The EC has promised to help Ukraine to pay for gas from Russia in the winter
The European Union will help Ukraine with loans for the purchase of gas from Russia in the winter, stated in the press service of the European Commission.

The European Union will help Ukraine with loans for the purchase of gas from Russia in the winter, stated in the press service of the European Commission.
the report notes that, together with the European Bank for restoration and development and international monetary Fund Brussels and Kiev will seek adequate financial solution " that will help to provide an advance payment for gas supplies next winter, reports Deutsche Welle.
"The European Commission together with the Russian and the Ukrainian side is currently preparing a draft joint Protocol due to a number of meetings at the expert level. The Protocol aims to detect the output, which will provide gas supplies for the winter 2015-2016 season, " said Commissioner of the Ministry. Held yesterday in the capital of Belgium trilateral dialogues on gas supplies in the European Union as " quite constructive ". The press Secretary said that the meeting will continue to over the next few weeks to pave the way for the tripartite meeting at the Ministerial level. The European Commission is confident that following the "winter package" agreement will help to provide Ukraine with the necessary quantity of gas, however you can take on your own shoulders, financial guarantees, As desired by Russia, the EU does not intend to. In Brussels skeptical about the claim submitted by the Minister of energy of Russia Alexander Novak. The Russian Minister said that the Russian Federation will sign a new contract on gas to Ukraine only if it will be written financial obligations of Ukraine and the European Union." This case will be resolved within the framework of bilateral relations between Ukraine and EU ", - said a source in the European Commission. He confirmed that the dialogues in such information between Kiev and Brussels are already underway. Yesterday the Minister of energy of Russia Alexander Novak said that the draft tripartite Protocol on Russian gas supplies to Ukraine provides for the volumes of gas in Ukrainian underground gas storages (UGS) in early winter in a volume of Over 19 billion cubic meters. As reported by Novak, the obligations of the Ukrainian side for the purchase and injection of gas into storage under the ground and the allocation of the EU bailout for these purposes are required to enter into a new package of gas agreements that can be signed on the results of the upcoming meeting of the Russia-Ukraine-European Commission.