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Russian Foreign Minister threatened the European Union with gas problems if it opposed the North Stream-2
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin said that he "opposed" to "force" Russia to force Russia to pump gasoline Ukraine on its terms, with its tariffs, with legal uncertainty, that number will probably not pass, "writes DW.
Read also: The EU makes the final decision regarding North Stream-2
If Russia and Ukraine will not be able to s' hear about the transit of gas and "will remain pretty much Plekin pointed out the difficulties that could meet European consumers.
However, he said that Russia was ready to continue the transit of gas supplies from the European Union via Ukraine
. We are ready to continue Ukrainian transit, but on the necessary conditions,
– said Pankin
Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, expressing the assumption that before the next negotiations after the presidential election the position of Ukraine ] The parties may change.
May be deferred.
What is "North Stream 2" and what threatens Ukraine? This is a main pipeline project, which is "a change of position", "some institutional development, legal development of processes" in Ukraine,
suggested Pankin. from Russia to Germany, who wants to extend from the other side of the Baltic Sea bypassing Ukraine. Germany, Finland and Sweden have issued all permits for the construction and operation of the North Stream 2 pipeline. Poland, the Baltic States, Ukraine, Moldova, Slovakia, the United States and Denmark opposed the construction of the pipeline. The emergence of this pipeline will increase the EU's dependence on the Russian company Gazprom, which already supplies about one third of its gas to the EU. After the launch of North Stream-2, Ukraine will lose not only the revenue of blue fuel transit, but also the lever of geopolitical influence.
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