MOSCOW – Russia is ready to extend its current contract on gas transit through Ukraine, which expires on Dec. 31, 2019, for another 10 years, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov was quoted as saying on Jan. 31.
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Xinhua: Russia ready to extend gas transit deal with Ukraine by 10 years
A picture taken at the 'East Poltava' gas booster compressor station not far from Ukrainian city of Poltava shows a manometer of the gas pressure and a valve on June 27, 2014.