KYIV, Oct 22 – The Cabinet of Ministers has set 2% duty on import of electricity from Russia, Head of the committee of the Verkhovna Rada for energy and utilities Andriy Gerus has said.

"This is already in effect today. The duty on imports from the Russian Federation is set at 2%," he said in an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

According to him, the Ukrainian authorities will continue monitoring the flow of imported electricity into the country, and will intervene if the 5% threshold for total consumption from one source is exceeded.