Medvedev says EU should give Ukraine loan to ensure gas transit

Russia's president said on Friday the EU should consider giving Kiev a loan to ensure that natural gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine are uninterrupted.

Speaking at a news conference after a Russia-EU summit in the Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, Dmitry Medvedev said Ukraine needs to pump some 19.5 billion cubic meters, worth over $4 billion, of gas into its underground storage facilities.

[coolncrazy]

It's funny situation that Russia is explaining such simple things to EU. Give Ukrainians the money they are asking for or they will repeat the January situation.

[Dmitry]

Both EU and US should have given them loans, because Ukrainian economy is falling. Russia can do it too, but the government was talking about some conditions I can't recall.