Ukraine to Pay off $1.45 Bln in Russian Gas Debt Immediately: Oettinger

2014/10/30

BRUSSELS, October 31 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine has confirmed that it is ready to pay off $1.451 billion in Russian gas debt immediately and also pay for at least 4 billion cubic meters of Russian gas, allowing uninterrupted supplies to the European Union during winter, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said.


“Ukraine would be able to prepay for 4 billion cubic meters of gas,” Oettinger said following trilateral gas talks in Brussels.


Guenther Oettinger also stated that Russia agreed to give Ukraine a $100 per 1,000 cubic meters discount until March 2015 in a form of export duty reduction.



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