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At the time of the signing, he had been in his Barcelona office, canada goose it said.It has declined to make any further statements on the matter beyond what it said in the immediate aftermath of the signing.AMBITIOUS PLANS The planned LNG terminal, to be built near Odessa, would receive liquefied gas by tanker from foreign suppliers and then re gasify it for feeding into Ukraine pipeline network.The collapse of the deal is all the more embarrassing because the Kiev government often uses its LNG potential as a card to play in talks with Russia as it strives for a more equitable relationship and cheaper gas.Ambitious LNG plans foresee imports of about 10 billion cubic metres of gas in 2018 when the planned onshore canada goose store terminal would be up and running roughly a quarter of Ukraine current gas consumption levels.Kaskiv, uk canada goose head of the state canada goose clearance investment agency whose job is to identify foreign investors for Canada Goose sale key national projects, had been seeking foreign financing for some time for the LNG project.A 39 year old former journalist who was once a foreign investment adviser to jailed ex prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Kaskiv was named to head the agency in December 2010. But despite a world wide road show banging the drum for Ukrainian projects, his agency has notched up few successes.Kaskiv said he feared the collapse of the deal would hand a to opponents of LNG development in Ukraine meaning Russia though officials say they will continue the search for foreign investors despite the setback.Kiev based diplomats said they had been surprised when the signing with Gas Natural was announced since a deal on the highly ambitious project was not known to be near.In the initial post signing euphoria, Kaskiv said the deal provided for Gas Natural taking the lead in a group of foreign investors who would provide over 90 percent of the financing canada goose coats on sale for the LNG terminal, the first to be built in Ukraine.Prime Minister Azarov, seizing on the moment to symbolically launch a new land pipeline to connect with the planned terminal, spoke of a historic moment. the first real big step towards energy independence canada goose deals.
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