Ukraine and Russia may be in a state of quasi-war, but Ukraine is still one of Russia’s most important gas customers, and the shape of that commercial relationship is being hammered out in EU-brokered talks in Vienna on Tuesday.
This is the first political-level meeting between the three parties since Russia and Ukraine struck a temporary agreement in early April. That deal, which expires Tuesday, extended a price discount agreed in an earlier so-called Winter Package, which set out volumes and prices for Russian gas supplies over the cold period and ensured flows resumed after Moscow had stopped shipments in June …read more
Source: European Voice
