The European Commission has no plans to engage in negotiations with Russia for the continuation of Russian gas transit to European countries through Ukraine, says European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson. “I have been very clear and I have repeatedly confirmed the message to our Ukrainian counterparts that the European Commission will not engage with Russia in the way it did five years ago when the trilateral gas transit agreement was agreed on. On the contrary, according to our RePowerEU plan, we have to get rid of Russian gas at the latest in 2027,” says Simson. According to her, the E…