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30 of March, 19:00

Novak: the Russian Federation expects that the EU will help Ukraine to pay for gas

MOSCOW, March 30 - RIA Novosti/Prime. Russia hopes that the European Union States, if necessary, will provide Ukraine with financial assistance to pay for gas from Russia, said Minister of energy Alexander Novak.

"from the European Commission we expected oncoming of action, and among them by providing, if necessary, assistance to the Ukrainian side on financing the acquisition of the necessary volume of gas," the Minister said on the air of TV channel " 4 ".

according to his statement, on the future negotiations with the European Commission on gas, which will tentatively take place on 13 April, is expected to discuss the injection of gas from Russia to the underground storage (UGS) of Ukraine in the amount of 12-15 billion cubic meters

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