“We would like to underline one more time that we guarantee gas transit, we guarantee energy security. And for these guarantees to work, we need a three-way protocol and a bilateral agreement," said Yatsenyuk on Tuesday, during a government board meeting with top energy officials, Ukraine Today reports.

The prime minister also accused Russia of artificially raising the gas prices for Ukraine, “Any Russian discounts are a pittance. If the gas price around the world is $ 250, the Russians think they can sell gas at USD 300 and say that they gave a USD 50 discount...”

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