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04
October
2021

Kremlin says possibility of returning to direct gas supplies to Ukraine matter of negotiations, economic feasibility

MOSCOW. Oct 4 (Interfax) – Gazprom has never denied the possibility of returning to negotiations regarding direct contracts for supplying gas to Ukraine, and this is a matter of negotiations and economic feasibility for the company, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday.

"Gazprom has never denied the possibility. Gazprom is a reliable gas supplier; it has been, it is, and it will remain so. This is all a matter of negotiations and the actual economic feasibility for the company," Peskov said when answering whether proposals had begun in Kyiv on returning to negotiations with Gazprom in order to receive gas directly from Russia, and whether Russia was ready to consider the possibility.