Kiev became concerned about the reduction of gas supplies from Russia to Slovakia

The Ukrainian government has expressed concern " significant " reduction of gas supplies from Russia to Slovakia, the treatment head of the Ministry of energy of Ukraine Yuriy Sold to a charge of energy to the Vice-President of the European Commission g?nter Oettinger.
" The Russian side explains the Reduction of gas transit via Ukraine and Slovakia the increase in the transit of Russian natural gas through the gas pipeline Yamal-Europe and North stream, according to the report, RIA " Novosti ". Reducing the flow of gas transit is important and of concern to the government of Ukraine, as it can affect the energy security of both Ukraine and the EU, showed Sold in a private letter. He asked the EC to help restore and normalize the transit of Russian natural gas supplies and to discuss this issue during the forthcoming tripartite negotiations in the format of Ukraine-Russia-EU. Before September 12 Slovakia said about the reduction in gas supplies from Russia through Ukraine. This Tuesday, September 16, Slovak gas importer SPP (Slovensky plynarensky priemysel) said on reducing Russian gas supplies by 25%. Remember, June 16 from 10. 00 GMT Gazprom has entered the mode of payment for the supply and stop supplying gas to Ukraine. The pipeline is only intended for transit to the European Union blue fuel in the amount of 185 million cubic meters per day.

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