VIENNA, 30 June - RIA Novosti/Prime. Ukraine insists on the signing of a trilateral agreement on gas-Russia-Ukraine-EU on the entire heating period, Russia did not see the need, told reporters the Minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Volodymyr demchyshyn.

"We own side had convinced everyone - I think, very successfully, is that you have to sign the contract, which will cover the entire heating season ", - he said according to the results of the next trilateral meeting on gas in Vienna.

The position of the Russian side, According to Demchishin, is that, " by giving a discount or forming the quarterly price, it performs its obligations or generates sufficient rules to ensure that Ukraine could prepare for the heating season ".


A new twist on that old theme was designated on February 19." Naftogaz of Ukraine "has stopped gas supplies in the Donbass, explaining that "critical damage" pipelines." Gazprom has taken the decision problem, using canned gas metering station, and just a couple of hours, the Ukrainian side said suddenly animated the pipe and resumed gas supply to the region.

on a subsequent day of the event continued to evolve, but the situation does not become clearer. So, Naftogaz says that resumed gas supply in the region. Commissioners of Donbass gas comes specifically from Gazprom via the southern border with the Russian Federation (GIS "Platovo" and "Prokhorovka" )." Gazprom argues that the flow of gas through Platovo " and "Prokhorovka" agreed with the Ukrainian side. Read more in the article ""

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