He really wants it. And, as soon as this happens, gas prices in the country will fall. They "will be able to reduce by 20 - 30%", - added Vladimir Groisman on the air of the Ukrainian TV channel ICTV. November 2015. Ukraine has stopped buying blue fuel from Russia. And in 2016 - 2017 years. in preparation for the heating season, pumped gas to the storage facilities purchased on the reverse in Europe. According to the renewed energy strategy of Nezalezhnaya, by 2035. planned increase in gas production to 35 billion cubic meters. Earlier, January 17, the head of Naftohaz Ukrayiny Andrei Kobolev announced the intention of the state company to resume purchases from Gazprom in the first quarter of 2018.

And this will happen, he said, only on the condition that the Russian side "will be adequate" in implementing the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration in the dispute over the contract for the supply of Russian gas. In December, the Stockholm Arbitration ordered Naftogaz to pay Gazprom $ 2 billion for the already supplied blue fuel, and also reduced the annual contract volume of purchases to 5 billion cubic meters, but left the "take or pay" condition for 80% of this amount, that is 4 billion cubic meters. To purchase gas in these volumes Kiev is obliged since 2018.