Ukraine expects in November payment from Gazprom for pumping gas from Russia October, said the Minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Yuriy Prodan.

" Transit. The local payment is required to do as I am aware, in the month of November, " said Sold reporters Wednesday, asked about the timing of payments of the Russian Federation payment for gas Transit in October. However, he did not disclose what amount it is expected.

Advance payments to Gazprom for gas Transit through the territory of Ukraine, carried out in 2012-2013, as stated last year, should be enough to pay for the services of " Naftogaz " until January 2015. However, due to the cancellation of discounts on the Kharkiv agreements of 2010, which was given in exchange for an extension of stay of the black sea fleet in the Crimea, the contract cost of gas supplies increased by $ 100 - up to 485 USD per thousand cubic meters.

Gazprom has said that his contract with Naftogaz transit pumping involves the binding of this tariff to the contract price for supply of gas to the Ukrainian state-owned companies. Accordingly, the Transit also had to grow from 1 April. Official representative of " Gazprom " Sergei Kupriyanov in the last month of summer, said that the advance had to pay for transit pumping until the middle of the current year, not including July, for which the Russian holding company and paid extra 10, 54 million dollars. In response, Naftogaz said that he considers the perfect Gazprom payment in error and returned it to the sender.

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