"A very serious battle is being staged that is part of the hybrid war against Ukraine. Russia wants to build "Nord Stream" at any cost and increase its share in the" flow," he said. According to his data, last year Russia paid Ukraine about $ 2 billion for natural gas transit. "Gazprom is not a commercial entity, they do not calculate the transit rates, they want to take away the opportunity for gas transit from Ukraine," Kobolyev noted.