Failure of gas negotiations and termination of gas supplies to the Ukraine not to lead to repetition of gas war-2009

The latest round of gas negotiations between Russia and the Ukraine have officially failed, and Gazprom has introduced a prepayment model for Naftogaz Ukrainy. In this connection, there is a threat of interruption of Russian gas supply to European consumers, but analysts believe that many factors show that we shouldn’t expect a repetition of the gas crisis of the beginning of 2009, the Xinhua reports.

This round of the "gas war" between Russia and the Ukraine began at the end of October 2013, and then the contradictions between the parties only grew. Russia has repeatedly threatened the introduction of a prepayment model, but this didn’t cause a reaction on the Ukrainian side. The Ukraine continued to delay the payment for the gas supplied by the Russians, and Russia has no choice but to postpone the repayment of the debt and the introduction of a prepayment model.