Kiev: Ukraine is not satisfied with the discount for gas at the expense of export duties

Kyiv against the implementation of the mechanism proposed by Gazprom, according to which Ukraine will be issued Discount on gas from Russia by reducing duties on its exports from Russia, said the head of the Ukrainian energy Ministry Yuriy Prodan.
" Unfortunately, changed the position of the Russian side. Long conversations Between " Gazprom " and " Naftogaz " has led To the fact that " Gazprom " has made the initiative mechanism of formation rates as providing discounts on duty. In Such a situation, the price for gas is regulated by the decree of the RF government, at any time, this decision of the government has the opportunity to be cancelled. Naturally, these principles of formation does not suit the Ukrainian side ", - stated Sold, RIA " Novosti ". This mechanism of providing discounts in the relations of the two countries has already been used. In April 2010 the Russian Federation and Ukraine signed in Kharkiv intergovernmental agreement eaten stay of the RF black sea fleet in Ukraine After 2017, and gave Kyiv a discount on gas at $ 100 per thousand cubic meters due to decreased duties on the export of gas, that Is at the expense of the Russian budget. Discount was abolished from 1 April After joining the Crimea to Russia. Thus Sold clarified that the issue price is linked to the repayment of debt for already delivered to Ukraine gas." Has the consent of the parties to solve the problem of batch agreement, when a price agreement will be resolved the question of payment of payments for gas, " said Sold. Before that, the European Commissioner for energy Gunther Oettinger told reporters that the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the EU on gas talks have agreed that they will resume the next tripartite meeting could be held on Tuesday or Wednesday. On Wednesday in Berlin hosted dialogues Gazprom and Ukrainian Naftogaz at the level of heads of the organizations - Alexei Miller and Andrew Koroleva. Then Gazprom said that suffered from 9 to 10 June deadline for resolution of the issues on payments for gas. Accordingly, the introduction of prepaid and possible gas cutoff to Ukraine shifted to eleven June. However, on the last working day of the week during festive events in honor of the 70th anniversary of the allied landing in Normandy, the President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin said that Russia will cut gas supplies to the European Union in the case of reverse to Ukraine. On Wednesday, the Russian energy Minister Alexander Novak said that Ukraine agreed availability uncontested debt to Russia for gas on April 1, $ 2, 237 billion. However, first appointed by the Verkhovna Rada energy Minister Yuriy Prodan called all exposed Russia accounts controversial. EU energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger has acknowledged that Ukraine owes Russia for gas is $ 4 billion.


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