Speaking yesterday to Ukrainian tv Poroshenko said
We reached an agreement.Until March 31 we will fix the price at $385.
A previous agreement signed in 2009 by former PM Tymoshenko called on Ukraine to pay $485 per 1,000 cubic metres for Russian gas. Kiev is currently contesting the contract in a Stockholm arbitration court.
Poroshenko said that state-run energy company Naftogaz was short of funds to pay for Russian gas partly because of debts created by consumers in eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, controlled by pro-Russian separatists.
We must solve the question of how we cover the deficit of funds for Naftogaz for gas purchases
We have several different options (including) the International Monetary Fund.
He said a mission of the IMF is due to arrive in Kiev in mid-November to discuss amendments to the current loan programme for Ukraine. Poroshenko said the next round of gas talks was likely to take place on Oct. 21 in Brussels.
Reuters once again has more here
Putin & Poroshenko – still talking at least
