KIEV, Ukraine, Nov. 4 (UPI) — A dispute over late payment of $882 million owed by Ukraine’s Naftogaz to Russia’s Gazprom will be resolved Monday, a Ukrainian minister said. Minister of Energy and Mines Eduard Stavytskyy told Ukrainian broadcaster Channel 5 Saturday during a soccer game between ministers and members of Parliament the problem of debts for Russian gas will be hammered out Monday. He said the talks between Naftogaz and Gazprom are in the the final stages, but wouldn’t reveal the nature of any of the negotiations, or if the government will step in to provide financial help for the Ukrainian company. “I want to emphasize that the issue is actually solved and on Monday you will learn the details,” Stavytskyy said. He said last week he had given the two energy companies until Thursday to come to an agreement on the debt, but that deadline was pushed […]