"Naftogaz of Ukraine" hopes in 2015 to earn on providing services to Gazprom on the transit pumping of Russian natural gas to EU countries via Ukraine about 1, 5 billion dollars, said the Head of "Naftogaz" Andrey Kobelev.

"This year we are planning to get less repayments of the advance, which was taken earlier, around 1. 5 billion dollars in the form of income," said Korolev in a conversation the edition.

The head of "Naftogaz" also said that part previously supplied by "Gazprom" advance payment for gas transit have not Yet repaid." Another 250 million dollars is to practice as an advance received before 2014 ", - said Korolev.

The scheme of advance transit was used in 2012-2013 during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych. Last time Gazprom gave Naftogaz an advance of $1 billion in the summer of 2013, the money of the Ukrainian Firm pumped gas into underground storage facilities for the heating period. After encountering issues with payments for gas, the Russian side has stated many times that you are not allowed to lend to the purchase of gas by Ukraine in any form, as well as among them at the expense of advancing transit.

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