MOSCOW. Nov 29 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian Defense Ministry is not in any talks with Ukraine about a possible exchange of military hardware for Russian gas," a high-ranking Defense Ministry official told Interfax on Monday.
"No negotiations about supplies of Ukrainian military goods as payment for Russian gas are being conducted," the official said.
Earlier, the head of Neftegaz Ukraine company Olexiy Yvchenko had announced that Ukraine was ready to supply Russia with more than $1 billion worth of military goods in exchange for additional gas exports.
The nomenclature of such goods is currently being coordinated, he had said.