The completion of the contract on gas transit to the European Union With Russia will lead to the fall of Ukraine's economy, said the people's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Vadym Rabinovich on air of TV channel NewsOne. According to the policy, in the event of loss of gas transit from Russia to Kiev it will be necessary to pay huge sums for the maintenance of inactive pipeline. "The first of January (2020.- Approx. Ed.) end the Treaty With Russia for the production and delivery of gas and guaranteed volumes. In order to maintain even an empty tube, we need 3 billion dollars a year. Now will not be nothing - the new Treaty is not concluded. What will we have then?", - he complained. first Deputy Minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Natalia Boyko said that Moscow would be as if would be forced to sign With Kiev a new contract for gas transit to the European Union because they do not have time to finish the construction "Nord stream - 2" to the end of the year. last week in Brussels held a trilateral meeting of Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission on the transit pumping gas after 2019. The European Commission presented at the current meeting a proposal on the format of the upcoming contract Between Russia and Ukraine. For reviews of the EC Treaty shall be concluded for a period of more than ten years, and the volume to be attractive, and among them investors, who will be invited For modernization of the Ukrainian GTS. The head of the Ministry of energy Alexander Novak, for his part, said that the agreement must be commercially attractive and the route is competitive. In addition, Ukraine should put forward a clear plan for the management of its gas transportation system, "Gazprom" and "Naftogaz" ought to resolve legal problems. The head of "Gazprom" Alexey Miller, on its part, said that accumulation of gas in Ukrainian underground storage facilities reduced the volume of reverse fall, which means the reliability of transit through Ukraine this winter lower than last. However, Gazprom has already built More than twenty % of the "Nord stream - 2," he added. To continue the discussion the parties agreed in may. <span style="color:darkgray