Ukrtransgaz said about readiness for gas transit from Russia to the EU next year
Ukrtransgaz informs about the readiness of the country for the transit of Russian gas to the European Union in 2015: all repair work done in time, said the press service of the organization. " We have completed all planned work on the Ukrainian GTS and ready in the future to ensure the smooth transit of natural gas to our European partners ", - quotes the letter of the RIA " Novosti ". Yesterday Ukrtransgaz said that the transit of Russian gas via the territory of a country in the European Union decreased by 25% in January-November 2014 compared with the same period last year. On Thursday, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk has paid my respects " the Russian Citizens with the need to keep natural gas to Europe via Ukraine. At the same time the official representative of Gazprom Sergei Kupriyanov said that the opportunities for transit of Russian gas to European countries in January-February of the coming year will be lower due to minor purchases Ukraine gas from Russia in the beginning of winter. Last week " Naftogaz of Ukraine " transferred to Gazprom 378 million dollars as an advance payment for the supply of 1 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia. Russian gas supplies to Ukraine were completed from mid-June because of the billions of dollars of debt Kiev. The issue with winter gas supplies from Russia was only resolved on 31 October, when the results of the trilateral talks in Brussels, Russia, the EU and Ukraine signed the final agreement on gas supply and transit until March 2015.