Company “Naftogaz of Ukraine” has threatened “to Gazprom” to increase the annual fee for the transit of gas through Ukraine to $4 billion This will be the case, if the Stockholm arbitration court decides in favor of the Ukrainian side. This statement in Facebook acted as the commercial Director of “Naftogaz of Ukraine” Yuriy Vitrenko.
According to Vitrenko, “Gazprom”, if the decision of the Stockholm arbitration, will have to pay Naftogaz “tens of billion of dollars compensation, to sell gas at a much lower price, each year to pay $4 billion more for transit and not to obstruct our integration in the European market,” wrote Vitrenko.
He added that “Naftogaz” requires “Gazprom” translation company with the transit contract on a dedicated transmission system operator. Besides, the Russian side shall provide the Ukrainian data to the design of acceptance-transmission of gas. It is necessary to address the control of “Gazprom” on the connections of the Ukrainian gas transportation system with the systems of Slovakia, Romania, Poland and Hungary.
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