{"id":874,"date":"2014-10-30T06:40:21","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T10:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=874"},"modified":"2014-10-30T06:40:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T10:40:21","slug":"ukraine-gas-supplies-in-doubt-as-russia-seeks-eu-payment-deal-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=874","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine gas supplies in doubt as Russia seeks EU payment deal | Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/10\/30\/us-ukraine-crisis-gas-idUSKBN0II0XQ20141030\">Ukraine gas supplies in doubt as Russia seeks EU payment deal | Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">(Reuters) &#8211; Ukraine&#8217;s efforts to unblock deliveries of Russian gas as winter sets in were deadlocked on Thursday as Moscow&#8217;s negotiators were quoted demanding firmer commitments from the European Union to cover Kiev&#8217;s pre-payments for energy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">EU-hosted talks were adjourned after running late into the night, Energy Minister Alexander Novak and the head of Russian gas firm Gazprom (<span id=\"symbol_GAZP.MM_0\"><a style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/finance\/stocks\/overview?symbol=GAZP.MM\">GAZP.MM<\/a><\/span>) told Russian news agencies. They would resume later in the day if\u00a0<span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><a class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\" style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/places\/ukraine?lc=int_mb_1001\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">Ukraine<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and the EU had a firm financing deal in place, Gazprom head Alexei Miller said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">Ukrainian and EU officials were not available. A spokeswoman for Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger issued a statement cancelling a news briefing that had been tentatively set for 8:30 a.m. (0730 GMT) in the event of an agreement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">There has already been agreement on the price Kiev will pay for gas over the winter, the amount to be supplied and the repayment of some $3.1 billion in unpaid Ukrainian bills but Moscow, which cut off vital pipelines in June as the conflict with\u00a0<span class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\"><a class=\"mandelbrot_refrag\" style=\"color: #006e97; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/places\/ukraine?lc=int_mb_1001\" data-ls-seen=\"1\">Ukraine<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and the West deepened, wants more legal assurances that Kiev can pay some $1.6 billion for new gas up front.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; line-height: 23px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine gas supplies in doubt as Russia seeks EU payment deal | Reuters. (Reuters) &#8211; Ukraine&#8217;s efforts to unblock deliveries of Russian gas as winter sets in were deadlocked on Thursday as Moscow&#8217;s negotiators were quoted demanding firmer commitments from the European Union to cover Kiev&#8217;s pre-payments for energy. 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