Prodan: the Ukraine to buy coal in Russia.
Before the end of the year the Ukraine planned to import 5.6 million tons of coal, Russia is among its possible suppliers, Yuriy Prodan stated on Tuesday.
"We have taken measures to compensate for the deficit that exists. We enter into an agreement for the supply of coal from the territory of the Republic of South Africa, this is 1 million tons of coal, which are to be delivered up to the end of the year. We enter into an agreement for the supply of this brand of coal from Russia, unfortunately, this brand is only present in Russia and some other countries", - UNIAN quoted Prodan.
"The total volume under those contracts that we have on the coal supply to the end of the year is 5.6 million tons", - he added.