Russia rejected gas broker
The Ministry of energy of Russia commented on the proposal of the European Union on the introduction of intermediary company in the supply of Russian gas to Ukraine. Moscow does not fit these conditions, declared adherents of the office.

The Ministry of energy of Russia commented on the proposal of the European Union on the introduction of intermediary company in the supply of Russian gas to Ukraine. Moscow does not fit these conditions, declared adherents of the office.
The organizer of the proposals became the European Commissioner for energy günther Oettinger. European adept announced that the EU is ready to introduce an intermediary transit domestic fuel to Ukraine. Oettinger said that this needs to be done to eliminate possible problems with payment. Then, when the Ukrainian "Naftogaz" will not be funds, then the gas will pay for the European mediator, and later resell Ukraine.
The proposal was criticized Russian policies. In the case of the adoption of this paragraph, the agreement on the transit of fuel will have to reconsider, explains on the web site of the Ministry of energy of Russia. "Part of the sentence is not very clear. This proposal raises many questions," announced the head of the Department Alexander Novak.
He expressed doubt about where Ukraine will take cash to pay for the purchase of gas by the European firm. According to Novak, to buy gas for Ukraine agreed firm GDF Suez. The Minister stressed that Russia will not agree to the new terms. "This implies a change of the agreement on transit. Russia is strongly against it," he said.
Novak reported that the European Commission jointly with Ukraine must qualify before the end of this week, the source of funding pre-payment for Russian gas supplies. According to him, all obligations under guarantees payment of the debt by Ukraine is obliged to take over the European Union. Novak said that the debt of Ukraine to Gazprom amounted to 5.3 billion dollars.
"Of this amount, $ 1.4 billion will be repaid by the end of October, and before the end of the year will be repaid 3.1 billion dollars", - said the Minister. Also, the Commissioner announced that the price for gas for Ukraine in 385 dollars per thousand cubic meters will be effective from October 2014 to the end of March 2015.