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The first round of talks regarding the extension of transit of Russian gas through Ukraine after 2019 took place in July.

Russia'.s leading energy enterprise Gazprom and its partners intend to start implementing the Nord Stream-2 project worth almost 10 billion euros in April 2018.

The Ukrainian gas transportation system will be loaded in the next 5-10 years.

Kiev fears the loss of revenue from transit taxes. on top of being bypassed politically as well as physically by new gas pipes.

Deputies of the Ukrainian parliament urged the EU to rely on Ukraine’s gas transportation network capability.

Gazprom owns a block of shares of Nord Stream AG that was pledged as collateral for funding.

For Russia. gas is a mechanism of political impact and a source of huge corruption.

The litigation between Gazprom and Naftogaz at the Stockholm Arbitration Institute was related to the terms of a contract on gas transit through Ukraine made eight years ago.

Ukraine and the European Union have already agreed to begin tripartite negotiations on the transit of gas to European consumers from Russia.

Earlier Deputy Chairman of Gazprom Alexander Medvedev said he did not understand with whom from the Ukrainian side it is necessary to negotiate on this issue.