Unreasoned actions of the leadership of the state company "Naftogaz" will bring Nezalezhnaya to a catastrophe. This opinion was expressed by the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, the leader of the Nashi party, Evgeny Murayev. According to the politician, over the four post-year years the cost of the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS) has fallen by half. In 2019. expires transit agreement with the Russian Federation, bringing Ukraine $ 2.5 billion a year. If it is not extended, the cost of the CTA may "fall to the price of scrap metal," Murayev wrote in his blog on the Correspondent website.. "The continuation of the policy of war and people like Kobolev at the helm of strategic industries are rapidly leading to catastrophe. This is a very real scenario, if the power is not radically changed ... The technical characteristics of the Ukrainian gas transmission system are truly unique..

Therefore, the excitement and noise around the need to preserve the CTS in state ownership, of course, had a real basis, "said the deputy.. According to him, Europe consumes up to 420 billion cubic meters. m per year. With such volumes, Russia can fully load both the Nord Stream and the Ukrainian route. It can annually pump up to 100 billion cubic meters of blue fuel, which will consistently bring Kiev a decent income.. But because of the inept policy of the head of Naftogaz, Andrei Kobolev and the Ukrainian government, the country risks being left with nothing. Kiev can not do without Moscow. "None of the Europeans want to buy it (gas transmission system), but Americans might be interested in the project. The problem, however, is that the Americans do not supply gas to our region, ”the Ukrainian politician indicated geographically and historically to be a bridge and a trade and transport hub, said the deputy.. "In the gas sector, this primarily means the need to return to the idea of ??a gas transportation consortium. There is nothing better than a triangle EU - Ukraine - Russia. To sit down at the negotiating table and create such a concern is our duty: to fathers and grandfathers who built gas pipelines to Europe, to our children and grandchildren who live in a rich, prosperous and peaceful Ukraine, "he concluded.

Earlier, the Chairman of the Board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, Andrei Kobolev, suggested that the government of the country liquidate the board of his company. Instead, he called for a “move to personal responsibility of the leaders of the main activities,” reports EADaily. Prior to this, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman stated that the government had many complaints against the management of Naftogaz regarding the management of the company. In particular, the head of the Cabinet of Ministers did not agree with the company's policy regarding the payment of excessive premiums.