Yuri Vitrenko, director of the business development sector of Naftogaz Ukraine, said that 1000 cubic meter of Gazprom gas will cost 177 dollars, as the Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak stated.

"Russia's Minister of Energy says that Gazprom in the third quarter will sell gas to Ukraine for $177, which means that the price in the acts will make $182-183. He believes that it is even cheaper than the market price, as he  wrote on his on Facebook. According to him, on June 9the gas price in the German market was less than $17,3.

“That's the reason we will not be purchasing gas from Gazprom at all. Ukraine will purchase gas from the European markets. Now there are not any issues with it,” he said.