Ukraine in ten years will be nonvolatile And will be able to abandon Russian gas, said Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
"There is a goal We will reach in ten years Ukraine will be completely energy independent state ", - quotes news Agency the message the Ukrainian television. According to Yatsenyuk, the government, for example, has submitted to Parliament a new Law on rent.
"The law that stipulates that anyone who produces, drills fresh sources, increases the production of natural gas gets lower rents And more incentives for investments in gas sector," he explained, noting, because this will motivate domestic production of the resource. Apart from stimulating domestic production to achieve energy efficiency, According to the head of government, an important reduction of energy consumption." because of the reform in the energy sector, the citizens began to save, " he said. Yatsenyuk also recalled that the government initiated reverse deliveries of natural gas to Ukraine, thereby reducing the dependence on gas from Russia." earlier We were dependent on gas from Russia Almost 100% imported. Today Russia's share fell to 30 per cent, " he said. The Prime Minister also has noticed that the Ukrainian side had filed against the Russian gas monopoly "Gazprom" claims in the Stockholm arbitration court." We judged the Russian Federation on 16 billion dollars. We believe that the Russian Federation has put an unfair price for Ukraine. And We believe that Russia underpays Ukraine on the transit pumping of natural gas through the territory of Ukraine ", - said Yatsenyuk. In addition, According to the head of government, Ukraine has raised the issue in the European Union, "in order not to allow Russia to build a" South stream-2 ", which deprives Ukraine of all transit capacity And $ 2 billion of funds coming in year "." These elements - it is a guarantee that in ten years We will abandon the purchase of Russian natural gas, " concluded Yatsenyuk. On 13 November the head of Naftogaz Andrey Kobelev said that the Company wants in the near future to start with Gazprom about reduction of gas price from Russia in the 1st quarter of the coming year. Eleven November, the head of the Ministry of energy of Russia Alexander Novak said that the discount for Ukraine for the 1st quarter of the coming year will be according to market prices for gas. The day Before the head of the Board of Gazprom Alexey Miller said that Ukraine paid for gas would last only four day-to Saturday, November 14. On the first day of the week it was declared that the accumulation in underground gas storages of Ukraine decreased to 16, 998 billion cubic meters. November 3, Demchyshyn said that Gazprom set the price for gas from Russia allows Kiev to buy natural gas in the volumes required, And gives the opportunity to count on the planned passage of the heating season. While Kiev nourishes the hope that in 2016 the cost for gas from Russia will be lower than 227 USD per 1 thousand Cubic meters.

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