Reuters: Gazprom moves gas prepayment deadline for Ukraine to June 16

Russia's Gazprom has moved a deadline for Ukraine to start paying in advance for natural gas supplies to next Monday, as EU-brokered talks continue over the price, the gas company's chief executive told Russian media.

"The Russian side has made the step to continue talks, which have been very intensive over the last few days," Alexei Miller told state-owned Rossiya 24 television from Brussels.

"The Russian side has decided to move the introduction of pre-payment (to June 16) at 10 a.m. (2.00 a.m. ET)." Gazprom was not immediately available to comment.
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