MOSCOW, 29 Jun - RIA Novosti/Prime. The government of the Russian Federation issued a decree on gas discount for Ukraine in the third quarter provided at the expense of customs duties.

The formula discounts the document that is hosted on is this: the contract value minus gas 247, 18 dollar. So, the actual cost of supply will be equal thereby 247, 18 dollars per thousand cubic meters.

before the first day of the week on granting Russia the discount for gas for Ukraine in the third quarter of approximately $ 40 per thousand cubic meters, because of this, the value for "Naftogaz" will remain at the level of the second quarter to $ 247, said the Prime Minister Medvedev D. A..

From November 2014 to the end of the second quarter, the discount, according to the resolutions of the government of the Russian Federation, provided at the expense of customs duties by the formula: 30% of the contract price, but not more than $ 100 per thousand cubic meters. Since then, the contract value was above 333, 33 per dollar, in practice, the discount was $ 100. Thus in percentage terms in the 1st quarter of 2015 discount supposedly 23% of the contract price, in the 2nd quarter was 29%.

in the 3rd quarter, the discount will be about 14%. On inaccurate calculations " Gazprom ", the contract gas price for Ukraine in the 3rd quarter without discounts will be 287, fifteen dollars per thousand cubic meters in the fourth quarter - 262, $ 5.

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