Moscow made a proposal to Kiev for a year to extend the contract for transit of gas at operating conditions, said Minister of energy Alexander Novak. He said that if the contract and have the opportunity to be any corrections, it is a matter of commercial negotiations between organizations. Existing contracts for production and delivery and transit of gas from Russia via Ukraine expire at the end of 2019. Vice-President of the European Commission on energosoiuz maroе║ е═efд█oviд█ in June reported that it has agreed with Novak to be held in September dialogs. according to the newspaper " Vedomosti ", they have the opportunity to pass on September 16 in Brussels. at the last tripartite meeting, the participants expressed their wishes. According to the proposal of the EC, a new agreement between Russia and Ukraine must be concluded for a period of more than ten years. Transit volumes are required to be attractive, as well as among them for investors attracted for the modernization of the Ukrainian gas transportation system. for his part, Novak said that the agreement must be commercially attractive, as the route is competitive. In addition, Ukraine will present a clear plan for the management of its gas transportation system, and to "Gazprom" and "Naftogaz" ought to resolve legal problems. <span style="color:darkgray