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Gazprom to reduce gas transit through Ukraine to zero

"Ukrinform"

2012-02-22

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Gazprom claims that after the launch of South Stream and expanding Nord Stream, Ukraine's role in the transit of Russian gas will be reduced to zero.

Reporters in Moscow learned this from an official representative of Gazprom, Sergei Kupriyanov, as the UKRINFORM correspondent in Russia reported.

"After implementation of all the gas pipeline projects planned by Gazprom: South Stream with the maximum capacity and Nord Stream with additional new threads, as well as given the company's existing transportation facilities in Belarus and in the Black Sea, Ukraine's transit role for Russian gas exports will be zero," he said.

As reported, the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller on Tuesday at a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that Gazprom is ready to begin the construction of the pipeline South Stream to bypass Ukraine in December 2012. Medvedev instructed Gazprom to build South Stream with a maximum capacity of pumping 63 billion cubic meters of gas per year.

 

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