MOSCOW, May 23. /TASS/. The Polish authorities’ frenzied stance towards Russia is close to madness, and for this reason the gas export situation is hard to predict, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media on Monday.

Earlier in the day the Polish authorities made a decision to sever the 1993 inter-government agreement on Russian gas supplies to Poland.

"We can see well the frenzied stance the Polish authorities have taken. It is close to madness. In this respect it is hardly reasonable or possible to predict anything," the Kremlin spokesman said in reply to a TASS question if such cooperation between Moscow and Warsaw might resume.

Peskov acknowledged that currently it was hardly possible to discuss any contractual relations with that country.

"As you know, Poland has long refused to pay for gas. For gas to be supplied there are to be a) some documented agreements; b) payment," he said.

Peskov recalled that although Warsaw had long refused to pay, "it continues to receive Russian gas indirectly, purchasing it at a higher price from the other side in accordance with a well-known scheme."

"What will happen next is anyone’s guess. Making any predictions is impossible," he stressed.

In the wake of all previous steps Poland’s latest decision is of little importance. "But all likely effects on transit must be studied carefully, though," he added.

Russian-Polish agreement

The agreement on the creation of a gas pipeline system for transiting Russian gas through Poland and supplying Russian gas to Warsaw, signed on August 25, 1993, was last updated in 2010, when an agreement on amendments was signed in Warsaw, as well as a protocol on amendments to the additional protocol to the agreement, concluded on February 12, 2003. The documents provided for gradual increase in Russian gas supplies to Poland, starting from 9.7 billion cubic meters in 2010 and up to 11 billion cubic meters in 2012 and the subsequent years. The joint venture EuRoPol Gaz then transferred the functions of the technical operator of the gas carrier’s section in Poland to the Polish state company Gaz-System.