The European Commission is trying to restart gas talks between Russia and Ukraine, but the same issue that caused a breakdown in June — a dispute over prices — is still keeping the two sides apart.
However, mounting urgency on both sides could help build a compromise: the Ukrainians want to top up their gas storage before the start of winter, while Russia is under growing pressure thanks to falling gas and oil prices.
Maroš Šefčovič, the Commission’s vice-president for energy union, is set to meet Ukrainian Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn on the sidelines of the Western Balkan Summit in Vienna on …read more
Source: European Voice
