Russia's Gazprom in talks on five-year Turkmen gas contract- Ifax

Russian natural gas producer Gazprom is in talks to sign a five-year contract to buy gas in Turkmenistan, Interfax news agency cited Russian Deputy Energy Minister Anatoly Yanovsky as saying on Thursday.

The talks are expected to be completed in May-June, RIA news agency cited Yanovsky as saying. He did not say what volume of gas was being discussed. (Reporting by Polina Ivanova; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Maria Kiselyova)