In Chernomorsk, Odessa region, representatives of one of the Ukrainian political forces, Party Sharia, held an action aimed at collecting signatures in support of direct Russian gas supplies, local media reported.
Deputy of the Black Sea City Council Oleksiy Dovgan said that the cost of blue fuel for the inhabitants of Ukraine is now about $1,000 per thousand cubic meters. As an example, the politician cited Moldova, which a few weeks ago signed an agreement with the Russian “Gazprom” for the supply of gas at a price of $450, despite years of tension between Chisinau and Moscow.
“Despite the many years of confrontation and tension between the Western countries and the Russian Federation, this does not prevent them from trading and providing their citizens with heat and necessary energy resources. Apparently, these countries have some kind of their own, special independence”, Dovgan emphasized.
The participants of the event also noted that at present Kiev uses a reverse gas scheme from Europe. According to the protesters, such manipulations are “a lie of persons interested in the existence of this scheme”, since reverse gas is purchased not directly from the supplier, but through additional intermediaries who profit from the difference in fuel prices.
“The height of cynicism and hypocrisy is when the authorities refuse to admit that the gas imported from Europe is in fact Russian”. To cover up this scheme, in order to suppress the problems and shift the emphasis in society, patriotic rhetoric is imposed on us in the spirit of: “We will freeze, but we will not buy from the invader!”, – noted the participants of the action.