According to the article "Penalties, fines, penalties for violation of the terms of contracts" 272 billion 943 million rubles are reserved. , or $ 4.74 billion (at the rate at the end of 2017). This is spelled out in the report published by the Russian concern and almost entirely coincides with the figure indicated by the Stockholm Arbitration. The dispute between the companies of the two countries is related to the terms of the gas transit contract concluded 8 years ago. On the last day of February, a court in the Swedish capital issued a decision that, from the moment of signing the contract, Naftogaz was short of $ 4.63 billion. Also, the arbitrators ordered Gazprom to pay Naftogaz transit - $ 2.35 billion for 110 billion cubic meters annually - until the end of the agreement in 2019. Earlier, the arbitration ordered the Ukrainian company to pay the Russian concern $ 2 billion for the already supplied blue fuel. And "Gazprom" was due to "Naftogaz of Ukraine" about $ 2.6 billion. These decisions created an imbalance in favor of Kiev, so Gazprom decided to appeal against them and through the same court to terminate the contracts themselves. The Russian concern sent an official notification on the beginning of the termination procedure to the Ukrainian company in early March. Last Wednesday, Gazprom appealed against the decision of Stockholm's arbitration court on suits with Naftogaz under contracts for the supply of gas.

And then, at the end of March, the commercial director of Naftogaz, Yuri Vitrenko, announced the company's ability to begin the process of collecting debt from Gazprom on the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration in April, but expressed the hope to agree on a voluntary debt repayment. The lawsuit between the two companies started 4 years ago. Gazprom sought payment by the Ukrainian side of fines of $ 37 billion due to shortage of fuel and broken obligations. A "Naftogaz" in a counterclaim demanded changes in fuel prices and reimbursement of overpayments for previous transactions, recalls URA. EN.