Direct deliveries of Russian gas to Ukraine will go exclusively on prepayment. This became known to Kommersant from an informed source in Gazprom,. Now the Russian company coordinates with the Ukrainian party the latest details of the contract. But it is already known that it is not intended to link the beginning of deliveries with Kiev's payment of debts of three years ago. On the eve of the head of Naftogaz Andrei Kobolev said that cooperation with Gazprom could be resumed in March 2018. According to the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration, in the agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine from 2009. changes are made: the volume of purchases under the take-or-pay formula has been reduced to 4 billion cubic meters, and the price is tied to the prices of the German gas hub NCG. Such a regime should be preserved, at least until the end of 2019. Apparently, the negotiations are proceeding successfully, since Naftogaz has already refused to purchase gas from Slovakia since February. To keep till March on stocks in underground storages to Ukraine the warm winter will help, and to overpay, naturally, nobody wants. Reverse supply of Russian gas from Slovakia, or, for example, Hungary, cost an unheated price of the expected direct purchases of about € 30 per 1,000. cubic meters, writes "Kommersant". The stumbling block could be Naftogaz's debt for Russian gas supplies until 2015. The arbitration in Stockholm ruled that Kiev is obliged to pay off an account of $ 2.

02 billion plus a delay of 0.03% per day. However, the Ukrainian company said that it will not pay anything, since Gazprom also owes it to her, $ 16 billion for transit. The court's decision on this issue is expected by the end of February. Apparently, the parties to the dispute decided not to link this issue to the current supplies. Therefore, in spring, Gazprom will begin direct gas supplies to Ukraine. True, according to the formula: in the morning money - in the evening chairs.