Vitrenko wants to increase fees for transit of Russian gas
Naftogaz of Ukraine does not intend to withdraw claims concerning Gazprom in the Stockholm arbitration, said the chief commercial director of the Ukrainian holding Yuriy Vitrenko. According to him, Kyiv plans to demand “much higher transit fees.”
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The Ukrainian official wrote about this on his social media page.
“No one will withdraw claims or cancel absolutely justified claims against Gazprom,” Vitrenko wrote on Facebook.
He also announced Kyiv's plans to demand "much higher transit fees to cover increased costs due to the need to accelerate the depreciation of our gas transportation system."
As a reminder, yesterday, Anastasia Fedorova, Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that the construction of Nord Stream 2 does not imply a curtailment of Russian gas transit through Ukraine.
“As for Ukraine, the concept of constructing Nord Stream 2 does not imply the termination of the transit of Russian gas through existing gas pipelines.”
At the same time, according to her, Moscow hopes for “Kiev to provide competitive tariffs for transit and level out known transit risks, including the removal of all claims and the cancellation of absurd claims against Gazprom.”
Vitrenko wants to raise fees for Russian gas transit.