Russia's Energy Ministry comments on holding trilateral gas talks

Russia is ready for the next negotiations with Ukraine and the European Commission on gas transit, Russia’s Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky said at a conference in Berlin.

According to, the minister, the date depends on Ukraine’s readiness after the recent presidential election.  

Yanovsky said that Russia is still interested in the further use of Ukraine’s gas transportation system after 2019, but the current volume and dates proposals of the future transit are baffling as they contradict the E.U.’s Third Energy Package, the Prime news agency reported.