Russian Minister Warns of Gas Cutoff to Ukraine Due to Lack of Prepayment

A picture shows a pressure gauge at a compressor station of Ukraine's Naftogaz national oil and gas company near the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on August 5, 2014MOSCOW (Sputnik) Russia may halt gas deliveries to Ukraine “today or tomorrow” because Kyiv has not made its prepayment for deliveries, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Tuesday.

“Today or tomorrow gas deliveries will cease because of the absence of prepayment,” Novak said on Russia’s Vesti-FM radio station.

On Monday, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said that payment from Kyiv had not yet been received.