Ukraine has filed a petition for an increase of 33% of the daily receipts of gas in reverse from Slovakia, this corridor is the only one which Ukraine receives imported Gas, said the head of the press service of "Ukrtransgaz" Maxim Belyavsky. "currently received an application for the daily transportation of gas from the territory of Slovakia in the real 30, 3 million cubic metres, which is 33% higher than the previous regime of import. All 1st-5th August-Slovak corridor received 115 million cubic metres of natural gas, ? Belyavsky said. remember, July 31, operators of gas transmission systems of the three countries (Gaz-System, FGSZ and Eustream) showed data about the fact that imports of European gas to Ukraine from Poland, Hungary and Slovakia in July amounted to 568, 3 million cubic meters in June, Ukraine imported 790, 2 million cubic meters of gas from Europe, the reverse gas supplies from Europe to Ukraine decreased in July in 1, 4 times. The head of Ukrainian government Arseniy Yatsenyuk in the process of speech in Parliament said that Ukraine 70% is provided by gas from the European Union. Gas purchased by Ukraine in the European Union, only from a formal point of view is " European ", but in fact it's the same Gas from Russia, which the EU traders resell Kiev. Europe actively spends the accumulation of gas from its underground storages due to restrictions on the supply of Russian gas and reverse gas supplies to Ukraine." Naftogaz of Ukraine " announced that from 1 July 2015 shall suspend the purchase of gas from Gazprom to agree on the terms of delivery. Explaining the actions of Kiev, Russian energy Minister Alexander Novak said that the conclusion on suspension of gas purchases from Russia ? and political grounds for this.
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