MOSCOW, December 29. / TASS /. Russia currently does not export electricity to Ukraine, supplies come from Belarus. Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov spoke about this in an interview with the TV channel “Russia 24“.

“They buy from Belarus. Russia does not supply supplies to Ukraine, ”the minister said.

In the fall of 2019, after a four-year hiatus, Ukraine resumed electricity supplies from Russia. However, in April 2020, the energy regulator banned such imports. September 29, 2021. The National Commission of Ukraine (NKREKU), which carries out state regulation in the fields of energy and utilities, extended the ban on the import of electricity from Russia and Belarus until November 1. In February, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba announced that Kiev would disconnect from the Belarusian Russian energy system by the end of 2023 and integrate into the European one.

At the end of October, a competition was held to purchase capacity for importing electricity from Russia, but it means that the companies have only a theoretical opportunity to buy it in Russia and Belarus. Acting head of the Inter RAO trading block (operator of export – import of electricity) Alexander Panin notes that the company does not conduct electricity supplies with the Ukrainian side.