Xinhua, Moscow :
Ukraine’s national energy firm Naftogaz will triple gas imports from Russia’s energy giant Gazprom in April 2015, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Saturday.
“Naftogaz has contracted 1 billion cubic meters of gas for April … which is about 33 million cubic meters of gas to be transferred daily to Ukraine,” Novak said in a interview broadcasted on TV.
The minister added that Russia has already supplied about 400 million cubic meters of gas to Donbass since Feb. 19, a day after Kiev cut off the gas supplies to eastern regions because of ” critical damage” of the gas pipelines.
According to Novak, the supply to Donbass would continue, while payment negotiations are underway between Gazprom and Naftogaz as Kiev refused to pay the extra bills.
Ukraine’s national energy firm Naftogaz will triple gas imports from Russia’s energy giant Gazprom in April 2015, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Saturday.
“Naftogaz has contracted 1 billion cubic meters of gas for April … which is about 33 million cubic meters of gas to be transferred daily to Ukraine,” Novak said in a interview broadcasted on TV.
The minister added that Russia has already supplied about 400 million cubic meters of gas to Donbass since Feb. 19, a day after Kiev cut off the gas supplies to eastern regions because of ” critical damage” of the gas pipelines.
According to Novak, the supply to Donbass would continue, while payment negotiations are underway between Gazprom and Naftogaz as Kiev refused to pay the extra bills.
