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Ukraine does not see any need for the prepayment to Russia's Gazprom for gas supplies until the end of Q4, 2015, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Volodymyr Demchyshyn said at a press conference in Kyiv on Nov. 23.

Ukraine has sufficient gas reserves in its storages and also hopes for a reduction of the Russian gas price in Q1, 2016, he said.