Russia agreed that the venue of the next tripartite meeting at the Ministerial level between Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission by decision of the gas issues October 21, moved to Brussels from Berlin, informed the Ministry of energy of Russia. " Changed the venue of a new round of tripartite talks on security of gas transit through the territory of Ukraine in the format of Russia-Ukraine-EU, scheduled for October 21. The meeting will take place in Brussels, according to the report of the office which leads to RIA " Novosti ". Before Thursday, the Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for energy, g?nther Oettinger expressed hope that parties this week reached agreement on interim " winter plan " for Russian gas deliveries to Ukraine. On the first day of the week Russian energy Minister Alexander Novak said that Ukraine did not want to repay a part of the gas debt to gas supplies from Russia. The Minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Yuriy Prodan confirmed the refusal to pay gas debt Before new supplies of fuel. However, he continues to insist that the payments, which says Russia is not their debt payments, and prepayment for fresh supplies. Before that, Novak said that the Russian Federation has proposed a more flexible repayment schedule of Ukraine's gas debt, reducing the size of the first tranche 2 billion to 1, 451 billion.
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