Russian energy Minister Alexander Novak and the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller discussed the Ukrainian gas issue on the sidelines of the ASEM summit in Milan, said the President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov. " Milan are the head of " Gazprom " Alexey Miller, Minister of energy Alexander Novak, who on the sidelines of the summit to discuss this issue (Ukrainian gas) with its European partners, " said Peskov, quoted by the RIA " Novosti ". We emphasize that on Thursday, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that Ukraine cannot guarantee an uninterrupted supply of transit of Russian gas to the European Union. In response, the President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin has threatened to reduce gas supply in the event of theft from Ukraine. However, Vice-President of the Commission for energy g?nther Oettinger said that the interruption of gas supplies from Russia via Ukraine coming winter unlikely, but possible. In the 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 At the prepayment price 385 dollars per thousand cubic meters. Russia insisted that $ 2 billion of debt was repaid already before delivery. Later, however, Moscow has reduced the requirement for the first tranche debt for gas to 1, 451 billion (the rest of 3, $ 1 billion - before the New year).
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