Kiev Post: Expert: Ukraine to annually import up to 20 bcm of gas through Slovakia from 2015

Ukraine will be able to buy on the European spot markets and import via Slovakia up to 20 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year starting from 2015-2016, the secretary of the expert council on the development of the gas industry and the natural gas market, Leonid Unihovsky, has said.

"Taking into account our ability to store gas in underground storage facilities, we will be able to buy a certain amount [of gas] on the so-called spot markets in Europe and store it in our system... Our Slovak colleagues have confirmed that in future they will be able to supply up to 20 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Ukraine per year, starting from 2015-2016," he said.

The expert said that allegations by Russia about its plans to cut gas transit through Ukraine to Europe "to zero" are far from reflecting reality.  MORE