Since yesterday Ukraine will receive gas on the pre-payment basis, according to the contract signed between Gasprom and Naftogas.
In June 2014 the Russian gas concern did not receive payment and it was forced to suspend gas deliveries to Ukraine.
Ukraine has confirmed that. Yurii Prodan, Ukrainian Minister of Energy and Coal Industry, said Russia will continue transiting 185,000,000 cub.m. of gas a day to Europe via Ukraine.
The talks between Russia and Ukraine on the new gas contract mediated by Brussels ended yesterday without any results. The sides failed to agree on the gas price. Ukraine insisted on the price of $268 per 1000 cub.m., while Russia was going to increase it up to $385 per 1000 cub.m.
