The head of Russian Railways (RZD) Vladimir Yakunin said that there are no restrictions for rail movement of Russian coal in Ukraine is not.
" according to my information, only the currently required to take 12 trains of coal in Ukraine. We have a direction generally scored infrastructure limits the impact, but it concerns not only Ukraine, " said Yakunin correspondents, reports RIA " Novosti ". On the first day of the week the Ministry of energy and coal industry of Ukraine assured the suspension of the Russian coal supplies to Ukrainian organizations, the reasons are not reported. First on the same day the source in the energy market, said that the Russian Federation has stopped deliveries of coal energy brands in Ukraine, the ship stopped on November 21, the timing of their resume as long as unknown. Remember, November 14, stated that Ukrainian energy Company DTEK wants to purchase from Russia 1, 3 million tons of anthracite coal grades before the end of the current year. First, the press service of the Ukrainian state company " Centrenergo " declared his intention before the end of 2014 to purchase 509 thousand tons of Russian coal. November 12, Kuzbasskaya Toplivnaya Company (CPC) said that they were ready to supply coal to Ukraine if the Ukrainian side will offer a good price. As reported in the print edition GLANCE, coal shortage threatens to leave Ukraine without electricity. The fighting in the East has led to a sharp decline in coal production, and It serves as a source of fuel for power plants, giving a significant part of Ukrainian electricity. In early November it was announced that in the end military operations in the Donets basin, where 80% of Ukrainian mines, the country lost about 12 million tons of coal. In early October, the Minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Yuriy Prodan said that Ukraine does not have enough coal to produce 30% of electricity. He also said that the Ukrainian private organizations intend to buy before the end of 2014, about 4 million tons of coal from Russia. Before the government of Donetsk national Republic told about ready to sell the coal to all countries, except Ukraine ". Since mid-April, the Kyiv authorities are in the East of Ukraine " special operation " to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. Military is actively used heavy machinery and military aircraft and helicopters. Mentions a large number of killed and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of the homes of residents and infrastructure.


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