Russia and Ukraine will resume talks with the European Union on a gas-supply deal today after failing to reach agreement in discussions earlier this week. Negotiations between Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and his Ukrainian counterpart, Yuri Prodan, along with EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger , will restart at 9:30 a.m. in Brussels and will follow bilateral meetings, the European Commission said late yesterday. The talks were postponed from last night because the Russian delegation was scheduled to arrive very late in Brussels, the EU executive said. Novak and OAO Gazprom Chief Executive Officer Alexey Miller met in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin before they departed for the Belgian capital, said an official who declined to be named as the gathering was private. Gazprom declined to comment when contacted by Bloomberg. The EU, dependent on Russian gas piped through Ukraine for about 15 percent of its supplies, is […]