Export gas treatment facility in Ukraine. Archival photoSIMFEROPOL, May 12. The Ukrainian authorities, preventing the transit of Russian gas, act in the interests of the United States and seek to arrange a gas blockade of European countries, State Duma deputy from the Crimean region Mikhail Sheremet told RIA Novosti.
"The Kyiv authorities, acting in the interests of the United States, seek to arrange a gas blockade of European countries. They are openly blackmailing Europeans. It becomes obvious to everyone that there are no more guarantees for the security of gas transit through Ukraine. There today, unpredictable inveterate Russophobes and rabid nationalists have settled in power. Therefore, we suggest that European countries stop counting on Ukrainian blackmailers and urgently consider an alternative option for gas supplies", Sheremet told RIA Novosti.
According to him, the only salvation for the EU countries experiencing a high gas shortage would be the immediate resuscitation of the Nord Stream 2 project, which was never launched due to US political pressure lobbying for the supply of liquefied gas to Europe. — 2″ is a confident, stable and guaranteed transit pipeline for gas supply,» the deputy emphasized.Turkey announced the split of Europe because of RussiaUkraine from May 11 stopped receiving gas for transit through the Sokhranovka GIS, citing the fact that it is under the control of Russian forces (on the territory of the LPR). As a result, there was only one entrance left for pumping blue fuel to Europe — GIS «Sudzha». Gazprom said that transferring all volumes to Sudzha is technologically impossible, the company fulfills all obligations to European consumers, and transit services are fully paid. In turn, experts from the Norwegian analytical company Rystad Energy said that Ukraine's decision to suspend the pumping of violated the transit of gas to Europe, which will complicate the plans of European countries to fill underground storage facilities. Nord Stream 2 is a gas pipeline with a capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year from the Russian coast through the Baltic Sea to Germany. Now both lines of the pipeline are filled with gas and are ready for operation. The German authorities suspended the process of certification of the pipeline, and the US Treasury imposed sanctions against the operator of the Nord Stream 2 AG project. volumes of gas from Europe