The price hike made up more than 100 US dollars
The price of the Russian gas for Ukraine in the II quarter of 2014 will make up 385,5 US dollars per 1 ths cubic meter, Aleksey Miller, Chair of the Board of Gazprom said to journalists, the RBK-Ukraine (РБК-Украина) reports.
On December 17, 2013 Ukraine and Russia signed a supplementary agreement to the long-term gas contract stating that Gazprom OJSC will sell gas to NJSCU Naftogaz Ukraine for 268,5 dollars per 1 ths cubic meter starting from January 1, 2014. Previously, the gas price for Ukraine has reached around 400 dollars per 1 ths cubic meter.
The Prime-Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Arseny Yatsenyuk expected that the price of gas supplied by Russia to Ukraine since April 1, 2014 will rise up to 480 dollars per one ths cubicle meter.
