Tentative deal struck on Russian gas supply to Ukraine

摘要

A deal struck late September 26 in Brussels betweenrnMoscow, Kiev and the EU over Russian gas supplies tornUkraine in fourth-quarter 2015 should help ensurerncontinued reliable gas transit from Russia to the EU thisrnwinter, though question marks remain over how securernthe agreement is and the exact price Ukraine will pay forrnRussian gas in the coming months.rnThe preliminary agreement factored in a discount tornthe price Ukraine will pay for Russian gas in the fourthrnquarter of at least $20/1,000 cu m, but because thernagreement was only initialed, not signed, there has beenrnsome concern that the deal could yet fall apart.rnUkrainian energy minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn saidrnSeptember 26 that the agreement would probably bernsigned off “within a week”.