Ukraine says it agrees on interim gas price with Russia:
Ukraine's and Russia's leaders have reached a preliminary agreement on a price for gas supplies this winter but Kiev may need international help to pay, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday. Ref. Source 3
Ukraine nearly doubles consumer gas prices to secure IMF aid:
The long-delayed step is likely to play poorly with people who have already suffered from cutbacks imposed under an austerity plan set by the International Monetary Fund when it approved Kiev's $17.5-billion (15.5-billion-euro) rescue loan in 2014. Ref. Source 1f.