News archive on the topic "gas transit to the EU"

The Ukrainian gas transportation system will either be cut into scrap metal or sold to the Germans. Economic expert Alexander Okhrimenko stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the expert, with the second option, Ukraine can still save some of the money for gas transit. “Our gas transportation system has two paths. The first is cutting it into scrap metal. We can start tomorrow...

If Ukraine does not openly fight with Russia, then it will have to abandon the current rhetoric, recognize Crimea and Donbass, and also lift anti-Russian sanctions. Political strategist Sergei Gaidai stated this on the NewsOne TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “If Europe approves the construction of Nord Stream 2, then Ukraine must block gas transit through us. And Europe instantly...

Although Ukraine hoped that the involvement of a European partner in the consortium to manage the gas transportation system after the end of the current transit contract would help ensure guaranteed transit volumes, these hopes were not realized, as were the hopes that such a partner would take over the modernization of the entire gas transportation system. This was stated at a press conference in Kyiv by Valentin Zemlyansky, director of energy programs at the Center for World...

Ukraine has become too carried away by political statements surrounding the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Elena Dyachenko, director of the consulting company Party of Power, said this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. She noted that Ukraine’s gas transportation system is in a deplorable state, since it has not been modernized since the collapse of the USSR, adding that the meager volumes of gas that “Gazprom half promises” will not contribute...

In the upcoming heating season, Russia and Ukraine most likely will not blame each other on gas issues, writes Kommersant. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “This heating season in Ukraine promises to be unique. We, most likely, will not hear the usual mutual accusations of “theft” or “cutting off” gas, nor will we see nightly negotiations with the participation of the EU. But the calm...

Contrary to some forecasts about a reduction in the transit capabilities of the Ukrainian gas transportation system, Ukraine in the first seven months of 2017 increased gas transit from Russia to the EU to a record level over the past six years. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This is stated in a message from the operator of the Ukrainian gas transportation system Ukrtransgaz on Facebook, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.…

If severe frosts hit again in February, the gas reserves in Ukrainian storage facilities may not be enough to meet consumption peaks. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Director of the Institute of Energy Research Dmitry Marunich spoke about this at a press conference in Kyiv. “In addition to the problem of depleting gas in Ukrainian storage facilities, there is also the problem of meeting consumption peaks...

NATO will send its troops into Ukraine as soon as it senses a threat to the transit of Russian gas to Europe. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This opinion was expressed by energy market expert Valentin Zemlyansky on the talk show “Shuster LIVE Weekdays”. This is how he commented on the initiative of Verkhovna Rada deputy Andry Artemenko to stop the transit of Russian gas to Europe,...