Gazprom threatens to stop paying Ukraine gas transit fees

[Tomconroy]

Hard to believe but all through the war natural gas has been flowing from Russia via a pipeline in Ukraine and Russia has been paying Ukraine money to allow it.



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Investing.com
Gazprom Threatens Ukraine With Non-Payment for Gas Transit in Fresh Escalation
September 27, 2022, 2:04 pm
By Geoffrey Smith

Investing.com -- Russian gas monopoly Gazprom (MCX:GAZP) took an important step toward cutting off almost all of its remaining supplies to the EU on Tuesday, as the Kremlin pulled its last remaining levers to pressure western and central Europe into dropping its support for Ukraine.

In a post on its official Telegram channel, Gazprom said it may seek to add the Ukrainian gas pipeline operator Naftogaz Ukrainy to Russia's list of sanctioned entities, ratcheting up a dispute over the Ukrainian company's alleged failure to ship Russian gas westward according to its sales contract.


This would prevent it from paying Ukraine its usual transit fees, a move that would pave the way for the suspension of physical shipments.

Gazprom claimed that it had no other option, because the jurisdictions where the two parties had agreed to submit their disputes for arbitration - Sweden and Switzerland - have turned hostile to Russia, denying it the chance of a fair hearing.

https://news.yahoo.com/gazprom-threatens-ukraine-non-payment-180406450.html

It's the last operating Russian gas line to Europe.

[Lovie777]

1. This was planned ......

I'm pretty sure Ukraine has other options.

P.S. Russia gas revenue is dropping and many European countries are finding alternatives.

[Irish_Dem]

2. I wonder if this has anything to do with the string of Gazprom oligarchs being murdered.

[Samrob]

3. This should be considered war on the west. Putin is damaging and threatening the well safety

and security of nations. Why won't the west do more? It seems that Bullies always win. A few hits inside Russia would change Putin's mind I believe. He has had a lot of the best military killed, depleted his arsenal of weapons, and will soon be left with a military of unwilling, drunken old men and kids who can't help themselves and don't know better.