He expressed this opinion in Moscow at the forum "Environmental Agenda of the State and Business: Towards Sustainable Development".
“Take the same Nord Stream 2 and the Ukrainian gas transportation system.
Well, it is so obvious that Nord Stream 2 dramatically improves the environmental situation in Europe.
In general, Nord Stream 2, if you like, is Russia's contribution to the ecological state of the European continent.
No, we are told, drive more gas through Ukraine, "RIA Novosti quotes Ivanov.
He expressed the opinion that this situation is dangerous not only for the environment.
“This rusty junk can explode at any moment, and then what will happen?
It has not been modernized for 40 years and will not be modernized.
Do you think Ukraine will invest the hryvnia to do something there?
No, it will exploit it until this junk collapses and falls apart, "Ivanov added.
Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that it is dangerous to further increase transit through the gas transportation system of Ukraine, since the pipe may "burst", since the system "has not been repaired for decades."