Ukraine rejects the possibility of a peace treaty with Gazprom

Naftogaz, an energy holding company controlled by the Ukrainian government, rejects the possibility of a peace treaty with Gazprom, which Russia considers a "mitigating circumstance" for an agreement on the transit of gas through the country. 39, Ukraine after 2019.

The representatives of Russia and the European Commission (ed.) Have informed Gazprom that international agreements on the settlement of international arbitration have not yet been adopted, "said Yuri Vitrenko, director of commerce of Naftogaz

.) The arbitration of reciprocal disputes does not occur in accordance with the order already made by the court.

" It is too late to request a peace treaty in accordance with the orders that Gazprom forced us to pay 2.56 billion. Dollars In addition, it has already reached 75 million euros. In February, after defeating Gazprom after losing Ukraine 's lawsuit with a Russian gas monopoly, the two sides promptly filed new lawsuits through Stockholm' s arbitration. Russia is seeking to terminate the transit agreements with Naftogaz before the end of the term or their terms, and the Ukrainian holding obliges Gazprom to pay damages for non-compliance.

"Our demands to Gazprom already exceed $ 12 billion Dollars Our requirements are reasonable and we are sure of our legal position.If Gazprom wants a peace treaty for new arbitration processes, it will have to pay us a extrajudicial compensation ", J. Vitrenka

pointed out that Stockholm arbitration, which declared the non-publication by Gazprom of the condition of the contract of supply. The ban on re-exporting gas to Ukraine was illegal and the price of Russian gas for Ukraine was unreasonably increasing: in late February, the Russian gas monopoly was "marked" and in another Part of the claim in two parts, the transit of gas through Ukraine. The second order basically meant that the Russian gas giant owed $ 2.56 billion to Ukraine.

The Gazprom Group, to avoid these international arbitration decisions, is trying to recover this debt by insisting on the arrest of Gazprom's badets in European and American courts

Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently said that his country was ready The new gas transit agreement with Ukraine, which will come into force from 2020, but Naftogaz and Gazprom must agree on a dispute in front of the Stockholm Arbitration.