As the specialist noted, the money that Ukraine receives for transit does not go directly to the country's budget, but "is absorbed by different companies."
“But until the end of 2024, Ukraine will still receive at least $ 1.2 billion a year for the transit of Russian gas.
Even if there is no such transit, Gazprom will still be obliged to pay, that is, this condition: “download or pay,” Yushkov explained.
According to the expert, the Ukrainian side needs to sit down at the negotiating table with Russia "without any emotions and politicization."
“To decide where Russia can pump, for example, to Moldova, maybe Romania, to Transnistria ... We need to determine some routes that we can use and which we cannot.
This is what a truly constructive dialogue consists in, "the RT interlocutor concluded.
Earlier, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the Opposition Platform - For Life party Nestor Shufrich said on the air of the NASH TV channel that the completion of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline would be a serious blow to the Ukrainian economy.