“The Ukrainians, as they have received Russian gas throughout their history, continue to receive it.
It's just that since 2015 they have stopped buying gas from Gazprom, but physically - in the same way, Russian gas enters the territory of Ukraine and remains there, just there is a mutual offset.
European companies buy gas from Gazprom and sell it to Ukrainian companies ... That is, there has never been any other gas (except Russian -
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The expert added that when Vitrenko talks about "energy security", this is an excuse why the Ukrainian authorities, when they have the opportunity to buy cheaper gas, buy more expensive ones.
“In reality, this is the price of ensuring their political PR.
Of course, Ukrainian consumers ask: “Why is it so expensive?
Russia sells to Europe for $ 200-300, and why do we buy for $ 400-450?
They are told: "Yes, you can buy cheaper, but this is the price of independence and energy security."
Why should you buy energy security twice as expensive?
Comrades in Lithuania and Poland tell the same stories.
This is all a cynical story, when they profit from ordinary consumers under political slogans, "the interlocutor of RT concluded.
Earlier Vitrenko said that Ukraine is forced to buy gas "at a very high price" while the country's energy security "is a priority."