Maria Knyazeva. The European Union still seeks to preserve the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine, but only on political grounds, said in an interview Last news Russia's permanent representative to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov.

"I think they have the task to save the Ukrainian transit that became a purely political position. The economic basis was not seen ", - he said in answer to the question why the European Union until not actively sought to cooperate with Russia on gas pipeline " Turkish stream ".

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