The Ukraine gas situation still unresolved .

The EU has refused to pay the Ukraine's debts.

The next round of the tripartite talks between Russia, the Ukraine and the European Commission on the gas issue ended without a positive result. The EU has refused to give "Naftogaz of Ukraine" means to cover the "cash gap" of the company at $ 1.6 billion, which arises from the intentions of "Gazprom" to supply gas to the Ukraine only under the prepayment system. In this case, the European Commission proposed the introduction of an intermediary who could ship the gas.

The issue of the funding of the supply of Russian gas to the Ukraine has remained unresolved, that was the main reason for the lack of progress on the tripartite talks in Brussels. According to Alexander Novak, neither Ukrainian nor the European side are able to provide the financial security for the payment of 4 billion cubic meters of gas - this is the volume "Naftogaz" is going to buy from "Gazprom" by the end of the year on a prepaid basis. Guenther Oettinger stated that the next round of talks would be held on October 29th, by that time the Commission will determine how much gas the Ukraine can purchase on its own based on the capabilities of its budget.