Yatseniuk said, at what price Ukraine is ready to buy gas from OAO “Gazprom” – a REGNUM

04.10.2014 17:23

«We in storage have 5 billion cubic meters. meters of gas – it is actually zero. This so-called buffer gas, it can not pump out there. Now it is winter. We have accumulated in storage 17 billion, was 5,000,000,000 gas. Not enough to 5 billion cubic. meters of gas. This is more than a month of the heating season, “- this Friday, October 3, on the Ukrainian First Channel, said Prime Minister Yatsenyuk, the correspondent IA REGNUM .

« 16 June Russia completely shut off gas to us. In this situation, we had to buy gas in Europe. For decades, Russia has been doing everything possible to block the shipments. I would not call it a miracle, but it’s almost a miracle – for 6 months, we have replaced 60% of natural gas, which we bought in Russia for gas, which we now buy in the European Union. Now gas comes from Slovakia, Poland and Hungary. For the first time in 20 years, we started to buy gas in Europe, we have diversified their sources of supply, “- said Yatsenyuk.

According to him, despite the fact that OAO” Gazprom “has reduced the volume of natural gas supplies to Europe Slovakia continues to supply gas to Ukraine. “What is Russia doing? She takes and close the supply of gas to Europe, that Europe had problems with the gas and that they cut gas supplies to Ukraine. Hungary fully closed delivery, but there is, thank God, there were small amounts of supplies. I’m sorry that our European partners – Hungary and EU members – in fact succumbed to blackmail. I hope that the Hungarian authorities will do everything possible to resume transit, which we have paid, we signed that we should get. Slovaks continue to supply gas to us “, – informed Yatsenyuk.

Premier assured that Ukraine needs European natural gas price without discounts. “Putin offered us to buy gas cheap – $ 500. I refused. What is to buy gas at $ 500? To cover the deficit in the money, we will have a one-time increase tariffs by 300%. If you do this, firstly, is a social revolt. I understand that. The second problem – people do not have money to pay. When we refused the offer, we opted for the signing of the contract and receipt of the European price. We do not ask about any discounts not let them keep it. We want to buy gas on the same terms as the Europeans. Do not make us happy for our money, do not. We are willing to pay European prices. For 4 months (Reverse gas supplies from the EU – NA REGNUM) we saved at a cost of 500 million dollars, “- said Yatsenyuk.

Ukrainian Prime Minister said that he plans to sign with Russia a temporary contract for the supply of natural gas. “The government has submitted to the Stockholm court on the Russian” Gazprom “. Actual overpayment of Ukraine for Russian gas – $ 6 billion. We demand from the Russian” Gazprom “return $ 6 billion. Russia has also filed an action against us for $ 5.5 billion. What we we do? First version. We spend trilateral talks between the EU-Ukraine-Russia to sign up to March 31, a temporary contract for the supply of natural gas. Moreover, this agreement is temporary, why? We want to get the court’s decision, and then say, “So what Comrades Russian, fair price, your – 500 or our European price, which balances the season from 320 to 380 dollars? “- wondered Yatsenyuk.

The second way is, in his words, to obtain a decision in court “We have filed a separate lawsuit in a special part of the overall procedure. Court within one month, if we do not arrive at a consensus in the trilateral format, he will decide on the time and costs of temporary gas supplies. because now it is the issue of energy security of Europe” – summed Yatsenyuk.