RT: Nord Stream expansion to Europe will leave Ukraine in $2bn hole – PM Yatsenyuk
The construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline means the exclusion of Ukraine from gas transits to the EU, said the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk.
Nord Steam is an offshore gas pipeline that goes from Vyborg in Russia to Griefswald in Germany under the Baltic Sea bypassing Ukraine.
“What does the construction of Nord Stream-2 mean for the EU? This means that the EU loses the possibility of direct gas supplies through Ukraine via the shortest route. The amount of such a loss is 140 billion cubic meters of gas that could go through the Ukrainian gas transportation system” said Yatsenyuk on Thursday, adding that Ukraine would lose $2 billion in transit fees.
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