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15 of June, 14:57

Kiev said the estimated time of continuing negotiations on gas
According to unverified data, the tripartite dialogues on gas between Russia, the EU and Ukraine will resume in 19. 00 - 20. 00 MSK, said in the Ministry of energy of Ukraine and Naftogaz.
" Pre-meeting may be held after six in the evening (19. 00 MSK). As long as the time and place of the talks is not known ", - said the Agency. First the Ministry was announced that the dialogue will take place, As in the first day of the weekend in Moscow hotel " Hilton " in the center of Kiev, transfers ITAR-TASS. As long as also there is no exact data about whether the press conference of the participants of the meeting. According to the energy Ministry, who arrived on June 14 in Kyiv, the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller and the European Commissioner on energy issues Gunther Oettinger continue to be in the capital of Ukraine. In Naftogaz told that the dialogue will be resumed in 20. 00 in Moscow, reports RIA " Novosti ". On Thursday the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller has called final date of the translation of Ukraine for advance payment for gas, accusing appointed by the Verkhovna Rada, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk in the failure of the negotiations." Input mode prepaid again was postponed at the request of the European Commission, moved To 10. 00 Monday, June 16. More already this term to be transferred will not be ", - He said. According to Miller, the only " progress " during advice on gas with Ukraine was the growth of the gas debt by more than $ 2 billion. Yatseniuk has said that Ukraine is not satisfied with the proposal made by the Russian side to reduce rates. During the next round of trilateral negotiations (Russia - Ukraine - EU) eleven June, Russia proposed to set a price of $ 385, count the debt for April-may, taking into account the discount and to refuse payment if Ukraine To 16 June will repay $ 2 billion debt To 26 June, the remaining debt. But Kiev on such rules did not agree and said that it wants to appeal to the Stockholm court, although the parties had already agreed not to. Until the court Kiev offers to set the gas price within 268, 5-385 dollars per thousand cubic meters. As noted by the President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin, Ukraine consciously cheerleader dialogues in a deadlock. He promised that if Kiev's stance will not change, the question " will go in a completely different stage ".

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