For the second time this year, Ukraine wants to raise the transit fee for Russian crude oil destined for Eastern European countries via the Friendship Pipeline, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported, citing the Argus agency and its sources.
"Ukrainian pipeline operator Ukrtransnafta wants to increase the transit fee for Russian oil through Ukraine on the Friendship pipeline from April 1, the tariff will double and rise to 27.2 euros per ton. "Kiev explains the tariff increase with the costs of restoring the oil transportation infrastructure destroyed during military operations," the newspaper reports.
According to the paper
This is how Kiev wants to persuade Eastern European countries, especially Hungary, to stop buying Russian oil.If the transit fare increase is approved, it will be the second since the beginning of the year. Previously, the tariff rose by 18.3 percent to 13.6 euros per ton.
Transneft, which supplies oil through the Friendship Pipeline, told the newspaper that it knows about Ukraine's intention to review tariffs, but the specific parameters and conditions of the increase are not yet known.
It was previously reported that Ukraine wants to raise the transit fee for Russian crude oil to Hungary and Slovakia by 2.1 euros per ton to 13.6 euros in 2023.
The Friendship pipeline starts from the Samara region of Russia, passes through Bryansk, and then divides into two sections: northern (via Belarus, Poland and Germany) and southern (via Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary).
Source: oroszshirek.hu
(Headline photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa)
