Today, on the 25th of November 2015, the Russian monopolist PJSC “Gazprom” has stopped supplies of natural gas to Ukraine, said the CEO of Gazprom Alexei Miller, the company’s press-service reports.
“Today, as of 10:00 a.m. (Moscow time), Naftogaz of Ukraine has chosen prepaid volumes of Russian gas. New prepayment was not received. There is no application from Naftogaz of Ukraine on gas supply. Therefore, supplies will be suspended till the receipt of new payments from Ukrainian company”, said Miller.
He also added that the refusal of Ukraine from procurement of Russian gas creates risk for gas transit to Europe through the territory of the country