Ukraine has more than trebled the price for transiting Russian natural gas to Europe via its territory since the start of 2016, according to Ukrainian media outlet energy.apostrophe.com.ua.
The change means that Russia’s Gazprom now must pay Ukraine USD 7.9 to carry 1,000 cubic meters of gas along a distance of 100 km of Ukrainian pipelines. The price was USD 2.5 until the end of last year.
Ukraine’s energy regulator decided in December to increase the price of gas transit to Europe and change the formula for its setting. Until the end of 2015 the price of transit was pegged …read more
Source: Novinite
