Russia has decided to give Ukraine coal and electricity? – Business Course

Russia has decided to give Ukraine coal and electricity? – Business Course

winter predicted the collapse of the energy sector of Ukraine came. Lack of money for the purchase of gas, the war in the Donbass led to massive blackouts of electricity in Ukraine. Was instantly energized Crimea. In these circumstances, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak and Vladimir Putin voiced the possibility of emergency aid to Ukraine. At whose expense, I wonder?

According to “RIA Novosti” on December 27, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, the Russian government offered to Kiev to buy electricity on domestic prices. Russia, according to Kozak, has agreed to put Ukraine 9 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity. He noted that while the terms of the contract are not met, without specifying what exactly is the problem. Price supply Kozak does not call, Ukraine says the price of 2.1 rubles per 1 kWh without VAT.

«We make it meaningful due to the fact that at the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant broke down one unit . In order to reduce blackouts and the problems that have “- said Kozak. As is known, the unit of Khmelnitsky NPP in November for a month disconnected for repair – at the end of December, he was again put into operation. A morning of 28 December, it became known about disabling sixth unit Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. At the station worked to protect from internal damage to the generator, according to the website of NAEC “Energoatom».

Rolling blackouts affected including the Crimea, which receives a significant portion of electricity from Ukraine. The main reason is called the lack of coal outages – before its delivery to ensure the Donbass mines, which are now found themselves behind enemy lines.

In these circumstances, Vladimir Putin announced the possibility of coal supplies from Russia to Ukraine in the amount of not less than 500 thous. tons per month. Its average cost – about 1.5 thousand. Rub. per ton. Thus, for the sake of Crimea Russia is ready to actually give bankrupt countries at least 750 million rubles of coal per month, and electricity – about 19 billion rubles. It is obvious that for the calculation of these supplies from Ukraine is practically impossible to obtain. Who will compensate providers that money if something happens – absolutely clear.

BK55 recalls that the main shareholder of JSC “TGC-11″ in Omsk is the company “Inter”, as time supplier of electricity for export in Ukraine. Omsk currently pay VAT 3.09 rubles per 1 kWh.

Igor Fedorov