The economic court of Kiev appointed on 31 October the hearing on the claim of the Antimonopoly Department of Ukraine on enforcement proceedings with Gazprom the penalty at a rate of about $ 3 billion, said the press service of the court.
The case will be considered referee Oksana Marchenko, the meeting is scheduled for eleven. 10 (coincides with Moscow time), RIA " Novosti ".
On 5 October the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine has submitted to Economic court of Kiev the claim about compulsory collecting with Gazprom a fine of 3 billion dollars. Before the print edition GLANCE, versed in antitrust claims of Ukraine and wrote that Gazprom is likely to ignore the requirements of Kiev. In September the Supreme court of Ukraine refused to initiate proceedings on the complaint of Gazprom on the decision of the Ukrainian courts of the previous instances of refusal to consider his complaint a penalty of Antimonopoly Department in the amount of about $ 3 billion. On 13 July the Supreme Economic court of Ukraine upheld the decisions of lower courts, which returned to Gazprom without consideration of his claim to the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine to issue fines of nearly $ 86 billion hryvnia (over $ 3 billion). April 13, Gazprom is challenged in the commercial court of Kiev the decision of the Antimonopoly Department of Ukraine (AMCU) on the penalty of almost 86 billion hryvnia. 24 Dec Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine recognized the Gazprom monopoly in the market of transit of natural gas. It was announced that Naftogaz of Ukraine gave an assessment of the harm would be as if the abuse of the monopoly position of Gazprom on the transit pumping of gas to $ 6 billion. Later, on 22 January, it was announced that AMC has put Gazprom a fine of 85 billion hryvnia (3, 4 billion dollars), Gazprom expressed extreme surprise that accusation and billing, as the Russian Firm is not engaged in business activities within Ukraine. The print edition GLANCE, analyzing how justified the complaints of the Kiev Russia.

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