The Russian energy Ministry has not received Official notice from Ukraine about stopping the procurement of electrical energy, declared in a press-Department service.
"Official notice from the Ukrainian side about stopping the purchase of Russian electric energy we have not received ", - has declared RIA "news" in a press-service of the Ministry." Schedule delivery of electricity from the UES of Russia in the IPS of Ukraine agreed to 12 November 2015 inclusive. The scope of supply in November will be approximately 195 million kW. H. the Maximum power flow in November was 1100 MW ", - has explained the Ministry.
before the first day of the week the head of Ministry of Ukraine Volodymyr demchyshyn said that Kyiv may halt on Wednesday the import of electric energy from Russia. Recall, September 6, Ukraine resumed importing electric energy from Russia, which was terminated on August 24. Purchases of electric energy under the contract with Russia was in practice reduced to zero in the spring of this year, but with August 6 in connection with the crisis situation in the energy sector they were resumed. However, Ukrenergo announced his intention to disable the Ukrainians in the winter light duration up to 2 hours. In the last month of summer Demchyshyn has acknowledged that the supply of electric energy from Russia has allowed Ukraine to pass the peak loads on the electricity of the country in connection with the established hot weather. On August 26, the state financial inspection of Ukraine told about violations of the terms of the contract for the acquisition of state-owned factory of foreign trade activities (gpvd) initial electrical energy from Russia. First Chapter the Ministry of energy of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn has set the task in the near future to completely abandon the Purchase of electric energy in the Russian Federation. At the same time he admitted that in the case of force majeure, the import will be carried out. In summer Ukraine again threatened to turn off electricity in the Crimea against the failure of gas talks in a trilateral meeting in Brussels, where were required to sign a winter package for uninterrupted passage of the heating season, the European Union and Ukraine.

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