The European Bank for restoration and development (EBRD) expects the upcoming week to sign a contract with Naftogaz on the allocation of 300 million dollars loan for the purchase of gas in the European Union, said the managing Director of EBRD for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus Francis Malizh.
"The loan that we plan to sign next week, 300 million dollars will be possible to obtain very quickly after its signing ", - said a top Manager of the Bank, reports RIA " Novosti ".
for his part, the head of Naftogaz Andrey Kobelev said that Kiev initially planned to get and start applying this loan at the end of October, now this term can be shifted by early November. Thursday Malizh Francis said he did not expect a breakdown of the allocation of Kiev loan of 300 million dollars for payment of purchased gas in the European Union. On 30 September, the Board of Directors of the European Bank for restoration and development (EBRD) blessed Credit to "Naftogaz of Ukraine" in the amount of 300 million dollars to Finance the procurement of natural gas on the European market. On the same day, Yatsenyuk said that Kiev until the end of the year in total need for gas injection into UGS 1, 3 billion dollars, of which five hundred million dollars already have 300 million Ukraine expects from the EBRD, another five hundred million dollars-from the world Bank. For his part, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the total amount of payments of Ukraine for gas from Russia in winter will be about $ 3 billion." Inject the remaining volume of gas in UGS for five hundred million dollars (the first tranche of payment by Kiev ? approx. OPINION), but then-you have to pay throughout the winter for Russian gas supplies, which is about $ 3 billion allegedly", - has declared the head.

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