Ukraine was ready if signed a batch agreement resolving a gas dispute with Russia to pay $ 1 billion of debt, the remainder to repay before the end of the year, with interest, said the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Saying the speech with a report on energy in the Parliament.

" Gazprom " on the first day of the week imposed a regime of payment of deliveries of gas of Naftogaz of Ukraine, this decision was taken after one week of fruitless negotiations with Kiev because, as said in Russian holding company, " chronic non-payments " Ukrainian organizations." Gazprom " has addressed in the Stockholm international arbitration court with a claim to " Naftogaz " to recover debts of 4, 5 billion dollars.

" We were ready to subject to the signing of the market of a package to make a payment in the amount of 1 billion dollars, and then the total amount of funds that We were obliged to pay to Gazprom, to divide in equal parts until the end of the current year with charge to every part of 6% p.a. as payment for the actual loan, " said Yatsenyuk.

according to the information of " Gazprom ", the arrears of the Ukrainian " Naftogaz " to the Russian company already exceeds 4, 4 billion dollars, of them 1, 4 billion in the last year.

Moscow suggested Ukraine following scheme of repayment of debts to defend translation for advance payment: up to 16 June to pay 1, 45 billion dollars of debt for November-December 2013 and five hundred million dollars - in partial repayment of the debt for April-may

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