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The gas dispute between Ukraine and Russia continues. Russia therefore declared that it was willing to continue the transit of gas by Ukraine only on its own terms and that no one would be able to force Moscow to export blue fuel in a non profitable for him.
Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin, said that there are currently a number of elements on which Ukraine's party "can not go yet," reports RIA Novosti.
Read also: Why Russia "North Stream-2" and which Ukraine can hope for support
According to him, there would be uncertainty about its system of transport of gas.
One of the statements The options are that there is an active contract, you can continue with the necessary modifications. But Ukraine seems to reject such an option,
– said Pankin
At the same time, he added that Russia could not force gas exports via Ukraine on conditions unfavorable.
Russia is currently building a North Stream-2 gas pipeline, which will supply gas to Germany bypassing Ukraine.
"There will be obstacles to the North Stream 2, forcing Russia to pump gas through Ukraine on its terms, with its tariffs, with legal uncertainty, this number will not pass ", said the Russian
. Ukrainian recipes from gas transit have changed? In 2018, Ukrainian revenue from natural gas transit exceeded its $ 500 million import costs. The situation was much worse in 2014 So, gas import costs exceeded transit revenues by $ 4.7 billion
What do we know about the complex relationship between Naftogaz and Gazprom? 28 February 2018 Stockholm Arbitration forced Russia Gazprom to pay Naftogaz Ukrainy Naftogaz a short supply of gas volumes agreed for transit. On March 2, Gazprom announced the termination of contracts with the Ukrainian Naftogaz. On March 5, the head of the Russian company, Alexey Miller, said that Gazprom had officially announced in Naftogaz the cancellation of gas supply and transit contracts via Stockholm arbitration.
Gazprom's current debt to Naftogaz, however, is in two parts. In particular, under the Stockholm arbitration decision on the purchase-sale and transit contracts, $ 2.56 billion and more than $ 6 billion for antimonopoly claims, according to the decision of the Ukrainian courts. In the recalculation of the hryvnia, the amount is greater than 220 billion
. The Ministry of Justice said that he had already implemented the first recovery. They started with Ukrainian assets. Total of these assets was found to 100 million hryvnia. This represents less than 1% of the declared AMF debt of 172 billion. But at the Ministry of Justice, they say that it is not the end and continue to seek Russian money in domestic affairs.
By arbitration decision in Stockholm up to $ 2.5 billion of Gazprom's debt, it will not be possible to postpone it. After all, in 2009, when the Russians signed a contract with Ukraine, the Stockholm court was appointed as the main arbiter of disputes and disputes. The decision of this instance came into force on February 28, 2018. But until then, Gazprom had not paid a single penny to Ukraine. And late payments cost half a million dollars in penalties.
Russia is currently building North Stream 2 and the Turkish Stream to supply gas to other countries bypassing Ukraine.
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