Ukraine
is not yet ready to pay for Russian gas supplies in Russian rubles, Konstantin
Hryshchenko, the country's ambassador to Russia, told Ekho Moskvy. He said that
Ukraine will wait and see
how rubel payments work in the case of Belarus
and Moldova,
which will start using rubles next year. "If the system of payments proves
beneficial and compatible with the financial systems of the two countries"
Ukraine
may switch over to rubles in the future, he added.