MOSCOW, 18 Sep. The words of the senior adviser on energy security of the US State Department Amos Hochstein about Nord Stream 2 are a clear signal for Kiev about the futility of fighting the gas pipeline, this opinion was expressed by the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from Batkivshchyna, the first deputy chairman of the committee on issues. energy and housing and communal services Aleksey Kucherenko. Earlier, Hochstein said during his visit to Kiev that Ukraine should focus not on Nord Stream 2, but on the modernization of its energy sector. According to him, now the moment is coming when a major energy transition should begin in the world, and Ukraine should be a part of it.
Britain spoke about Ukraine's disappointment in the West «Look, we have forgotten that there is a country that has long been telling us what to do, it has a plan for us,» Kucherenko said. According to him, the US representative during his visit «completely reassured» the Ukrainian authorities. “You understand that we are already being told clearly: forget, Nord Stream 2 is a settled issue, and no need to whine, no need to be offended, no need to travel and give stupid interviews,” the parliamentarian said. stream 2 «, which took three years, was completed last week. It was laid from Russia to Germany along the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The capacity of two lines of the gas pipeline is 55 billion cubic meters per year. It is planned to start operation by the end of 2021. Ukraine, which fears to lose revenues from transit, and the United States, who are interested in promoting its LNG to Europe, actively opposed. Washington has several times imposed sanctions on companies involved in the construction, as a result, construction slowed down by almost a year. At the same time, Germany and Austria actively supported the project. Moscow has repeatedly explained that Nord Stream 2 is a commercial project. The Russian authorities are ready to continue pumping fuel through Ukraine, but this depends on many factors, including the volume of future European purchases.
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