Ukrainian National Bank prices Russian gas at $ 268The National Bank of Ukraine continues to calculate the value of the Russian natural gas using the price of $268.5 per 1,000 cubic metres.Russia’s Gazprom raised the price of gas for Ukraine to $485 per 1,000 cubic metres from April. Official Kiev disagreed with it and has been negotiating a reduction since then. The talks have so far brought no result despite several trilateral meetings between Russia, Ukraine and the European Union, ITAR TASS reports.“The price of gas imported from Russia for Naftogaz of Ukraine, starting from April 2014, is based on the actual price for the first quarter of 2014 ($268.5 per 1,000 cubic metres) due to the absence of official information,” ITAR TASS quotes the National Bank.The European Commission is hoping to resume trilateral gas talks with Russia and Ukraine before the end of July, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said after a meeting with Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan last week.
The National Bank of Ukraine continues to calculate the value of the Russian natural gas using the price of $268.5 per 1,000 cubic metres.Russia’s Gazprom raised the price of gas for Ukraine to $485 per 1,000 cubic metres from April. Official Kiev disagreed with it and has been negotiating a reduction since then. The talks have so far brought no result despite several trilateral meetings between Russia, Ukraine and the European Union, ITAR TASS reports.“The price of gas imported from Russia for Naftogaz of Ukraine, starting from April 2014, is based on the actual price for the first quarter of 2014 ($268.5 per 1,000 cubic metres) due to the absence of official information,” ITAR TASS quotes the National Bank.The European Commission is hoping to resume trilateral gas talks with Russia and Ukraine before the end of July, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said after a meeting with Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan last week.
