Chizhov: Transneft has a chance to challenge the nationalization of the gas pipeline in Ukraine
Transneft has a good chance to challenge the nationalization of its gas to Ukraine, said Russia's permanent representative to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov. " I don't presume to give advice " Transneft ". Clearly, they will go the way of international arbitration. Arbitration, I think, given what I know, they have a good chance to win " - quoted by TASS. He said, because it would be a procedure, not one year, " for this reason, some decisions will be taken ". Chizhov noticed that the number of pipelines between Russia and the EU " one ten "." for this reason, if the story is about a single tube, which is the ability to detect a bypass route", " the envoy said. Remember, before an official authorized Transneft Igor Dyomin said that the Company wants to appeal the decision of the Ukrainian court on the nationalization of part of the oil pipeline " Samara - West direction " and " the terrible - Armavir - Employment ". On Wednesday Rivne appeal economic supereds the property of the Ukrainian part of the pipelines with a total length of 1 433 thousand km, which pass through the territory of Ukraine. On the suit of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's office of the court of first instance had taken these items from the ownership of the Russian company and gave the state property Fund of Ukraine. However, Rivne appeal economic court on the complaint of the defendant reversed this decision and stopped the proceedings. Later, the Supreme economic court of Ukraine dismissed the cassation Prosecutor's office and gave the matter for reconsideration appeal. Now Rivne court sided with the plaintiff. Before the head of Transneft, Nikolai Tokarev expressed openipo about the possible deprivation of property rights over a portion of the pipeline in Ukraine. According to him, the Firm does not want to pump the oil through Ukraine in the direction of Hungary, if the government of the state of nationalization of the Ukrainian section of the pipeline. According to his statement, when such developments Transneft will be pumped into the pipe preservative solution. At the same time in September, the head of LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov was sent to the head of the Russian Federation centuries Putin a letter, in which he said about the intention to acquire Transneft company DP " Precarpathians to provide pumping of diesel fuel in the European Union. It in the 1st place is about pipeline " Samara - West direction, which belongs to organization " Precarpathians "controlled by " Southwest Transnefteproduct " (included in the structure Transneft). The property " Precarpathians " is also a section of oil pipeline " Grozny - Armavir - Employment ", which is now decommissioned and dismantled.