Russia resumed oil to the Czech Republic after receiving the transit fee

Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, August 12th (Reporter Zhao Bing) According to today's Russian news agency reported on the 12th, Ukraine has confirmed that the Russian oil pipeline transportation company has received the transit transportation costs to the Czech Republic through the "Friendship" oil pipeline.

Czech pipeline operators said on their official website that Russia had resumed oil pipelines to Czech oil on the evening of the 12th.

The Russian Petroleum Pipeline Transportation Company issued a notice on the 9th that Ukrafe has banned Russia from transit the "friendship" oil pipeline from transit Ukraine on August 4th to Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic. Due to the financial sanctions of the European Union, the company could not pay the transit fee to Ukraine, and the previously paid transit fee has been returned. Ukraine Petroleum Transportation Company decided to stop providing oil transportation services on the grounds of not receiving transit fees. On the 10th, Russia confirmed that the transit fee paid by Hungary and Slovakia in Ukraine resumed oil from Hungarian and Sri Line from the "Friendship" oil pipeline to Hungarian and Sri Lanka.

The starting point of the "Friendship" oil pipeline is in Samara, southwest of Russia, and the north line leads to Germany and Poland via Belarus, and the south line is connected to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary via Ukraine.

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