Berezhany, Ternopil region - Ukraine will start receiving reverse gas as early as Oct. 2014, and will stop importing Russian gas after 2015, independent parliamentary deputy and presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko has said.
“We have negotiated an agreement and we will start receiving reverse gas from Slovakia in October, giving up Russian gas,” he told residents of the town of Berezhany in Ternopil region on Sunday, April 27.
The European Union must help Ukraine get reverse gas, which is going to be $100 less expensive per 1,000 cubic meters, he said.
Poroshenko also said that Ukraine has ample capabilities to extract its own gas, including shale gas. “The year 2015 may be the last year for Ukraine’s imports of Russian gas, I think. We don’t need this gas. We will do every well without it,” he said.
“A strong and real leadership can demonstrate not only political, but also economic independence,” Poroshenko said.
