MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) – Some 277 million cubic meters of Russian natural gas were transferred across Ukraine over the past 24 hours, a Gazprom spokesperson told reporters Thursday.
Sergei Kupriyanov, a spokesman for the Russian gas producer Gazprom, said the supplied gas volumes were consistent with the amount stipulated in Gazprom’s contract with Ukrainian energy major Naftogaz and equaled the volume trafficked Tuesday.
Russian gas transits across Ukraine have been rising steadily since last week, reaching some 185 million cubic meters per day on June 18, 205 million on June 29 and 214 million past Monday.
On June 16, Gazprom halted its gas deliveries to Ukraine and switched to an advance payment system with Naftogaz.
While currently the transit is going on according to the contractual terms, both Gazprom and the European Commission anticipate problems in winter, when Ukraine runs out of the accumulated gas reserves.
To address the looming crisis, the European Commission proposed a sparing repayment scheme for Ukraine’s gas and recommended an adjustable price specific to seasonal gas demand: $300 per one thousand cubic meters of Russian gas during the summer, when demand for fuel is low, and $385 for the winter.
The Russian compromise was a $100 discount to the contract price, bringing it down to $385, as well as a phased debt repayment scheme, calculated using the discount before June 26.
Ukraine rejected the offer, dissatisfied with the discount mechanism, as the reduction would have come as a result of lower export duties. Kiev pushed for revisions to the contract itself, deadlocking the negotiations.
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МОСКВА, 26 июн - РИА Новости. Транзит российского газа через территорию Украины идет в контрактных параметрах, за прошедшие сутки его объем составил около 227 миллионов кубометров, сообщил журналистам официальный представитель "Газпрома" Сергей Куприянов.
Это соответствует уровню вторника. До этого объемы транзита демонстрировали рост: если в середине прошлой недели они составляли примерно 185 миллионов кубометров в сутки, то в воскресенье - уже 205 миллионов, а в понедельник - 214 миллионов.
"Газпром" 16 июня перевел "Нафтогаз" на предоплату поставок газа из-за долгов, достигших 4,5 миллиардов долларов. В результате в газотранспортную систему Украины поставляются только объемы газа, предназначенные для транзита в Европу.
