Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Ukraine has banned the transit of Russian gas.

SyuzhetyDolgi Ukraine to Gazprom in 2008 godu04.01.2009 Gazprom called the new price of gas for gas UkrainyKommentariiNevynosimost bytiya01.01.2009Rossiya cut gas supplies to Kiev UkrainuHozyaystvenny court banned in 2009 goskompanii "Naftogaz Ukrainy" transit Russian gas at a price of 1.6 dollars per thousand cubic meters per 100 kilometers. That was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine. On 9 January, assigned the case.
The court invalidated the agreement on transit of Russian fuel to the territory of Ukraine, concluded before the end of 2010. According to the court, the former deputy head of "Naftogaz" Igor Voronin, has concluded such agreements did not have proper credentials from the Ukrainian government.
Chairman of the Duma committee on international affairs Konstantin Kosachev, called the decision of the Kiev court "filkinoy literate", said RIA Novosti. According to the Russian deputy, Ukraine thus "blackmails Russia and Europe, because of Kiev has no money to pay for gas."
Recall from the beginning of 2009 Russia's Gazprom because of the debts of "Naftogaz" stopped gas supplies to Ukraine, but the transit of gas through Ukrainian territory to Europe continues. January 4, a Russian company accused the Ukrainian side in an unauthorized gas destined to European consumers. According to the official representative of Gazprom Sergei Kupriyanova, through the fault of the Ukrainian consumers in Europe nedopoluchili 50 million cubic meters of gas.

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