“As for the gas transportation system, which was created by the entire Soviet Union, it has become so dilapidated that its operation is associated with great risks and environmental costs,” Putin said.
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In November 2021, Sergey Ivanov, Special Representative of the President of Russia for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport, said that Ukraine does not intend to modernize its gas transmission system (GTS), which carries certain security risks, since “rusty junk can explode at any moment.”