moscow, dec. 31 (xinhua) -- russia and ukraine have signed a package of documents extending russian gas transit to europe via ukraine for five * years, russia's gas giant gazprom said in a statement late monday.
"after five days of continuous *lateral negotiations in vienna, final decisions were made and final agreements reached," gazprom ceo alexei miller said.
under the agreement, russia will ship through the ukrainian gas transport * a total volume of 225 *llion cu*c meters of gas in the next five years, including 65 *llion cu*c meters in 2020 and an average of 40 *llion cu*c meters each year in 2021-2024.
the current contract for the transit of russian gas via ukraine expires at the end of tuesday.
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