Ukraine Resumes Russian Gas Purchases
Ukraine has resumed purchases of Russian gas according to new reports quoting Gazprom chief Alexei Miller
Ukraine’s Naftogaz was reported to have stopped gas purchases from Gazprom as of Saturday, November 9th instead relying upon on its underground stores to meey its needs through the balance of the year.
Though Ukraine said that supplies of Russian gas transited through Ukraine to Europe were unaffected, Gazprom warned that this action would deplete the amount of "technical gas” required to push the gas through pipelines to European users.
The Ukrainian gas transit corridor delivers approximately one-half of Russia’s gas supplies to Europe.