Noting that “time is flying,” European Commission vice president Maroš Šefčovič, says he was “disappointed” by Monday’s Russia-EU-Ukraine talks on renewing the 10-year-old gas transit contract that expires Jan. 1. “Given the date, there is and there must be a clear sense of urgency,” he said. Russia’s negotiator, Energy Minister Alexander Novak, told Rossiya-24 TV that gas talks will resume at the end of November.