Kiev began to take over the property of Russian companies. In particular, the shares of Gaztranzit Nezalezhnaya, owned by Gazprom, have already pawed.

Notice of the opening of the enforcement proceedings in the amount of 395 billion rubles. And the imposition of arrest on the shares of Gaztranzit, owned by Gazprom, the Russian concern received the day before. It says that the claims of Kiev are caused by the violation of the Ukrainian antimonopoly legislation by Gazprom. In this regard, the concern is required to pay bribes in the amount of 171.9 billion UAH (about $ 6.52 billion at the rate of the National Bank of Ukraine as of May 31), writes "The newspaper. RU". Half of this amount is actually the antimonopoly fine, and half - penalties for non-payment of this very fine, which the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine imposed in 2015. , When he recognized Gazprom as a monopolist in the gas transit market.

The Russian side has previously tried to challenge the claim of Nezalezhnaya, pointing out that it can not be considered a monopoly in Ukraine, since it does not conduct economic activities on its territory. However, her arguments were not heard. "We are studying opportunities to further protect our rights," the newspaper reported.. Ru "May 31, the official representative of Gazprom Sergei Kupriyanov.

It should be noted that Gazprom owns 40% of Ukraine's Gaztransit, including the Tarutino compressor station. In addition, the Russian holding owns a 40% stake in OAO YuzhNIIGiprogaz and OOO Gazpromsbyt Ukraine.

According to the assessment of the co-chairman of the Ukrainian Energy Strategy Fund Dmitry Marunich, the total value of these assets does not exceed $ 10 million. And the research institute is in Donetsk, so it will not be possible to arrest him from Kiev. And through Tarutino, gas goes to the Balkans and Turkey, and in case of the termination of Russian transit this asset loses all value.

The total amount of Ukrainian claims to Gazprom is currently 189.125 billion UAH (more than $ 7.1 billion).