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We are like guests, observers, ”the statement of the deputy reports to RIA Novosti.
He recalled that the participation of Ukraine in the certification of the gas pipeline was repeatedly reported by the head of Naftogaz, Yuriy Vitrenko, and other Ukrainian officials.
According to Kucherenko, the leadership of Naftogaz, instead of increasing gas production and replenishing underground storage facilities, is trying to “smooth out” its failures.
“They need an eternal struggle ... We will already be without gas, we will heat the thermal power plant with straw, and they will fight and tell who is to blame,” he concluded.
At the same time, he stressed that the gas pipeline "will still be launched."
Earlier it became known that the European Commission plans to hold consultations with Ukraine as part of the certification process for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project.
Sergei Pravosudov, director of the National Energy Institute, commented in an interview with RT on the plans of the European Commission to hold consultations with Ukraine as part of the certification process for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project.
In November 2021, the German regulator suspended the certification of Nord Stream 2 AG as an independent gas pipeline operator.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin said that the certification of Nord Stream 2 could be delayed until the summer of 2022.