If the Ukrainian authorities fail to agree a deal with Moscow on the renewal of gas shipments, this winter Ukraine will suffer a humanitarian catastrophe, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Bohuslav Sobotka said in an interview with the Czech news magazine Tyden, published on Monday.
"I find it extremely important that Russia and Ukraine agree on the renewal of gas shipments, for if it does not happen before the winter begins, we will witness a gigantic humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine," Sobotka said.
According to Sobotka, the current crisis in Ukraine was caused, among other reasons by "how the Ukrainian authorities have behaved during the last 25 years, the kind of political leaders Ukraine has had, the levels of corruption and how huge the social inequality has become."
On Monday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the terms of a deal on supplies of Russian natural gas to Ukraine should be acceptable for Kiev, but Ukraine still needs to pay its debts to Russia's energy giant Gazprom.
This post was published at RAI Novosti
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