On Monday 5 September, the Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz announced that it would comply in full with the order of the Russian gas company Gazprom to increase the volume of Russian gas transiting via Ukraine to the EU by 20%, so as to guarantee Ukraine's reliability as a transit partner.
"Gazprom has increased its gas transport order to Europe via Ukraine by 20%. The volume requested for transmission is equal to 282 billion cubic metres a day. This increase is several times higher than the...