Moscow promised abundant gas Warsaw

Intergovernmental agreement between Poland and Russia for gas supply should be checked for koruptsionnost, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at a press conference after talks with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk yesterday. The two met in the town of Sopot for hours before being included in Gdansk in ceremonies marking the 70 – the anniversary of the beginning of World War II.
Putin stressed he did not want to accuse anyone, but gas pipeline Yamal-Europe, passing through Polish territory should belong to Russia and Poland on parity basis, notes RIA Novosti. The problem comes from the fact that 50 percent instead of the two countries have 48 percent of the project and the remaining 4 percent businessman Alexander Gudzovatiy skills as a private individual.
Putin’s promise to the Polish side receives seamless and unrestricted Russian gas is the other news from the press conference. In early August, Warsaw began to prepare for a new gas crisis, since it could negotiate additional fuel supplies from Russia. The reason is that Gazprom and PGNiG look different on the functioning of Europolgas, operator of the Yamal-Europe pipeline, Interfax notes. Moreover, the Russian company insists on the reduction of charges for transit, while Poland wants to retain them – 1,5 per 100 cubic meters per 100 km.
Russian Prime Minister also stressed that the project pipeline „Nord Stream is not directed against Poland. It should connect Russia and Germany under the Baltic Sea, bypassing East mediators.
At the press conference, Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk said that currently bilateral relations with Moscow are „better than ever, despite the global crisis has led to a reduction in turnover. We’ve confirmed each other that the gas in the Polish-Russian relations can not be located in the political sphere, but only within well-understood interest, which means that there is a chance to finish negotiations and sign an energy agreement quickly, „noted Tusk.
The two premiers agreed issues such as World War II to leave to specialists in history, not to interfere with the bilateral relations to develop. Will be set up joint groups to study the case of mass murder of Poles in Katyn, which historians credited initially to the soldiers of Hitler, then the Soviet army.

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