Gazprom is ready to offer Ukraine a US $ 100 discount on gas. Thus the price of fuel will amount to US $385.5 per 1,000 cu m, informed Minister of Energy of Russia Alexander Novak at a press conference.
Russia decided not to wait for the decision of the SCC Arbitration, according to Novak.
The price of gas for Ukraine now amounts to US $485.5 per 1,000 cu m.
Novak explained that the proposition fits into the frameworks of the effective agreement on gas supply and can be accepted by the additional agreements.
As Capital reported, earlier Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Yuriy Prodan announced that Ukraine is ready to purchase gas at US $320 per 1,000 cu m from Russia in summer and at US $385$ per 1,000 cu m during heating winter period.