Kiev has threatened “to Gazprom” the rise in price of transit Lenta.ru

Gazprom will have to pay to the Ukrainian side “tens of billions of dollars” payment each year to pay for $ 4 billion more for transit. This was stated in his Facebook commercial Director of “Naftogaz of Ukraine” Yuriy Vitrenko in connection with scheduled for Monday, November 21, the beginning of a hearing in arbitration on the issue of the transit contract.

Also, according to Vitrenko, “Gazprom” should sell gas to Ukraine at a “much lower price” and not to impede the country’s integration into the European market.

as he points out that the tariff for transit, as stipulated in the contract with “Gazprom” should be aligned with the European rules for setting tariffs, but the Russian side did not want to do it voluntarily.

Also, according to Vitrenko, the contract must be given in accordance with applicable on the territory legislation. “”Gazprom” refused to bring the contract into line with European/Ukrainian law and therefore we are now seeking through arbitration”, — he said.

“the World looks to this arbitration as a test for Ukraine — how we as a country ready to defend its national interests, as for this we are ready to put competence above loyalty,” — said Vitrenko, calling plans to disrupt the arbitration process the main risk at this stage.

00:11 January 29, 2016

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Why Ukraine proposes the Russian state Corporation strange claims

In August, the head of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) Yuriy Terentyev reported on the preparation of the claim to “Gazprom” for three billion dollars. The AMC started investigation against Gazprom last year. At the beginning of 2016, the office imposed a fine on the company in the amount of 86 billion hryvnia (over three billion) for abusing its dominant position on the market of services on transit of natural gas through the territory of Ukraine in the period from 2009 to November 2015. According to AMC, the monopoly of “Gazprom” has led to infringement of interests of “Naftogaz”.

currently, the mutual claims of “Naftogaz” and “Gazprom” is considering the Stockholm arbitration court.