Gazprom warns it will stop gas transit through Ukraine after 2019

There will be no extension of Gazprom’s transit contact with Ukraine after 2019 "under any circumstances," the deputy head of the Russian company, Alexander Medvedev said at a press conference in Moscow on Tuesday.

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"I want to emphasize again that after expiry of the transit contact with Ukraine, there will be no extension or conclusion of a new transit contact under any circumstances," Medvedev said.

As reported earlier, according to the existing transit contract with Ukraine the minimum supply volume is 110 billion cubic meters (bcm) a year.

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