The head of Ukrainian government Arseniy Yatsenyuk expressed hope that the European Commission will not allow the implementation of the Russian project for the construction of offshore gas pipeline " Nord stream-2 ".




"I have a dream on a very clear position of our Western partners, in the 1st turn, the EC and member countries of the EU, to prevent the implementation by the Russian Federation of an order for withdrawal of Ukraine's transit potential and to deprive Ukraine billion dollars ", - said Yatsenyuk, RIA " Novosti ". September 10, Yatsenyuk said that the construction of the second branch of Nord stream will completely deprive Kiev opportunity to transport gas to the European Union and will lead to a loss of $ 2 billion of funds coming from the transit. Remember, 4 September, the Russian Firm Gazprom signed a joint agreement on the gas pipeline " Nord stream - 2 ", which provides for an increase in the supply of natural gas to the EU. Signatures under the document were put by the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, head of the Board of BASF Kurt Bock, member of the management Board of E. ON Klaus sch?fer, Deputy General Director ENGIE Pierre Sharar, Head of OMV AG Rainer Seele and managing Director of Royal Dutch Shell Ben van Bearden. Print edition OPINION noted, the composition of the participants claims that this project needs Europe, and looked in detail why this project is "no more political "than" South stream ".

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