Kiev does not rule out that the EU may privatize the Ukrainian pipeline to receive gas from Russia
The European Union may resort to a scheme that will allow it to receive energy resources from the Russian Federation through Ukraine after the transit agreement expires in December this year.
Political scientist Ruslan Bortnik stated this on air during the video blog "Yes, That's True," reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
According to Bortnik, in the context of the conflict, it seems illogical for the Ukrainian side to continue the agreement, but Europe must somehow receive oil and gas.
“All the talk that Europe will possibly buy Russian oil and gas on the border with Ukraine is related to the possible privatization of our gas transportation system. Why don't we talk about this? How will Europe buy?
Because technical transfer requires a technical subject, a third party who will technically manage the pipe. Relatively speaking, Europe and Russia without Ukraine technically cannot come to an agreement if it does not own this pipe,” the expert said.
“Therefore, when they say, “Yes, you negotiate with Russia,” they implicitly mean an attempt to sell the gas transportation system. In any case, we are interested in loading our pipes, because this is good income.
Even during the war, according to various estimates, we receive from 20 to 50 million dollars in transit from Russia, Russia pays us. And therefore we are interested in loading these pipes, although from a political point of view this creates a huge dissonance,” Bortnik said.