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Ukraine still needs to buy 2 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia by end of heating season – Novak

Published Feb. 27, 2015 at 10:08 am

Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller (L) attends a press joint conference of EU-Commissioner for Energy German, Russian Energy Minister Novak and Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan after talks on energy security on Sept. 26, 2014 in Berlin.

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KRASNOYARSK - Ukraine needs to buy around 2 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia by the end of the heating season, Energy Minister Alexander Novak told Interfax.

“According to estimates from the gas industry, Ukraine still needs to buy at least up to 2 bcm of gas from Russia by the end of the autumn-winter period,” he said.