Brussels, 05/11/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 4 November, Ukraine's gas company Naftogaz announced that it had paid the first $145 billion instalment of its debt to Russian gas company Gazprom, as provided for in the agreement concluded between Russia and Ukraine, under EU mediation, on 31 October.
This announcement was welcomed immediately by European Commissioner for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic from Slovakia, who took up office on 1 November. “I am delighted to hear that Ukraine's...