Due to the blocking of the operation of gas-producing enterprises, Smart Energy is losing not only business, but Ukrainians and the state, said CEO Smart-Holding Ivan Gerasimovich at the Forbes Money conference on May 30 during the founding founder of Forbes Ukraine Fedorin. According to him, the blocking "

" Legally, if a person is to blame, take these assets from him, find the new owner - let the business work. Put the dots over I, complete this story. And so we are now viscous uncertainty and we are on the suspension. And everyone loses - the budget loses, people lose, the economy loses. I have a question - for what? "

According to him, before the full -scale Russian invasion, Smart Energy enterprises mined more than one million cubic meters of gas per day, and now these volumes have decreased to 60 thousand. Also reduced deductions to budgets of all levels. He noted that there should be “state pragmatism”, but there is a “some kind of ridiculous situation” when, with significant damage by Russian blows of gas production infrastructure and gas deficiency, the state blocks gas production.

" We are Ukrainians who work and want to work, but have restrictions. Look at us like Ukrainian business. Do not look at us like Novinsky. There are questions for him - please, to him. There are questions to us - we are ready to answer all questions, ”Gerasimovich said.

Against the backdrop of gas production in Ukraine, President Vladimir Zelensky warned on June 2 that the country may encounter gas deficit as a result of Russia's large -scale attacks in gas infrastructure, which is estimated at 1 billion euros.

" We agreed with the Minister of Energy that we will look for opportunities, how to close this deficit, which can be, if not everyone is restored, if we cannot fully provide our population with gas. There is a corresponding volume. We found half, and half we miss. I will say so, for a billion euros, ”the president said.

Recall that the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine advocates the resumption of the operation of gas producing enterprises of the Smart Holding group in the Poltava and Kharkovshchina, which was stopped due to the sanctions policy of the state. According to the director of the Department of Property and Sanctions of the Ministry of Economy Yaroslav Maksimenko, "