Debt Kiev for the delivered in the first part of June gas from Russia amounted to $ 838 million, in connection with this, the Total Debt of Ukraine increased up 5, $ 3 billion, said the head of the Board of Gazprom Alexey Miller.
" The deadline for June was held yesterday, the money from the " Naftogaz of Ukraine " once again we have not received. As a result, the debt of Ukraine for delivery of " Gazprom " from 1 to 16 June in volume 1, 7 billion cubic meters of gas amounted to $ 838 million. Total Debt has reached gigantic amounts to 5, 296 billion. Just remain unpaid eleven, 535 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia. This is a very large amount, comparable to the annual gas supplies from Russia to Poland, " said Miller, RIA " Novosti." The reluctance of Ukraine in principle to pay for gas from Russia becomes chronic and once again shows that the transfer of the advance payment under the contract terms, was the only correct decision ", - added the head of Gazprom. Before Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that Ukrainian Naftogaz has not paid off with Gazprom for the delivered in the first fifteen days of June blue fuel, although obliged to do so no later than July 7. Then the representative of Gazprom Igor Volobuyev to comment on this issue would not. Remember, after long and fruitless negotiations on 16 June 10. 00 Moscow time Gazprom has introduced the mode of payment for the supply and ceased to supply gas to Ukraine. Currently, the pipeline is only intended for transit to the European Union blue fuel in the amount of 185 million cubic meters per day. The Prime Minister of Russia D. Medvedev A. said that the new Kiev guide artificially created gas crisis, which in the end will hit the Ukrainian economy. Gazprom also said that addressed in the Stockholm international arbitration court with a claim to " Naftogaz of Ukraine " about collecting of debts in the amount of 4, 5 billion dollars. It was a once Naftogaz confirmed preparedness to address in arbitration court in Stockholm, despite the fact that in the process of negotiations on 2 June, the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller said that Gazprom and Naftogaz agreed that no one of the parties will be filing a claim in the Stockholm court.

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