Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak
– Russian warning: No gas for Ukraine if it fails to pay $1.65bn debt in a week (RT, Dec 23, 2014):
Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak has threatened Russia may turn off the taps if Kiev doesn’t repay the remaining $1.65 billion of its gas debt by the end of December.
The warning comes less than a month after Russia resumed supplying Ukraine with gas.
#Russia to stop gas sales to #Ukraine if Kiev fails to repay $1.65 billion of its gas debt – Russian Energy Minister pic.twitter.com/glP8JvmESP
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) 23. Dezember 2014
Kiev had to pay $378 million in advance for December deliveries.
The prepayment regime introduced for Ukraine was just one part of the so–called ‘winter plan’ between Russia and Ukraine. The other critical term is that Kiev needs to repay the remainder of its multibillion dollar gas debt by the year end.
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