Miller: the Risks of disruptions in the transit of gas through Ukraine in winter large
The head of Gazprom Alexei Miller said that the probability of disruption of transit pumping gas from Russia in the winter through the territory of Ukraine in European Union countries are quite significant. " The risks of disruptions are extremely great, " said Miller in the air of the TV channel " Russia 24 ", answering the Question about the current situation of transit, RIA " Novosti ". He also said that the construction of a gas pipeline under the Black sea to Turkey will give the opportunity to reset the Risks of gas transit through Ukraine. Remember, Russia on Tuesday resumed gas Supplies to Ukraine after a nearly six-month break. On the first day of the week, the official representative of Gazprom Sergei Kupriyanov said that the Company received from the " Naftogaz of Ukraine " advance payment for 1 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia for Delivery in early winter. Russian gas supplies to Ukraine were completed from mid-June because of the billions of dollars of debt Kiev. The issue with winter gas supplies from Russia was only resolved on 31 October, when the results of the trilateral talks in Brussels, Russia, the EU and Ukraine signed the final agreement on gas supply and transit until March 2015. A legally recorded consensus, the cost of gas for Ukraine will be 378 dollars for 1 thousand Cubic meters until the end of 2014 and 385 USD per 1 thousand Cubic meters until March 2015.