Ukraine to celebrate New Year without gas?

On Thursday, it was reported that the Ukrainian side is transferred to Gazprom $ 800 million According to the deputy chairman of Gazprom Alexander Medvedev, is only part of the information received from the Ukrainian colleagues. The second part is the fact that other payments until the new year will not be - “it told us exactly and clearly. But then it turns out that Ukraine has paid off debts for October, and payments for November and December, Russia’s side sees no earlier than next year.

As press secretary of Gazprom Sergei Kupriyanov, the company has “no legal basis for the first of January to deliver gas to consumers in Ukraine”, and technically to reduce the volume of deliveries will not be difficult.

Meanwhile, the rise in price of gas delivered from Russia may be seriously hit by the interests of the Ukrainian authorities. This is due to the specific pricing policy - buying gas for $ 179 yes 1 thousand cubic meters, “Naftogaz” sells it to domestic consumers is at $ 320 per cubic meter. It is clear that an increase in purchase prices to maintain the same margin would be impossible. Well, the word for the Ukrainian side, the more so that Gazprom believed that if they wish for the remaining days, taking into account the proposals of Russia, you can find a mutually acceptable solution.

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