Naftogaz has filed a lawsuit in the Stockholm arbitration on transit contract
Company " Naftogaz of Ukraine " has filed a lawsuit in the Stockholm arbitration court with a request for the revision of the contract with Gazprom for natural gas transit through the territory of Ukraine, said the head of reforming the business of " Naftogaz of Ukraine " Yuriy Vitrenko. " Yesterday we filed in the Stockholm arbitration claim on transit contract, " he said. According to him, the claim is a demand for compensation by the Russian side due to insufficient volumes of gas supply to Ukraine, " reports the Telegraph. on 9 October, it was announced that the company wishes to obtain from Gazprom November " gas " about 200 million cubic meters monthly for technological support its transit to the European Union. Experts underline that the provisions of the energy package the EU is not obliged Naftogaz to violate contractual obligations on transit pumping gas. The agreement provides for the possibility of changing it only in case of agreement 2 the parties or by arbitration. Truly this " blackmail "when the contract is changed unilaterally, and this position of Ukraine will only lead to increase risk of failure of gas transit from Russia to the European Union. First Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that Kyiv can ask the Stockholm arbitration court to issue a temporary definition for the price and the conditions of Russian gas deliveries to final verdict on the gas suit the Ukrainian side.