Transit on zero: How much money will Ukraine lose if stops pumping Russian gas

Ukraine continues the transit of Russian gas despite a full -scale war with Russia, but wants to refuse to pump the aggressor energy at the end of 2024. If Ukraine really refuses to continue a contract for Russian gas transit to the European Union through its territory, it will lose $ 1. 4 billion, but the losses of Russia will be five times higher. This is reported by Forbes.

According to journalists, subject to the contract Russian Gazprom "during 2020-2024 should pay Ukrainian" Naftogaz "for the organization of transit more than $ 7. 1 billion. The consolidated reporting of the Ukrainian company states that from January to June 2023, transit revenue amounted to UAH 19. 2 billion (about $ 700 million). At the same time, in seven months of 2023, the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine, according to Ukrainian energy, amounted to 8. 3 billion cubic meters.

If current dynamics persist, Russia can put about 15 billion cubic meters of gas to the EU this year this year and earn about $ 7 billion. This is despite the fact that from the spring of 2022 Russia began to violate the conditions of transit and underpay Naftogaz under the current contract. According to the publication, Ukrtransnafta state company pumps Russian oil in accordance with a ten -year contract, which was concluded in 2019. According to the terms, Ukraine has to earn $ 1.

5 billion in transit for ten years. At the same time, according to Bloomberg, the Russian Federation earned about $ 6 billion annually by 2022 by 2022. The Ukrainian authorities are not yet going to refuse to pump Russian oil because it does not want to harm its European partners. For example, in 2022, Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine Mykola Kolesnyk said: "It is very important that we fulfill our obligations for oil and gas transit of Druzhba oil pipeline.

These energy resources are needed Like oil, they are still supplied to the EU countries through the territory of Ukraine for one reason: our country does not want to violate the interests of European allies. Some have limited access to other channels, such as Czechs, Austrians, Hungarians, Slovaks and others. This is a very important question, "-said the head of Naftogaz recently Alexei Chernyshov. Recall that Gazprom threatens Ukraine with sanctions.