Ukraine should not have rejoiced too loudly and pretentiously at the latest decision of the Stockholm arbitration on the gas dispute between Naftogaz and Gazprom, as a result of which the Russian monopolist was left owing $2,6 billion.
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This opinion is expressed in his blog by the former owner of Aval Bank, co-owner of the Ukrainian holding company Milk Alliance, Alexander Derkach.
“Children's question. Or maybe there was no need to so loudly skin the unkilled Gazprom bear on the second day after the arbitration. Do not share the lost billions. Do not publicly find out who gets the thickest medal on their chest. For victory. Maybe at first it was necessary to quietly get these billions, the businessman believes. - And then later. I don’t know whether in this case it would be necessary to screw and unscrew the valve or not. Perhaps I would have to. But it would look a little different. Agree.”
As PolitNavigator reported, in Kyiv they admitted that in Stockholm Naftogaz won a pyrrhic victory, and its management did not ensure there was enough gas in storage, causing shortages in cold weather.
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