Authorized Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission, despite the duration of the tripartite meeting on gas in Brussels, managed on its results to initial the Protocol on gas supplies to Ukraine and transit this winter, but not to sign the document completely. The main points of the text of a tripartite Protocol has already been glorified, for this reason, much greater excitement was caused by the process of official signature, to be exact, the initialing of the document. The Russian and Ukrainian delegation arrived at the house of the European Commission on dialogues about 18. 00 GMT on 25 September, and reached the media almost at midnight, for this reason, all were surprised at the outcome of the meeting, initialing and not signing the document. Later, the head of the Ministry of energy of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn said that the trilateral Protocol will be signed no later than a week Later, and explained that it didn't happen immediately, because the document " need to demonstrate to the lawyers." Initialled the Protocol of the head of the Ministry of energy of Russia Alexander Novak, Vice-President of the EC Maros Sefcovic and the head of the Ministry of energy of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn. Moreover, the share of the latter fell the greater number of signatures. It is noteworthy that at that time the head of "Gazprom" Alexey Miller stood at the right hand of the Minister, and the head of "Naftogaz of Ukraine" Andrey Kobelev was sitting in the audience of reporters, but ignored their questions. at the final press conference, the host of the meeting, the Vice-President of the European Commission on energosoiuz maro? ?ef?ovi? said that the winter package will help to provide uninterrupted transit of gas to European Union via Ukraine this winter." This is a crucial step to supply Ukraine enough gas supplies this winter, and that will not become threats to the continuation of secure and reliable transit of gas from Russia to the EU, " he said. Sefcovic said that the package will run from 1 October of the current year until the end of March 2016 and 1st winter package gas 2014-2015. The Protocol provides for the purchase of Ukraine from the Russian Federation in October 2 billion cubic meters of gas for injection into storage under the ground, funds of European financial institutions in the amount of five hundred million dollars will be allocated to "Naftogaz" to the end of the year. The source later told the correspondent that the winter package does not specify the volumes of gas that Ukraine needs to buy from Russia, except these 2 billion cubic meters. According to head " Gazprom ", at the meeting there were also proposals for additional allocation of funds Ukraine in the autumn-winter period for the purchase of gas." 've heard figures of up to 800 million dollars, " said Miller to reporters. the main intrigue of the meeting was the amount of the contract price of Russian gas for Ukraine, as well as discounts, which the Russian Federation is ready to grant Ukraine in the fourth quarter. The Russian side does not expressly agreed as voiced above the contract price of 252 dollars per thousand cubic meters, and the size of the discount, which is the sum of this price is about $ 24. Novak said that the discount on gas for Ukraine will be provided by the government of the Russian Federation on a quarterly basis, in the fourth quarter it will be about 20 dollars. "The Federal government will reduce the contract price for gas for Ukraine in the fourth quarter of the current year and 1st quarter of 2016 to a level comparable to the prices offered in the neighbouring countries of the EU. This will be done as last winter, due to the size reduction of export duties on natural gas. This will reduce the Price of Russian gas for Ukraine from $ 251 contract price per thousand cubic meters up to 232 dollars ", - said, for his part, Sefcovic. Demchyshyn called commercial rules of the initialed Protocol acceptable for Ukraine. At the signing of the Protocol, according to him, will take no more than a week. For its part, the head of "Gazprom" has expressed hope that Ukraine will resume purchasing gas from Russia on October 1.