(ANSA-AFP) - BRATISLAVA, 10 AGO - Slovak refinery Slovnaft on
Wednesday said Russian oil was once more flowing to the EU
member through Ukraine after supplies had been halted due to
sanctions. "Crude oil is already arriving again in Slovakia
through the Druzhba pipeline, and in Hungary the supply is
expected to be restored tomorrow," spokesman Anton Molnar told
AFP. Russian firm Transneft on Tuesday said that deliveries to
the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia through Ukraine had
been halted last week. The company said the Ukrainian side
stopped the oil transport "due to not receiving funds for these
services". Molnar had said on Tuesday that "there were technical
problems at the bank level in connection with the payment of
transit fees from the Russian side". Since President Vladimir
Putin sent troops to Ukraine, Washington and Brussels have
pummelled Moscow with unprecedented sanctions, cutting Russia
off from international financial institutions. Molnar said on
Wednesday that Slovnaft and its Hungarian parent company MOL had
volunteered to pay the transit fees to resolve the issue. He
said both the Ukrainian and Russian sides had agreed to the
idea. (ANSA-AFP).
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