Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Friday that Moscow has wrecked talks on natural gas supplies and ordered officials to prepare the country for a shutdown of gas deliveries from Russia from Monday. Ukraine’s gas monopoly Naftogaz said earlier Friday that it is ready to repay $1.9 billion in outstanding debt to Russia for gas deliveries if Moscow and Kiev agree on an interim gas price of $326 per 1,000 cubic meters. An official with the Russian Energy Ministry, who asked not to be named, said the ministry was unaware of Ukraine’s willingness to cover the debt or its readiness to agree to a price of $326. If Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom doesn’t receive the debt repayment by 1000 Moscow time (0600 GMT) Monday, it will halt gas supplies, switching to a prepayment system. Mr. Yatsenyuk claimed that Moscow has deliberately declined to settle the gas dispute with Kiev, […]