News archive on the topic "Naftogaz of Ukraine"

In Ukraine, they are demanding that the European Union make a decision to suspend the operation of Nord Stream 1, emphasizing that Ukraine has the capacity to independently and without Russia provide the necessary transit to European consumers. This was stated by an expert from the Kyiv Grant-Eating Razumkov Center, ex-director of integrated communications of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine Maxim Bilyavsky. According to him, about redirecting flows...

European countries intend to pump record volumes of gas into underground gas storage facilities in the summer in order to create a reserve in the event of a cessation of supplies through the territory of Ukraine, with which Gazprom’s transit contract expires at the end of 2019. The Kommersant newspaper writes about this today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the publication, there is already 53% more gas in European storage facilities than...

For the first time in recent history, the ruling regime in Ukraine has allowed the sale abroad of gas produced on its own territory, which, as stated in previous years, should be spent on the needs of the population at low prices. People's Deputy of the Batkivshchyna faction Sergei Sobolev drew attention to this during a meeting in the Verkhovna Rada. “For the first time in the history of Ukraine, the export of its own gas is allowed...

Ukraine buys gas using the so-called “reverse scheme” not out of hatred for the “aggressor country,” but because this is how representatives of Petro Poroshenko’s regime manage to enrich themselves. Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych stated this today at a press conference in Moscow, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The prices in Ukraine today are a little more expensive than the gas that could be supplied to...

The head of the board of NJSC Naftogaz, Andrei Kobolev, decided to donate his salary to charity starting in February, once again confirming rumors about immodest amounts of income. “I made a decision from February of this year until the end of this calendar year, that is, until the completion of the political process, that I will transfer all my income to charitable needs,” Kobolev said that...

Negotiations between Ukraine, Russia and the European Union on gas transit through the “Nezalezhnaya” territory have been postponed until May of this year, when a new president will be elected in Ukraine. Kommersant writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. It is reported that at yesterday’s meeting, the European Commission offered Kyiv its version of a new contract, the details of which were not disclosed. Vice-President of the European Commission Maros Sefcovic only noted that the speech...

Ukrainians should blame only themselves for high gas tariffs, who were deceived by the promises of Maidan activists in 2014 about a bright European future instead of participating in the Customs Union with Russia. Editor-in-Chief of the National Defense magazine Igor Korotchenko said this on the Rossiya 1 TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Korotchenko drew attention to the fact that the Ukrainian government after the Maidan...

It is not without reason that the ruling Ukrainian elite is worried about Russia’s construction of bypass gas pipelines - after their launch, Kyiv officials will lose colossal income from schemes with Russian blue fuel. Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Spiridon Kilinkarov stated this on the Rossiya-1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “What is happening now in Ukraine in the gas sector is a scam... Under Kuchma we...

About 90% of gas fields used by state-owned companies in Ukraine have been depleted. The head of Naftogaz, Andrei Kobolev, stated this on the radio “Novoye Vremya”, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, state-owned companies do not open new sites, and private ones do not enter with investments. Previously, the Ukrainian authorities stated that Kyiv should seek to increase its own gas production in the conditions...

In Ukraine, they decided to fight Russia’s construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, bypassing the Square, by transferring the gas transportation system to foreigners. The head of Naftogaz, Andrei Kobolev, stated this on the radio “Novoye Vremya”, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, foreign owners of the Ukrainian gas transportation system will lobby for its interests and will not allow the construction of a bypass gas pipeline. “We need to give this company to...

The so-called “European gas” that comes to Ukraine from the EU after Kyiv allegedly stopped purchasing from Russia is in fact Russian fuel. The new scheme makes even more money for intermediaries and officials who resell gas to Ukraine. Deputy Viktor Bondar stated this at a meeting of the Conciliation Council of the Verkhovna Rada, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.…

Officially, Ukraine does not buy gas from Russia, but the purchase of Russian blue fuel occurs through Hungary and Slovakia. The President of the Ukrainian Analytical Center, Alexander Okhrimenko, spoke about this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “According to official statistics, we do not buy Russian gas, we buy Slovakian, which is Russian, and Hungarian, which is Russian. You yourself understand...

After increasing tariffs for gas and housing and communal services, Naftogaz of Ukraine receives a profit 2-3 more than the amount of subsidies for the population, and at the same time subsidies are being reduced. Economic expert Vsevolod Stepanyuk stated this on the NASH TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Subsidies have actually decreased. Subsidies are not issued for the entire apartment, not for all hot water,...

Kiev is gradually coming to terms with the inevitability of completing the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The Ukrainian publication “Mirror of the Week” writes about this today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In an interview with Kobolev (Head of Naftogaz of Ukraine Andrey Kobolev - ed.) there was already an estimate that the probability of building Nord Stream 2 is more than 50%. How much “more” is not worth specifying yet. Essentially all hope is for...