The Russian fuel monopolist is exposed to another account.

Now, Naftogaz extorts more than $ 110 million from Gazprom. This is the difference between the price of blue fuel in Russia and in Europe, where Ukraine was forced to buy gas because of the lack of supplies from the energy superpower. On the payment that the company Nezalezhnoy will require in court, said the chief executive director of Naftogaz, Yuri Vitrenko. "We started a new arbitration," he warned, Tass reports..

In addition, Vitrenko assured that Kiev is ready for a new heating season, having accumulated about 16 billion cubic meters in storage facilities. m of gas and saving about 2.4 billion cu.. meters.

Tomorrow, September 26, the meeting on the gas issue is scheduled in the composition of representatives of the EU, Russia and Ukraine. Trilateral talks will be held in Brussels. Experts from the company's expert center and Vitrenko will speak from Kiev, who hinted at the insignificance of the forthcoming meeting. In his opinion, conversations about pressing problems will result in demagoguery. "We will discuss individual topics. Expert consultations are, frankly, [in order to] talk, - said the executive director of "Naftogaz". - There are no real negotiations, and consultations resemble a lecture at the university. We are sitting with Europeans and telling European norms ". In October, trilateral talks are expected in the same format, albeit at the highest level. Therefore, Ukraine will be represented by the head of the board of the energy company Andrei Kobolev. Recall that in February 2018. The Stockholm Arbitration Court ordered Gazprom to pay Naftogaz a penalty for reducing the transit of gas.

Taking into account the mutual requirements, Ukraine was the first to pay $ 2.56 billion. The following month, the verdict was appealed, and in May, Gazprom demanded the complete cancellation of the "transit" decision. In late May - early June, "Naftogaz" notified the beginning of a fine through the arrest of European assets of Gazprom in Switzerland, Britain and the Netherlands. In mid-June, the Russian gas concern announced that it had obtained a suspension in the appellate court of enforcement of the Stockholm arbitration award.