The key issue of the meeting was the Russian gas price for Ukraine, which in the third quarter will be approximately 247.17 dollars per thousand cubic meters.

Also a ceremony of beginning the Sino-Russian gas pipeline construction along the eastern route in Chinawas held in the mode of videoconference with Chinese counterparts.

The Chinese section of the pipeline Russia - China Eastern route starts from the station in the city of Heihe in Heilongjiang Province and go east to the end station in Shanghai. The length of the pipeline - 3170 km, it will cross the nine provinces: Heilongjiang, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai. Nine underground gas storage facilities will be built.

Source: http://www.minenergo.gov.ru/