MOSCOW, 2 Jul - RIA Novosti/Prime. The transit of natural gas from Russia via Ukraine to the European Union in January-June 2015 $ 28, 7 billion cubic meters, said Fins news the head of the press service of "Ukrtransgaz" Maxim Belyavsky.

last year during the same period Ukraine exported in the European Union 36, 5 billion cubic meters of gas. Thus, the volume of gas flowing through Ukraine in the first half of 2015 compared with the same period last year decreased by 21, 4%.

in 2014, the volume of transit of Russian gas through the territory of Ukraine decreased by 28% to 62, 2 billion cubic meters.

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