Gazprom appears to be waiting to learn the outcome of Ukraine’s national elections before negotiating a long term contract to send Russian gas through Ukraine’s gas transportation system,

Gazprom appears to be waiting to learn the outcome of Ukraine’s national elections before negotiating a long term contract to send Russian gas through Ukraine’s gas transportation system, Andriy Kobolyev, CEO of Naftogaz, tells Channel 5 TV. With Ukraine’s election cycle over next fall and the Gazprom contract expiring a few weeks later, at the end of 2019, the Russian company may simply book gas transit volumes for periods as short as one month, Kobolyev predicted.