H Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated Russia’s interest in reaching an agreement with Ukraine over gas transit to Europe from 2020, during his annual press conference Thursday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Putin’s comments came a day after Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolev warned that the chances of signing a new gas transit contract with Gazprom before the end of the year were “approaching zero.” Cited by Russian news agency Tass, Kobolev said that he hoped a new contract would be signed, but “the probability of signing before January 1 is very small.” Putin said: “I think we will agree [with Ukraine], we are in the process of reaching an agreement… We are interested in supplying Ukraine and our European neighbors with our resources.” “We […]