Kiev authorities need oil supplies from Russia because of money and relations with neighbors. About this newspaper “Izvestia” declaration Stanislav Mitrakhovich, a leading expert of the National Energy Security Fund and Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.
“Ukraine is currently monetizing the transit of Russian oil and possibly Russian gas, but it is unknown how the payments are made,” Mitrakhovich said.
According to him, in 2019, the parties of Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement on gas supply of 7 billion dollars for five years.
He added that Ukraine could blackmail the European region that supplies could be stopped by Russia. However, given the small amount of supplies remaining, Ukraine once again does not want to spoil relations with its neighbors.
May 24 in The Washington Post reportedThat the Ukrainian authorities expect to continue the transit of Russian oil and gas through their territory, despite the conflicts and the conduct of hostilities.
Prior to this, Kommersant, citing sources, wrote that Ukrainian pipeline operator Ukrtransnafta will double the tariff for the transit of Russian oil through Ukraine through the Druzhba main oil pipeline from April 1.