Russia, Ukraine and the EU agreed on the conditions of the winter gas supplies – RBC

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In Brussels, the tripartite negotiations representatives of Russia, Ukraine and the European Union ended in the initialling of the protocol on gas supplies in winter. Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchishin noted that the document signed by the parties is of a preliminary nature, reports Tass

Vice-President of the European Commission’s energy union Maroš Šefčovič said that the signing of the final document will require a separate procedure. Demchishin later clarified that the signing will take place in the near future. “This is the maximum of the week”, – the minister said, explaining that the initialed document must be shown to lawyers (quoted by Interfax).

According Shefovicha, according to the protocol, Kiev undertakes to purchase 2 billion cubic meters of gas from “Gazprom” for injection into underground storage facilities. “Ukraine will transfer the appropriate amount of money to buy gas from” Gazprom “, – he said at a press conference.

The head of the Russian Ministry of Energy Alexander Novak said that the injection of gas into underground storage facilities Kiev The European Commission will allocate more than $ 500 million . Demchishin said that the funds had been provided “Naftogaz».

During the press conference, Vice President Shefovich noted that Moscow has promised to reduce the price of gas for Ukraine in the fourth quarter 2015 and first quarter 2016 to “competitive level”, which is comparable to the prices for other neighboring countries. “This will be done as last year, due to lower export duties on natural gas,” – said vice-president of the European Commission. According to him, the paper price of gas is set at $ 232 for 1 thousand cubic meters.

Demchishin named business conditions initialed protocol acceptable for Kiev. “They will help our economy,” – predicted the Ukrainian minister.

On September 25, the Russian government approved a discount on gas for Ukraine in the fourth quarter. It will be $ 24.6 per thousand cubic meters. Presumably, with its view of the final gas price for Kiev is $ 227.4.