Russian gas transit through Ukraine will be stopped: Details

According to the former head of the Austrian oil and gas company OMV Gerhard Royce, Ukraine intends to finish the contract in force until 2024, but it will not continue it. Ukraine is expected to continue the gas transit agreement with Russia, which ends in 2024. This was announced on ORF on Wednesday night, May 31, by the Austrian OMV oil and gas company Gerhard Royce. According to him, the Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine was allegedly said to him.

Kyiv is expected to fulfill all the terms of the gas transit agreement, which operates until 2024, but the Ukrainian authorities do not plan to continue the agreement. "I asked him if the contract could be extended? And he heard a unambiguous" no ", - said Gerhard Roy. and Kiev was signed in 2019, that is, before the full -scale invasion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.

At that time, the countries agreed that the transit of Russian gas will take place by Ukrainian territory by 2024. The agreement stipulated the possibility of prolongation of the contract for another 10 years. Gas transit through Ukraine was 65 billion cubic meters in 2020 and 40 billion cubic meters. Annually from 2021 to 2024. The transit agreement provides for the principle of "duck or fees" when the transit fee is charged in the amount It will be smaller.

By the way, in 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin believed that the aforementioned treaty would be continued after 2024. Yes, speaking of the prospects for gas transit through Ukraine at an economic forum in St. Petersburg, he said: Europe will grow. " At the same time, he hinted about Russia's plans for 10 years to increase gas supply to Europe by 50 billion cubic meters. m.