Unintended consequences of the Russia-Ukraine gas deal: a collateral benefit for Moldova
Unintended consequences of the Russia-Ukraine gas deal: a collateral benefit for Moldova
Author(s): Denis Cenuşă
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, International relations/trade
Published by: CEPS Centre for European Policy Studies
Keywords: Russian gas supply;
Summary/Abstract: The new gas deal between Ukraine and Russia (Euroactiv, 20 December 2019 ), facilitated by the European Commission, offers some short and medium term guarantees for a stable regional gas supply, over the next one to 5 years. The deal could be eventually extended for another 10 years - until 2034. Theoretically, Gazprom is supposed to ship gas to the West, using the Ukrainian gas network, 65 billion m3 in 2020, and down to 40 billion m3 until 2024 ( Unian, 21 December 2019 ). The trilateral gas negotiations between EU, Ukraine and Russia had been going on for 19 months, since July 2018. This difficulty of the negotiations explains the diplomatic excitement of the EU with the achieved deal.
Series: 3 DCFTAs OP-ed
- Page Count: 5
- Publication Year: 2020
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
