During an interview with Channel 5 aired on the evening of September 6, BYT-Batkivschyna faction MP Serhiy Vlasenko stated that Ukraine could sever its gas supplies contracts with Russia, signed by Ukraine's ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko in 2009, without having to address international courts.
"I can’t see any logic in the actions of the Ukrainian authorities. I would like to remind the president and the premier, if they don’t know this and did not read the gas contracts, that they can sever these contracts without appealing to the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. The contracts contain all the information: They created a respective group, as foreseen [in the documents], this group has worked for 30 days, and [now] they can send a letter to the Russian side and stop carrying out the provisions of the contract," Vlasenko said.
