Ukraine intends to allow European companies to buy gas from russia at the eastern border

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By the end of this year, Ukraine intends to have in place EU-standard legislation that will allow European companies to buy gas from russia at Ukraine’s eastern border.

“By the end of this year, all the necessary changes can be made,” Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolyev told reporters in Brussels. With talks set to resume Oct. 20, Ukraine and the EU are pushing russia for a 10-year contract with Ukraine’s new pipeline company, stipulating a minimum flow of 60 billion cubic meters.

Last year, 87 billion cubic meters of russian gas flowed through Ukrainian pipelines to the EU and Moldova.

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