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The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the extension of the contract with the Chairman of the Board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine Andrey Kobolev in accordance with the recommendations of the company’s supervisory board. “The government supported this personnel decision, taking into account the conditions of the supervisory board,” says a statement distributed to the media. The contract with Andrey Kobolev has been extended for another four years – until March 22, 2024. According to the conditions...

The signing of a new transit contract by NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine and Gazprom was the result of agreements reached by the presidents of Ukraine and Russia at a meeting in the Normandy format in Paris. However, the management of Naftogaz not only attributed the success to itself, but also intends to continue filing lawsuits against Gazprom, worsening relations with it. An analyst from the alternative expert…

Despite the fall in gas prices in Europe, NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine did not reduce them for the population of Ukraine, which led to an increase in tariffs for housing and communal services. Ex-Minister of Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine Alexey Kucherenko stated this on the NEWSONE TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The price of gas was supposed to fall dramatically. The gas market has collapsed in Europe, on the stock exchanges there...

It is pointless to “pressure” Russia with sanctions, and Moscow will take the several billion that Gazprom must pay to Ukraine after concluding a transit contract five more times from Kyiv in other places. Ukrainian political scientist Andrei Mishin said this on the air of “Ukrlife”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. “The meaning of sanctions is pressure on certain individuals, big business, so that it is unprofitable for them, and...

From May 1, 2020, the market pricing mechanism in the gas end-consumer market within Ukraine comes into force, and no one knows what this will mean for consumers in the context of the continued monopoly of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine. Energy expert Valentin Zemlyansky stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “How to solve the problem with...

The launch of both branches of the Turkish Stream will deprive Ukraine of about a billion dollars in annual revenues from gas transit, and the launch of Nord Stream 2 will put the Ukrainian gas transportation system on the brink of unprofitability. Economic expert Viktor Skarshevsky stated this in a conversation on TV channel 112 Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Obviously, Ukraine is losing these 15 billion cubic meters, which will now go through the Turkish Stream...

Ukraine will not pay for gas supplied to the territory of the LPR and DPR. Yuriy Vitrenko, executive director of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, as part of the agreements on gas transit through Ukraine, Gazprom waived its claims against Kyiv regarding gas supplies to the Donbass republics. "Agreement…

The signing of a transit contract will help reduce gas prices in Europe, but this will not affect Ukrainian consumers, since gas will be sold to them at the so-called “insurance” price. Energy expert Valentin Zemlyansky stated this on TV channel 112 Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Of course, prices will go down. Warm winter, excess gas volumes and signing...

The claims of Naftogaz of Ukraine NJSC to Gazprom, which are preventing the conclusion of a transit contract, can be explained by the fact that a targeted campaign is being waged against Russia. Its goal is to expose Moscow as an unreliable gas supplier and reduce Russia’s influence in Europe by the time Nord Stream 2 is introduced. Vladimir Shapovalov, associate professor at the Institute of History and Politics at Moscow State Pedagogical University, stated this on the Russia 24 channel, the correspondent reports...

The so-called insurance price for gas, which the Ukrainian government proposes to pay the population, is unfair in its essence, since the population of Ukraine already pays much more for gas than it costs. Meanwhile, Naftogaz pays huge salaries to its management using the excess profits received. Economic expert Yuriy Gavrilechko stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "On the…

The managers of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine are not interested in Ukraine managing its own gas transportation system and are trying to sell the gas transmission system inexpensively to some foreign operator. Political scientist Dmitry Dzhangirov stated this on air on the Pershiy Kozatsky channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The main task of Kobolev and Vitrenko is to cheaply sell the GTS to the so-called “Americans.” There are different options for the drop scheme. There is a friend...

NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine boasts of profits “more than those of Gazprom,” but at the same time does not allocate money even to maintain pipelines in normal technical condition. Despite the fact that Gazprom finances global infrastructure projects and huge new plants. Dmitry Marunich, an expert on energy issues, stated this on the UKRLIFE.TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Last year it happened...

Only half of the gas in Ukrainian gas storage facilities belongs to the state of Ukraine represented by NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, so Ukraine is not so well supplied with gas for the winter, as follows from statements by officials and representatives of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine. Public figure Alexander Skubchenko stated this on the NEWSONE TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The fact that the state and Naftogaz declare that...

Naftogaz of Ukraine and Gazprom will not be able to agree on a new contract for the transit of Russian gas, so in winter there will be a new gas war between Ukraine and Russia, which Kyiv must get involved in without any fear. This was stated on the air of the Ukrlife channel by ex-deputy of the Russian State Duma Ilya Ponomarev, who in 2014 refused to support the reunification of Crimea with the Russian Federation, and...