The Ukrainian economy has long been breathing down on its own, Kiev is trying its best to stay on the brink of a financial abyss. The Stockholm Arbitration, which decided to recover $ 2.56 billion from the Russian concern Gazprom, in favor of Naftogaz Ukrainy,. At the same time, Ukrainians want to pay another $ 6 billion. This money is Kyiv's last chance to avoid default. The leadership of the Russian monopoly did not recognize the legality of the judicial decision, RIA Novosti reports.. Therefore, Kiev is going to collect the debt forcibly. To begin with, the property and money resources of Gazprom were arrested on the territory of Ukraine. They were turned in favor of the state. This gave the plaintiff more than $ 100 million, said Ukrainian Minister of Justice Pavel Petrenko. Kiev does not intend to stop on the reached. The authorities are going to enter the international level. To swallow transit gas, which flows through the territory of Nezalezhnaya and is destined for European consumers, officials will not risk. After all, they promised the EU the uninterrupted supply of Russian fuel. Kievans are interested in property of the Russian company in other countries:.
money on accounts in Western banks, stakes in foreign companies, gas in foreign underground storage facilities. This does not mean that Gazprom's foreign assets will be automatically arrested following a decision of the Stockholm Arbitration Court. But Ukraine on the basis of this decision can apply to the court at the location of the property. Consideration of such cases takes from several weeks to several months. All this time, Gazprom will not just watch the development of events. "When Ukraine attempts to execute the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration, the company will insist in court on its illegality, ask the court not to recognize this decision in a specific national jurisdiction," believes lawyer Eugene Schmidt. Gazprom has a convincing argument: if any European country recognizes and executes the Stockholm arbitration award, the Russian company may stop shipment of fuel. In this case, the problem will flow into the political plane, and it will be very difficult to solve it. In addition, Kiev can not through Western countries achieve a dubious payment of $ 6 billion for alleged violations of the antimonopoly legislation of Ukraine. Foreign Courts can help fulfill only decisions of international authorities. They will not consider claims for intra-Ukrainian tax and administrative cases. According to the latest data of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, the size of the state debt of the country reached $ 76.76 billion - about 85% of GDP. The annual increase was about $ 5 billion. Against this backdrop, it was announced that Kiev would without fail sue Gazprom for $ 8.5 billion - thereby the authorities tried to convince the population that there would be no default to the country. But all this is just a bluff.
The management of Gazprom earlier announced its intention to terminate the agreement with Ukraine on gas transit to Europe ahead of schedule.
Like, in the changed circumstances, the execution of the contract became impractical. After this is done, Ukraine will lose transit revenues of $ 3 billion a year. And given that according to the Stockholm lawsuits the country will receive $ 2.56 billion from the force, only a miracle will save it from the financial collapse.