Ukraine is implementing its liabilities to carry out transit of Russian gas to Europe in the full amount, and doubts expressed by the Russian president are the continuous long-lasting discriminative campaign, Ukrtransgaz said in a statement.
“Ukraine was, is and will be a reliable gas transit country. The statement that the country allegedly unlawfully pumps gas is the continuous long-lasting discriminative campaign of the northern neighbor”, the operator of the Ukrainian gas transport system said.
Ukrtransgaz public relations department head Maksym Beliavsky said on Facebook that lower gas pressure maintained by Russia was again recorded on November 15, at the entry points to the Ukrainian gas transport system from the direction of Russia.
“To northern neighbors: before accusing without any grounds you should first increase pressure on your border station to the level stipulated in the contract. Today pressure at Sudzha compressor station (Russia) is 57.7 atm with the limit of 60 atm”, he said.
He added that, despite this, transit liabilities were implemented.
“Some 277 million cubic meters entered Ukraine and 277.2 million cubic meters was sent to Europe”, he said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 14, talking to German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed fears that Ukraine could unlawfully pump gas meant for Europe in winter. (Interfax/Business World Magazine)
