In the context of settlement began in the Donbass Russia is trying to soften the gas dispute with Ukraine, not allowing stop fuel supply. “Gazprom” has expressed readiness to separate the issues of supply and delivery of Donbass “Naftogaz of Ukraine”, if Kiev will make an advance payment in the near future. The scheme can satisfy the Ukrainian company and the Commission, which put forward a similar proposal, and at the same time allow to continue the supply of Donbass. Thus, the situation is developing in Transnistria scenario: “Gazprom” will supply gas to the DNI and the LC is actually free, but record debt to Kiev.
“Gazprom” yesterday dramatically softened his stance in the gas conflict with Ukraine, which began a week ago after Kiev cut supplies to the DNI and LC. Then the “Gazprom” was to deliver gas directly to the southeast of Ukraine, taking into account these volumes in the contract with “Naftogaz of Ukraine” and forcing the company to pay for them. Now “Gazprom” is ready to share these supplies, the decision on Wednesday proposed and European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič. “We are ready at the moment to withdraw beyond the discussion of our gas supplies in the Donbass. And we are ready to put the claimed” Naftogaz “(predoplachennye.- ” b “) volumes for these entry points to them,” – said the representative of ” Gazprom “Sergei Kupriyanov TV channel” Russia 24 “. He stressed that if “Naftogaz” will not mak e an advance payment in the coming days, deliveries to Ukraine to stop.
“Naftogaz” refused to accept delivery of “Gazprom” Donetsk and Lugansk contract and make a new advance payment. He challenges the actions of “Gazprom” on the grounds that the gas for the DNI and the LC goes through GIS Prokhorovka and Platovo although “Naftogaz” applications for these stations are not filed. “Naftogaz” stressed that he can not control through these volumes of GIS and sign daily acts of acceptance.
At the same time tehsoglasheniyu to contract gas delivery points are determined by agreement between the parties (and not at the request of the buyer), and acts of acceptance GIS Prokhorovka and Platovo now signed employees “Donbasstransgaza” (branch “Ukrtransgaz”). Thus, the arguments of “Naftogaz” is not looked legally indisputable.
But now “Gazprom” is actually agrees to ensure that “Naftogaz” not pay for the supply of self-proclaimed DNR and LC. According to the source “b” in the industry, the monopoly continues to believe that the supply of Donbas are under contract with “Naftogaz”, but this volume will not be considered in prepaid and will be “controversial.” Most likely, the only way to “Gazprom” to get money for gas will be arbitration. Based on the alleged monopoly of the daily volume of deliveries in the south-east of Ukraine to 12 million cubic meters, the cost of gas for the DNI and the LC to the beginning of April (the end of the heating season) could be worth $ 158 million. But as long as the delivery came in smaller amounts – according to “Kommersant” about 6 million cubic meters per day.
In “Naftogaz” yesterday refused to comment on the new proposal of “Gazprom”. Leaders of the Ukrainian company only supported the Commission’s proposal to hold a trilateral gas talks in Brussels on March 2. Russia is still not officially confirmed participation in the negotiations, although the European Commission has officially announced the evening that will come as a minimum energy ministers of both countries.
source “b” in the industry said that “Gazprom” does not want to bring the situation to stop supplies to Ukraine – Kiev without Russian gas would have to disconnect customers or withdraw gas from the transit pipeline . “They took this position: stop deliveries in Donbass, or we do not buy pre – and we need some way to find” – he explains. If Kiev will make an advance payment, “Gazprom” will be able to continue to supply the Donbass supposedly under contract with Ukraine at least until the end of March, when the expire action “winter package”.
to mitigate monopoly position could influence and Russia’s unwillingness to expand the overall conflict with Ukraine on the background of yesterday’s announcement of Kiev early withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact in the Donbass. “The Russian leadership understands that if it continues to insist that Kiev should pay for the militia, it would entail an irreconcilable conflict, fell to all agreements with the Europeans,” – says the head of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy Fyodor Lukyanov. In his opinion, this story has brought Moscow indirect political benefit, as once again forced to Kiev to admit that he has no control over the south-east of the country. Mr. Lukyanov points out that in the case of the DNI and LC selected scenario frozen conflict and reproduced the same pattern that Transnistria: Russian gas is delivered there, in fact, free of charge, and the debt is legally written to Moldov a.
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