Kiev (AFP) – War-torn Ukraine on Saturday distanced itself from an EU-brokered agreement with Russia that would have restored its gas supplies during winter and helped rebuild trust between the neighbouring foes. The European Union’s energy commissioner emerged from hours of acrimonious negotiations in Berlin on Friday to pronounce the three month dispute on the verge of being resolved.”We have developed a workable design for a winter package,” Guenther Oettinger said.Both he and Russia’s energy minister added that a final agreement could be signed after consultations in Moscow and Kiev next week.A compromise would not only save the westward leaning …read more
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