Gas : Russia-Ukraine agreement extended until June

Under the auspices of the European Commission, Kyiv and Moscow agreed, on 2 April, to extend until the end of June the winter arrangements worked out in October 2014 to ensure Ukraine's supply of Russian gas as well as the transit of Russian gas to the EU via Ukraine. This extra time is expected to enable the two parties to finalise a longer-term contract, running at least until mid-2016, at which time the Court of Arbitration in Stockholm is set…