Russia terminates agreement with Ukraine on oil products pipelines operation

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a resolution terminating the intergovernmental agreement with Ukraine on the use of oil products pipelines, the Russian government’s website reports.

The agreement was signed on July 26, 1995 in Moscow. It envisaged that oil product pipelines stretching along Samara-Western direction and Grozny-Armavir-Trudovaya, passing through Ukraine’s territory, were operated by the subsidiaries of JSC Transnefteproduct . The agreement also specified certain aspects of operation of the main oil pipelines.

Under the resolution, the Russian Foreign Ministry is to inform Ukrainian side about the approved decision

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