As transfers Deutsche Welle, tariffs will decrease approximately to the tenth part from acting. In turn, the transit of the Ukrainian gas transportation system will be much cheaper than the "Nord Stream-2".

Also, to reduce the rate of transit of gas through Ukraine, a guaranteed annual volume of transportation is required - about 110 billion cubic meters of gas.

"Through the gas pipeline" Nord Stream "in 2016, 43.8 billion cubic meters of Russian gas was delivered to Germany. The gas pipeline was loaded by almost 80%, "Vitrenko noted.

Thus, Ukraine is afraid of losing the importance of its gas transmission system for gas transit to Europe after the construction of the "Nord Stream-2".

Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform", the Georgian state refused to purchase natural gas from Gazprom until the end of 2017.