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Ukraine set to raise price for transit of Russian gas

The talks on raising the gas transit price have already begun, says Serhiy Sobolev, leader of Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party’s parliamentary faction

KIEV, March 27. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukraine is set to raise prices for transit of Russian gas through its gas pipeline network, says Serhiy Sobolev, leader of Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party’s parliamentary faction.

“The gas price complies with the world level, while the gas transit price does not,” Sobolev told reporters on Thursday. “We have already stressed the need for raising the gas transit price. In fact, the talks have already begun.”