On April 18, Russian
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at the government meeting that he had
signed a decree on Moscow’s tit-for-tat measures following restrictions imposed
by Ukraine.
KIEV, May 31. /TASS/.
Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Secretary Alexander Danilyuk
believes that the loss of gas transit through the country’s territory and the
ban on oil exports from Russia pose the biggest risks for Ukraine.
"There are
problems that create the biggest risks, which is the problem of the loss of gas
transit through the territory of Ukraine starting January 1, 2019. There are
problems related to Russia’s restrictive actions that will come into force
starting June 2, which will restrict supplies of diesel, oils and ban oil
supplies," he said.
On April 18, Russian
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at the government meeting that he had
signed a decree on Moscow’s tit-for-tat measures following restrictions imposed
by Ukraine. Particularly, the issue is about expanded ban on supplies of
Ukrainian engineering products, consumer goods, metal products to Russia, as
well as the ban on exports of the Russian oil and petroleum products to
Ukraine. Moreover, starting June 1, 2019, coal, oil and petroleum products will
be only supplied to Ukraine in case there are special permissions.
The contract on gas
transit from Russia to Europe through Ukraine expires on December 31, 2019. The
latest trilateral ministerial meeting in Brussels on formation of a new
agreement between Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission held on January
21 yielded no results.
Source: ITAR-TASS
02-06-2019
