Russia says will resume selling gas to Ukraine
MOSCOW- Russia's gas monopolist says it will resume selling gas to Ukraine, following an official request from Kiev.
In a statement on Tuesday signaling that sales would resume, Gazprom said it had received an official request from Ukraine's state-owned Naftogaz to buy gas for the next nine months.
Ukraine's new government has been anxious to shake off its dependence on Russian gas. After Russia cut off the supply to Ukraine in November last year over unpaid deliveries, Ukraine turned to its western neighbors to buy gas that they had bought from Russia. Kiev insisted it was at a lower price than what direct supplies cost.
