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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.

Russia has for years been trying to build new gas pipelines that bypass Ukraine such as Nord Stream.

Putin refused to estimate the gas volumes that can be simultaneously transported through the new gas pipeline and the Ukrainian gas transport system.

The Ukrainian company is working in Switzerland. the Netherlands and Britain to acquire Gazprom assets in those states.