Today, Russia resumes gas supplies to Europe transit through Ukraine. Presumably, r This happens at 10.00 Moscow time, or 8.00 Central European.RIA Novosti reported that on 12 January the European Commission signed a new version of the document on the control over the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine. The document provides for the immediate commencement of procedures for monitoring. Monitoring will be an international commission, which will be presented to the European Commission and experts on its part, the Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine, OAO Gazprom, the national joint-stock company Naftogaz of Ukraine, as well as European companies, consumers of gas, such as GDF Suez SA (France), E. ON Ruhrgas AG, Wingas GmbH (Germany), RWE Transgas as (Czech Republic), SPP a.s. (Slovakia), EconGas GmbH (Austria), ENI SpA (Italy), FGSZ Ltd. (Hungary), EAO Sofiagaz (Bulgaria), Public Gas Corporation of Greece (Greece), JSC Moldovagas (Moldavia) and StatoilHydro (Norway) and Societe Generale de Surveillance SA (France). RIA-Novosti reminded that the transit of gas through Ukraine to Europe Russia suspended on 7 January, after a general reconciliation in Gazprom showed that supplied gas to the country does not reach European consumers. Earlier in the night of January 7, Ukraine completely blocked the supply of transit gaza.S January 1, Gazprom stopped gas supplies Ukraine, as a contract for 2009 has not been signed yet. Since the beginning of the year, according to the Russian holding company, European consumers because of gas Ukraine nedopoluchili more than 86 million cubic meters of “blue fuel”. According to Gazprom, Ukraine has not paid the debt for gas supplies in the amount of 614 million dollars.
