BRUSSELS, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said in a Wednesday letter to the Kremlin an interim solution to a trilateral gas crisis was mandatory.
Ukraine under an interim deal proposed during trilateral talks last week in Berlin would pay the $3.1 billion it owes Russian energy Gazprom. Ukraine, in return, would get a price discount and assurances of adequate winter natural gas supplies.