The EC insists on the legality of reverse gas to Ukraine

Vladimir Dobrovolskiy. The European Commission insists on the legality of reverse gas supplies to Ukraine European companies and considers unacceptable the opportunity limits Russia supplies to them, said press Secretary of the EU energy Commissioner Sabine Berger at a press conference on Thursday.

" We have taken note of the message. It is unacceptable to make such danger. Organization in the EU are besprepyatstvenno to have the gas they buy, and it is perfectly legal to sell this gas to Ukraine, " said Berger in response to the request to comment the statements about the possible reduction of gas supplies from Russia to European companies, which organize reverse gas to Ukraine.

the head of the Russian Federation centuries Putin in early summer, said that Russia is ready to reduce gas supplies to the European Union in case Ukraine will be reverse. The head of " Gazprom " Alexey Miller soon confirmed that the holding may restrict supply in the European Union through the gas metering station, where will record the physical reverse gas to Ukraine. At the end of June, he said: as long as decisions on this issue there.

Putin on Tuesday, July 1, explained that Moscow sees the artificiality of the reverse, according to which Ukraine, as if it receives gas from Europe but has not taken any action so as not to exacerbate the situation.

After long and fruitless negotiations " Gazprom " 16 June translated " Naftogaz ", indebted 4, 5 billion dollars, in advance, and now in the Ukrainian gas transport system are only transit volumes destined for Europe. As long as the transit is carried out in contractual options, however, and Gazprom, and the Commission does not exclude the occurrence of questions in winter, when Ukraine will spend accumulated in their own UGS reserves.

Miller said that European suppliers are able to provide a real physical reverse gas to Ukraine. According to him, we can talk about the annular reverse - pipes on the border Sokolovaya and gas from Russia chasing around. Thus it turns out that " Naftogaz " illegal disposes of Russian gas in the pipe as his own. Miller described the scheme as " polyaritony reverse ".


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