Medvedev ruled the gas transit through Ukraine on unfavorable terms – RBC

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev

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Russia will not renew the contract for gas transit to Ukraine in unfavorable conditions. This is the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in a conversation with the Slovenian newspaper DELO.

«Obviously, to prolong the transit agreement with Ukraine on unfavorable conditions, we will not” – said the prime minister (quoted by Tass) .

Medvedev said that “to build forecasts about the prospects for Ukrainian transit – it is very ungrateful. He recalled that the current contract expires in ten in the morning on 1 January 2020.

«If the time it [the contract] action is not extended, we will not have the legal and regulatory framework for the future supply of gas through Ukraine”, – concluded the Prime Minister.

In early July, the Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk called the conditions under which Kiev guarantee deliveries of Russian gas to Europe. “Last year we signed a tripartite agreement on the level of the EU-Ukraine-Russia on guarantees delivery and transit of gas, an annex to the contract. This year, we insist on the same lines, “- said Yatsenyuk.

Under the terms of the so-called” winter package “Moscow has granted Kiev discount on gas at $ 100 per thousand cubic meters. “Russian people think that they can sell for 300 to say, they give 50% discount. & Lt; … & gt; This does not discount this market. Last year we bought at the market and this year we will buy on the market. We subsidize the Russian “Gazprom” will not “, – said the head of the Ukrainian government.

In April this year, the head of” Gazprom “Alexei Miller said that the company intends to completely abandon the Russian gas transit via Ukarinu after 2019. He explained that the gas giant plans to achieve this through the construction of “the Turkish stream.” The same position was expressed by the head later Minenrego Alexander Novak.

However, in late June, Miller spoke about the Order of Vladimir Putin to hold a “Naftogaz” the negotiations on the extension of the transit of gas. He also drew attention that “Gazprom” will not sign a contract to unacceptable conditions for themselves. Miller specified that trazitnaya rate through Ukraine is $ 2.7 per thousand cubic meters per 100 kilometers, and Kiev needs to raise it to $ 5 a similar price he called “unfair” and “unprofitable».