BRUSSELS, 20 Mar RIA Novosti/Prime. Ukraine will continue to buy Russian gas prepaid, despite the return from 1 April of the take or pay mechanism, said to reporters, the Minister of energy Alexander Novak. In accordance with the "winter package" before the end of March between the Russian Federation and Ukraine the take-or-pay Regime had no effect. The mode of payment for gas deliveries to Ukraine, Russia introduced from June 2014 due to systematic non-payment for delivered energy. "The Russian side believes that April 1 will continue to operate the take-or-pay Regime, this is because the parties are in bankruptcy court and the take-or-pay Regime will be in the contested positions on the Treaty of 2009," said Novak on the results of the tripartite talks in Brussels. He noticed that the Regime take or pay " will not affect the current gas supply, to the control system of pre-payment - how much will put money in this period, as many will be ensured of gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine, respectively in full will be executed contracts before the European consumers by pumping through the transit gas pipeline system of Ukraine ". A new twist on an old theme was designated on February 19." Naftogaz of Ukraine halted gas supplies in the Donbass, explaining that "critical damage" pipelines." Gazprom has decided the issue, using canned gas metering station and just a couple of hours, the Ukrainian side suddenly said restored pipe and resumed gas supply to the region. on the subsequent day of the event continued to grow, but the situation became clearer. So, Naftogaz says that resumed gas supply in the region. Commissioners of Donbass gas flows specifically from Gazprom through the southern border with the Russian Federation (GIS "Platoo" and "Prokhorovka" )." Gazprom argues that the flow of gas through Platova " and "Prokhorovka" agreed with the Ukrainian side. Read more in the article ""