“Today, we received another refusal from Naftogaz Ukraine to our request to take in Russian gas into its system, this time through the Uzhhorod corridor.

Naftogaz Ukrainy refused our request to transit through the GIS Sudzha - GIS Uzhhorod route 22.2 million cubic meters of gas per day to Slovakia, where the situation with gas supplies is particularly difficult. Naftogaz’ argument was the same as for blocking flows through the Balkan corridor: the requirement for some “long-term transit guarantees.”

What more long-term guarantees can be discussed if we already have a transit contract until 2013 and a document on “Terms of Reference ...” signed by all parties?! It’s already obvious to the whole world that the Ukrainian side must move from excuses to concrete actions,” said Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev.