Ukraine buys Russian autogas for millions of dollars - Forbes

Russian liquefied gas is often mixed with European suppliers. It is almost impossible to determine whether the fuel of the Russian Federation is supplied. Due to this, Russia receives from Ukraine to $ 12 million a month. From 20% to 30% of liquefied gas (auto gas), which is purchased by Ukrainian traders, Russia produced. This is due to the fact that the suppliers combine Russian fuel with fuel production of other countries before sale. The government is on this problem, but it is not solved yet.

This is stated in the material for Forbes dated January 26. According to journalists, 20-30% of the gas from the Russian Federation, which Ukraine purchases, brings an aggressor to the state-aggressor from $ 8 to $ 12 million. "The Russian autogas is everywhere. All the suppliers are mixed: Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, Lithuania,"-says the word founder of the importing company of the liquefied gas company "Omnia Trade" by Yulia Andreeva.

The "A-95 Consulting Group" found that in recent months about 30% of the total motorway supplied to Ukraine was of Russian origin. According to Naftorokyok, this figure is 20%, but even in this case, the amount of about $ 8 million in Russia. Prior to the commencement of a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation, it was the largest supplier of liquefied gas of Ukraine.

Also, in large volumes, the country was sold to Belarus and Kazakhstan, but after the beginning of the Great War, all three supply channels were unavailable. In this regard, the importers of liquefied gas were forced to look for other suppliers. About 64% of the motorway last year was imported from Poland, another 10% from Lithuania and Romania. The largest importers are BRSM, OKKO, Avanthea, WestEcotop and Hope.

According to journalists, in Lithuania, Poland and Romania, Russian autogas is combined at gas -causing stations with American or Norwegian. According to the legislation of the European Union, if gas is at least 51% produced by the Commonwealth countries, it receives a European Certificate of origin. "At the same time, Ukrainian legislation does not prohibit the importing of a car without a certificate of origin, that is, a fuel that can 100% be Russian . . .

According to the company (" Consulting Group A-95 "), 56% of Lithuania and Latvia resource go to Ukraine without Certificate of origin, from other countries - 27%, ”the publication reads. At the same time, the publication notes that the main motivation of traders to carry liquefied gas from the Baltic countries is a lower price. for Norwegian or American analogues. According to experts, the difference of $ 200 is 4 hryvnias per liter at the final price in Ukraine.

For its part, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine acknowledges that the state can import the RF for the agency, however, as the agency assures, it is occurs in smaller volumes than those surveyed by experts because "the EU minimizes supply from Russia. " Fluproducts of Russian descent, which enters into force on February 5, will stop the supply of liquefied gas-aggressor state to the European Union.

For their part, the experts interviewed by the publication say that the formulations on the embargo in the relevant package of EU sanctions "blur" and "liquefied gas may avoid ban". In January, Reuters published, dedicated to the process of refusing the European Union against Russian gas against the background of the sanctions entered against the Russian Federation for a full -scale invasion of Ukraine.