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Ukraine set to buy gas from European firms
[Iran Press TV] A Ukrainian delegation is set to travel to Hungarian capital Budapest in attempt to purchase gas from European firms.
Who will get it from .. wait for it .. Russia...
Andriy Kobolev, chief executive of Ukrainian state gas company Naftogaz, said the delegation will travel to Budapest on Tuesday after Russia cut off gas supplies to Kiev.

"European companies are ready to provide gas to Ukraine. They have offered gas at a good price of $320" per 1,000 cubic meters," he added.
Kobolev also said that Naftogaz is currently a client of German group RWE and French firm Gaz de La Belle France.

"We also have offers coming from other similarly large companies," he said.

Alexey Miller, chief executive of Russia's state-run energy giant Gazprom, has said that it would be illegal for European firms to sell gas imports from Russia to Ukraine.
Totally illegal, you betcha...
Russia turned off the gas to Ukraine on Monday as a deadline for Kiev to settle its debts passed without a payment.

Kiev has refused to pay for natural gas upfront as a protest to Russia's decision in April to almost double former gas prices. Gazprom raised the price of gas for Ukrainian consumers to USD 485 per 1,000 cubic meters from USD 268 for the first quarter of 2014.

Ukraine says Kremlin increased the price after former Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, was ousted in February. Kiev calls the move politically motivated, but Russian authorities reject the claim
Posted by: Fred 2014-06-17
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