: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Russia Extends Natural Gas Deal With Ukraine


Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a plan to extend Moscow’s current natural gas deal with Ukraine for another three months.

Russian authorities announced the extension Tuesday, just hours before a temporary pricing agreement reached in October 2014 was set to expire.

The deal required Ukraine to make monthly payments in advance of delivery, with Kyiv paying $365 per 1,000 cubic meters in the first quarter of 2015. Russian energy officials recently said Ukraine would pay $348 beginning April 1.

In a separate development, a top Russian economist said Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula would cost up to $200 billion in …read more

Source: Voice of America

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