Yatseniuk: Kiev sent to cover the deficit of Naftogaz $7 billion
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in 2014 has allocated 103 billion hryvnia (about 7 billion) of the NJSC " Naftogaz of Ukraine " to cover the budget deficit, said Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
Rates do not meet the market price, and for gas it is necessary to pay for the market price. In order to pay for gas on the market, we are from the budget In the current year allocated 103 billion UAH NJSC " Naftogaz of Ukraine "to buy gas and pay the difference in the rates at which pays the population, and the real price of gas, " - said Yatsenyuk at the meeting Pravitelstva environment. He added that of this amount, 1, 670 billion dollars were paid for the debts of " Naftogaz ".
The Ukrainian authorities had previously stated that I hope to bring " Naftogaz " a deficit-free budget by 2018.
" Naftogaz " - ogromneishee state-owned vertically integrated oil and gas Company of Ukraine, enterprises which produce more than 97% of oil and gas in the country. NAC is engaged in the mining, oil and gas, transportation and sale of oil products through its own network of filling stations.