Ukraine expects Russian gas supplies to resume Monday - minister


Ukraine's Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn speaks to the media during a news conference in Kiev, December 3, 2014. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine expects Russia to resume supplies of gas from Monday after Kiev transferred a pre-payment of $378 million to Gazprom, its energy minister said on Sunday.

Russia cut gas deliveries to Ukraine in mid-June in a dispute over prices and debts and supplies have remained suspended while the haggling played out against a background of worsening political relations caused by the separatist war in Ukraine, which Kiev says Moscow is promoting.

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