Source: Russia, Ukraine and the EU reached agreement on gas supplies until the end of March 2015
On a tripartite Ministerial talks in Brussels reached an Agreement on gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine and gas transit to the end of March 2015, said close to the negotiations source. The final documents had to be signed in 23. 45 Moscow time, TASS informs." The agreement was reached, the signing of the documents will take place live at the final press conference, " He said. First on Thursday, Russian energy Minister Alexander Novak expressed the hope that all documents on the gas issue may be signed on Thursday. Remember, the next round of negotiations in the tripartite format began on Wednesday. On Thursday, Russian energy Minister Alexander Novak said that Ukraine has promised Russia to find the means to pay for delivery in winter 4 billion cubic meters of gas, held a dialogue with the EC and international financial institutions. On Thursday, energy Minister Alexander Novak said that the Russian Federation and Ukraine agreed on the basic rules for the resumption of gas supplies to Ukraine in the winter. He said that the European Commission fully supported the position of the capital of Russia in the settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian gas dispute. First Deputy Minister of energy of Ukraine Vadim Alida said that the Ukrainian government has approved a tripartite Protocol on gas supplies from Russia in the winter. Later that same day, the head of the Board of Naftogaz Andrey Kobelev said that in the result of negotiations on gas in a trilateral format on Thursday a high probability to sign a " temporary winter package ". 21 October in Brussels and could not sign a temporary gas contract between Russia and Ukraine. While the EC submitted a proposal to the European Company bought gas for Ukraine and resold it. However, the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller said that Moscow does not consider the emergence of a European intermediary company that would buy gas on the border of Russia and Ukraine. As reported by Russian energy Minister Alexander Novak, at the meeting, Russia is configured to achieve a final agreement and signing documents with Ukraine.