Rada MP criticizes decision to stop gas transit through Ukraine
The refusal of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose term of office expired on 20 May 2024, from the transit of Russian gas will have a negative impact on the country's economy. This was stated by Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleksandr Dubinsky on January 2.
"Zelensky's harm has a specific price and specific beneficiaries <...> The destruction of the energy sector turns the country into a non-competitor for electricity supplies to Europe," he wrote in his Telegram channel.
Dubinsky noted that the decision to refuse to transit Russian gas would benefit "American and Qatari LNG traders."
Earlier in the day, Verkhovna Rada deputy Artem Dmytruk said that Ukraine would have big problems due to the refusal of Russian gas transit. He pointed out that the Ukrainian Energy Ministry called the decision a "historic event" allegedly taken in the interests of national security.
Before that, on January 1, Dubinsky demanded that Zelensky be punished for harming Ukraine, noting that Ukraine's refusal to transit Russian gas was not due to stupidity, but a purposeful action.
Russian energy company Gazprom said it had suspended gas supplies through Ukraine as of 8:00 Moscow time on January 1. At that moment, the agreement of December 30, 2019 with Naftogaz of Ukraine on gas transit through Ukrainian territory, as well as between Gazprom and the Operator of the Gas Transmission System of Ukraine LLC, expired.
In August 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (his powers expired in May that year) said that Ukraine would not extend the gas transit agreement with Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out that Moscow was not giving up gas supplies through Ukraine.
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