Ukraine runs the risk of abandoning new lawsuits against the Russian gas, said the Executive Director of "Naftogaz of Ukraine" Yuriy Vitrenko. authorized Ukrainian organizations suggested that the Russian Federation may withdraw from the flow of gas transit. "If then the transit will not, it turns out that we did not want action without any meaning, this is a very big risk," he said in the interview Hromadske. According to Vitrenko, currently Ukraine is working on a " system of contracts that minimize or completely remove this risk." the agreement on transit of blue fuel through Ukraine expired at the end of this year. Moscow and Kiev discussed the possibility of extending the agreement for bilateral meetings and negotiations in a trilateral format with the participation of the European Commission. The Russian side has many times proposed a package solution to the transit issue, together with litigation and deliveries of blue fuel to Ukraine. on the last working day of the week Russia and Ukraine signed a Protocol on gas cooperation, during which "Gazprom" and "Naftogaz" signed a contract on continuation of the transit and settlement of mutual claims. Consensus suggest the booking of capacity to pump gas transit to 65 bcm in 2020 and 40 bcm in 2021-2024 years in establishing a competitive rate. It is assumed that before the new year, the two sides will sign a new five-year contract. yesterday, the media said that five Ukrainian organizations have signed with "Gazprom" the contract on gas supplies from January 1. <span style="color:darkgray