Risks in Gas Transit via Ukraine ‘Extremely High’ in Winter: Gazprom CEO

© Sputnik / Ivan Rudnev / Go to the mediabankRisks for Europe-bound gas deliveries via the territory of Ukraine remain “extremely high” in winter, the CEO of Russian energy giant Gazprom said Tuesday.
Risks for Europe-bound gas deliveries via the territory of Ukraine remain “extremely high” in winter, the CEO of Russian energy giant Gazprom said Tuesday. - Sputnik International
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The transition of Russian gas to Europe via the Ukrainian territory is on a high risk of disruptions, the Gazprom chief has warned.

Russian energy giant Gazprom started prepaid gas deliveries to Ukraine Tuesday, a spokesman for the company said. - Sputnik International
Gazprom Confirms Start of Prepaid Gas Deliveries to Ukraine
MOSCOW, December 9 (Sputnik) – Risks for Europe-bound gas deliveries via the territory of Ukraine remain “extremely high” in winter, the CEO of Russian energy giant Gazprom said Tuesday.

“The risk of disruptions is extremely high,” Alexei Miller told the Rossiya-24 TV.

Earlier in the day, Gazprom started prepaid gas deliveries to Ukraine following the receipt of $378 million from Ukraine's national energy company Naftogaz.

On Monday, Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak stated that recommencing gas supplies to Ukraine will reduce the risk of transit disruptions. However, Novak mentioned that in order to secure uninterrupted deliveries to Europe during the winter, Kiev still has to buy around 3 billion cubic meters of gas from Gazprom.

Ukraine starts importing up to 43.5 million cubic meters of Russian natural gas daily. - Sputnik International
Ukraine Begins Receiving 43.5 Million Cubic Meters of Russian Gas
Moscow switched Ukraine to a prepayment system for gas deliveries in June over Kiev's massive gas debt, which at the time exceeded $5 billion. Since June, Kiev has been relying on its own reserves and reverse flow deliveries of gas from several European countries.

The two sides agreed on a "winter package" deal for gas deliveries in October, securing Russian gas deliveries to Ukraine until March 2015. According to the agreement, Kiev is to pay $3.1 billion of its gas debt to Russia by the end of 2014. In November, Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz paid off $1.45 billion of its debt to Gazprom.

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