Gazprom Chief Executive Alexei Miller. He said Gazprom hasn’t received the latest prepayment from Kiev, and that only 219 million cubic meters—enough for two days of deliveries—remained of volumes already purchased. Photo: maxim shipenkov/European Pressphoto Agency The European Commission currently doesn’t expect a standoff between Russia’s and Ukraine’s gas companies to affect supplies to the European Union, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. “At the moment, gas flows to the EU are normal,” said Anna-Kaisa Itkonen, a spokeswoman for the EU’s executive. “We expect that the gas transit to the EU won’t be affected by the situation” in eastern Ukraine. The comment follows a warning by Russian state gas company OAO Gazprom that supplies to the EU were at a “serious risk,” after it said Ukraine had failed to make a payment for new shipments. Gazprom said that the remaining volumes that have already been prepaid would last for just […]