Ukraine may make prepayment for Russian gas before Dec.1


KYIV Nov 18 (Reuters) – Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuri
Prodan said on Tuesday Ukraine may make a pre-payment to Russia
for gas before Dec. 1, reiterating that the country expected to
buy up to 1.5 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas from Russia by
the end of the year.

“Purchases will start once the cold sets in. It’s possible
we’ll start (pre-payments) before Dec. 1 … the situation is
not yet critical,” Prodan told journalists.

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Writing by Alessandra Prentice;
Editing by Andrew Heavens)