MOSCOW, fifteen APR - RIA Novosti/Prime. Russia until not received an official response of Kiev on plans to stop the transit of gas from Russia through Ukraine to the European Union after 2019, said Fins news the Minister of energy Alexander Novak. "Officially no appeals were received," he said. "But we know the position of Ukraine, they would like to see the transit was made through Ukrainian territory - ed.). But the likelihood of a contract extension is very minimal because too many contradictions, " explained the Minister. first, the Minister said that the Russian Federation does not plan to renew the contract for gas transit through the territory of Ukraine after 2019. The head of "Gazprom" Alexey Miller explained that the European capacity to receive gas from the gas pipeline "Turkish stream pipeline, which will bypass Ukraine and will replace the project "South stream" must be ready by 2019.