Expert: all European claims will have to answer "Gazprom"

In the near future, Gazprom and Naftogaz "is waiting for series of lawsuits demanding damages. A willingness to file suit against Gazprom and Naftogaz of states and representatives of Germany, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia and Greece. Damage Greece has exceeded 1 billion euros in Bulgaria "Bulgargaz" suffered losses of 86 million euros. Damage to the economy of the country exceeded 250 million euros: 350 major companies of the country suffered a loss, another 44 manufacturers to stop work.

According to the executive director of East European Gas Analysis (USA), Michael Korchemkina, all claims will be found guilty, Gazprom, a natural gas agreement signed between Russia and Ukraine did not survive until this summer, writes portal BFM.

- In Budapest, opened the summit on the Nabucco gas pipeline bypassing Russia
- Moldova has decided that it was not profitable to make a claim Russia

The intention to file a lawsuit to Gazprom for financial losses during the gas conflict, said, inter alia, the German energy group E. ON Ruhrgas - importer of Russian gas.

All European buyers of Russian gas contract with Gazprom, and the responsibility of Ukraine or any other part of the transit is not specified, legal grounds for the claim to "Naftogaz" is only for Gazprom. Therefore, most likely, the Russian company will be declared guilty by the European actions, believes Korchemkina.

In doing so, he predicted, "drawn up overnight contracts" in its present form will not live up to the end of this year. Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said that Ukraine intends to seek additional discounts on supplies of Russian gas in 2010-2011, but "the experience of Central" Gazprom has taught us that a review of contractual terms can always comment on the expert.

For example, in 2008, "Gazprom export" and SCC "Turkmenneftegaz signed an agreement on market prices for Turkmen gas. The Russian side in 2008, purchased gas in Middle and Central Asia to 130 dollars for 1 thousand cubic meters, in the second half - for 150 dollars. In July 2008, Alexei Miller said that he expected growth of the purchase price for Turkmen gas in 2009 twice. From the price of Turkmen gas price depends of Russian gas to Ukraine.