Ukraine not ready yet to pay for gas in rubles

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.