Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk
accused Russia of masterminding the conditions to block the transit of
gas to Europe this winter.
"We know about Russia's plans to block
the transit of gas even to EU countries. This is why European companies
were instructed to store up gas in Europe to the maximum," said
Yatsenyuk.
According to him, Russia seeks to
completely disconnect Ukraine from all energy sources. Russian Energy
Minister Alexander Novak immediately responded to the allegations,
saying that such statements are a deliberate attempt to mislead European
consumers of Russian gas.
"Certain remarks from Ukrainian
politicians about an alleged intent of Russia to block the transit of
Russian gas to the EU are puzzling. We can qualify them only as an
absolutely groundless attempt to deliberately misinform European
consumers of Russian gas," Novak said, Vesti-Finance reports.
Such statements from representatives of
the Ukrainian administration may mean that Ukraine is sounding out
opportunities for unauthorized withdrawal of the Russian gas, to
subsequently accuse Russia of its inability to meet obligations to
European partners.
Earlier, the Ukrainian authorities have
already begun to hastily prepare a legislative framework for the illegal
withdrawal of gas. Back in mid-August, Naftogaz of Ukraine offered
European buyers of Russian gas to conclude direct contracts for its
transit through Ukraine to Europe. In this case, the starting point for
the delivery of gas is moved from the borders of EU-Ukraine to the
Ukraine-Russia border, which excludes Gazprom's control over real
volumes of gas supplies to Europe via the territory of Ukraine. It is
easier to control the supply of gas to Europe at the exit from Ukraine,
at European gas detection stations.
- If the point of gas purchase is moved from the EU-Ukraine border to the border of Ukraine and Russia, the Ukrainian side will always be able to blame Russia for insufficient supplies of gas to Europe.
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28/8/14
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