Russia may ease the terms of its gas supplies to Ukraine but Kiev will have to pay for the gas Moscow is supplying to rebel-held areas of east Ukraine, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said.
A supply deal for the winter expires on March 31, along with a discount of $100 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas and a suspension of a take-or-pay requirement.
In an interview with Reuters, Novak said Russia was open to prolonging those concessions even without a new deal, which has been referred to as a “summer package”, for the period after March 31.
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Source: Newsweek
