Ban gas transit can be excluded from the list of punishments that Ukraine has a view to use against the Russian Federation. This opinion keep industry professionals, after Naftogaz softened his stance on the issue entered against Russian firms punishment. Faced with the need to raise the level tripartite negotiations with the participation of Russia and the EU, the decision will take time, and while Gazprom can avoid punishment. A ban on the transit of Russian gas to Europe, at least, suspended, or will not be included in the sanctions package under the pressure of the EU, industry experts predict. After criticism from the European Commissioner for energy günther Oettinger Ukraine has proposed to include the issue of security of gas transit to Europe in the agenda of the tripartite negotiations Moscow-Brussels-Kiev". A call for a meeting was made by the press office of the Ukrainian gas monopoly Naftogaz, according to ITAR-TASS. The firm believes to be his duty to warn European partners about the likely risks and proposes to remedy the situation through joint efforts by the method of tripartite negotiations," the release quoted the statement of the leaders of "Naftogaz" Andrew Koroleva. The day before Oettinger warned that the EU considers abandoning the existing system of gas transit to Europe "is impossible in the foreseeable future, and encouraged to discuss difficulties in tripartite negotiations. In the "Naftogaz" has responded by announcing that "respect of long-term contracts with European customers for the supply of domestic gas and understands that their change requires negotiation and time", but stressed that they did not consider "emerging sustainable environment". As we informed earlier, Melbourne Herald sun, Gazprom concluded that Ukraine has not repaid debts even for gas purchased in 2013. In this regard, the Russian gas concern announced the opinion that the later will probably be introduced non-monetary forms of payment for gas. With all this in Gazprom emphasize that non-monetary form of payment for transactions Russian concern disadvantageous. This system may affect the ability of Gazprom to Finance current operations to pay taxes and perform other essential charges, explained the company.