After intensive negotiations, the Russian company Gazprom and the Ukrainian company Naftogaz concluded a new contract for gas transit through Ukraine on Dec. 31. The gas transit through Ukraine is thus secured for the next five years.
UkrInform: Germany comments on its role in Ukraine-Russia gas contract
(L-R) European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic, Russia's Minister of Energy Alexander Novak and Ukrainian Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection Oleksiy Orzhel leave after addressing the media following talks between European Union (EU), Russia and Ukraine on new gas transit deal on Dec. 19, 2019 at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Berlin.
