" Naftogaz of Ukraine " wants to return to the Russian Gazprom additional payment for gas transit, reports Ukrainian news Agency.
Advance payments to Gazprom for gas transit through the territory of Ukraine, carried out in 2012-2013, as stated last year, should be enough to pay for the services of " Naftogaz " until January 2015. However, due to the cancellation of discounts on the Kharkiv agreements of 2010, which was given in exchange for an extension of stay of the black sea fleet in the Crimea, the contract cost of gas supplies increased by $ 100 - up to 485 USD per thousand cubic meters.
Gazprom has said that his contract with Naftogaz transit pumping involves the binding of this tariff to the contract price for supply of gas to the Ukrainian state-owned companies. Accordingly, the transit also had to grow from 1 April. On Thursday, the official representative of " Gazprom " Sergei Kupriyanov said that the advance had to pay for transit pumping until the middle of the current year, not including July, for which the Russian company has already paid 10, 54 million dollars.
" according to our calculations, advance payments of " Gazprom " is not yet finished. Consider the erroneous payment of Gazprom, currently deal with this. Plan to return the funds back to " Gazprom ", - said the Ukrainian Agency in the press-service of " Naftogaz ".
Kiev does not recognize the increase in gas prices from Russia and refuses to pay for delivery when it is saved at the current level." Gazprom " because of the huge debts translated " Naftogaz " to advance, and now come to Ukraine only transit volumes, intended for European customers. On August 1, 2014 total debt of Naftogaz to Gazprom for gas deliveries (excluding debt liabilities under " take or pay " ) was about 5, 296 billion.
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