that it is necessary to find out that the gas price for Kiev to exclude discussion at least a year. Equally on Monday Gazprom announced the decision to postpone the introduction of the mode of advance payment for gas to Kiev from 3 to 9 June, provided that before this date will be paid delivered to Ukraine in may of blue fuel. It was once the energy Ministry has assured receipt of the translated Kiev 786, $ 4 million in repayment of debt for delivered in February and March of gas from Russia. If the preliminary bill for June will not be paid in time, Russia may from 9 June to turn off the gas to Ukraine. It creates potential danger to the transit of gas from Russia to the European Union. Remember, until April for Ukraine acted discount - 268, 5 dollars per thousand cubic meters. Gazprom from April 1 cancelled the discount and increased the price to 385 5 dollar as Kyiv, regardless of December arrangements, paid the debt and current supplies. 3 April happened announced the cancellation and discounts on Kharkiv contracts 2010, which was given in exchange for an extension of stay of the black sea fleet in Crimea, and the price rose to $ 485 per thousand cubic meters.


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