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Изпълнителният директор на "Газпром" Алексей Милер е съобщил, че компанията е започнала да помпа газ в хранилищата в Европа. Смятам, че можем да изпомпваме до 5 млрд. куб. м., е казал той на брифинг, добавяйки, че "Гарпром" вече има 2,6 млрд. куб.м. газ в тези хранилища. Европейският съюз получава близо една-трета от доставките си на газ от Русия. Русия прекрати доставките си за Украйна този месец, след като Киев не успя да изплати дълга си и според Милер има опасност Украйна да започне да получава газ от руските потоци за европейските клиенти от тази есен. Той обаче предупреди, че "Газпром" може да спре доставките за онези европейски компании, които го връщат към Украйна.
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Warsaw to host Russia-Ukraine-EU talks on gas supplies According to the Russian Energy Ministry, the meeting will be devoted to "the search of a way out of the crisis situation connected with Ukraine's payments for Russian gas". The Russian delegation comprises Russian state energy giant Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller, representatives of the Foreign, Finance and Economic Development ministries, as well as a group of experts. "Implementation of a contract to supply Russian gas to Ukraine, measures to ensure transit to Europe, as well as the issue of payment by the Ukrainian side of the cost of supplied gas in the context of the financial and economic situation in that country will be discussed at the talks," the Russian Energy Ministry said. According to Russia's ambassador to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, the Russian side proposed holding such three-party consultations "to discuss the critical situation in the Ukrainian energy sector" on April 24, and then on April 28, but "Brussels was not ready for them" then. He said Moscow is set for "deep discussions of the entire situation in the energy sphere". Prior to the three-sided meeting in Warsaw, Oettinger will also meet with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Their talks will focus on the Poland-promoted initiative of a European energy union, whose key aim is to reduce the European Union's dependence on Russian gas deliveries and to strengthen Europe's positions in talks with Gazprom. According to the Polish head of government, "the EU is concerned about what will happen to gas that should pass via Ukraine's territory to those who bought the gas in line with mid- and long-term contracts". "Gas storage facilities in Ukraine are not full, and everyone is already thinking about winter," he said. "In the conditions of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict, Europe is considering how the gas will get to Europe despite the current situation. We don't have a fully alternative source [of gas supplies] yet." On Wednesday, Gazprom spokesman Sergey Kupriyanov told journalists that Ukraine's overall debt for Russian gas grew to about $3.5 billion. "Taking into account the request by [Ukraine's national oil and gas company] Naftogaz Ukrainy for April 30 add the volumes that we have already supplied that month, the overall debt of Ukraine for Russian gas preliminarily stands at $3.492 billion," he said. As of April 26, Naftogaz imported some 2.25 billion cubic meters of Russian gas worth $1.09 billion. For the remaining days, the requested import was 110 million cubic meters daily. So, Ukraine was due to import in April 2.7 billion cu m of gas. By May 1, Naftogaz's debt grows by $1.3 billion to about $3.5 billion with the gas price standing at $485.5 per 1,000 cu m. The European Commission earlier said it is ready to help Ukraine pay off its gas debt. But Prodan has not yet expressed readiness to pay for gas supplied by Gazprom. On April 28, Ukrainian parliament-appointed prime minister Arseny Yatsenyuk reported that the government made the decision to start the procedure of suing Gazprom. He said "Ukraine is ready to pay $268 per 1,000 cu m of gas, and if Russia gives a positive answer on the price and extends the contract, Ukraine will without delay pay off its $2.2 billion debt to Gazprom". "Ukraine is awaiting a reply from Gazprom for 30 days, otherwise, [the country] will sue [Gazprom] in Stockholm," Yatsenyuk said. Also on April 28, Ukraine and Slovakia signed in Bratislava a memorandum of intent on organizing reverse supplies of gas to Ukraine. In line with the reached agreements, from October, supplies to Ukraine will total 3.2 billion cubic meters annually. In 2015, the volume may grow to 10 billion cu m. The sides also agreed that they will consider whether it will be possible to organize reverse supplies via the transit pipe via which the Russian gas is delivered to Europe. Meanwhile, the gas reverse agreement with Slovakia will not allow Ukraine to stop purchasing Russian gas. Internal consumption of gas in Ukraine totals 50 billion cu m annually, with its own production accounting for slightly less than a half. The deal with Slovakia envisions reverse deliveries of 3.2 billion cu m, and a deal with Germany's RWE on reverse gas supplies from Poland stipulates deliveries of 1.5 billion cu m. Possible reverse deliveries from Hungary can reach 5 billion cu m. Thus, Ukraine can only cover a third of its Russian gas imports due to supplies from Europe. Read also: Naftogaz sends proposals to Gazprom on revising gas price No chance Ukraine can ever be independent from Russian gas - political analyst